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A race weekend consists of testing, free practice, and qualifying on the first day, while the semi-finals, play-off race, eliminator race, place race, and finals all take place on the second day. The pilots switch off for each session, with the teams deciding when the female pilot will drive and when the male pilot will drive.
All teams race in P1 Panther race boats with 250HP outboard engines. Powerboat P1 Management Ltd is the rights-holder for Class 1, P1 SuperStock and also owns the rights to Powerboat P1 World Championship and P1 AquaX. In the US, a wholly owned subsidiary, Powerboat P1 USA, manages all aspects of Offshore racing throughout North America. [7]
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There have been several versions of the Miss GEICO boat, including one of the fastest offshore powerboats in the world. The most powerful was a 50' Mystic powered by twin Lycoming T-53 turbine engines, reaching speeds exceeding 210 mph (340 km/h); which caught fire during testing on June 30, 2012, in Sarasota, Florida , and burned to the ...
In 2006, the Formula 240 Bowrider won Powerboat Magazine's "Boat of the Year." Formula Boats are also renowned for their racing history. In 1985, Scott Porter raced the 302 SR-1 "Secret Formula" to win the Southeast Divisional Championship. Boats from the Formula catalog won the World Championships for the American Power Boat Association in 2003.
For example, in offshore powerboat racing, one racer dies each year from accidents. Although a push for safety in recent years has led to the decrease in deaths and serious injuries as closed cockpits, safety cells and harnesses more common in automobile racing have become more common among the top and fastest classes.
Hawk Marine Power became the supplier to several of the world's premier offshore racers. In 1981, HMP's engines were in 4 of the 5 class of boats entered in the World Championship. All four with Hawk's engines won their class' World Championship. In 1979 Jacoby had close friend Don Aronow build him a 37.6-foot Cigarette racer, also named Ajac Hawk.
Boat racing is a sport in which boats, or other types of watercraft, race on water. Boat racing powered by oars is recorded as having occurred in ancient Egypt, [1] and it is likely that people have engaged in races involving boats and other water-borne craft for as long as such watercraft have existed. [2] A regatta is a series of boat races. [3]