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Powerboat P1 Contingent Enjoys A Week at Key West
Written by Hal Wood / Wood Photos  
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
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Miss Geico was the overall and Turbine World Champion (Wood Photo).

The Super Boat International series hosted their 29th annual World Championships in Key West, Florida in mid-November.   The week-long festival included a boat parade and three days of racing.

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WHM was the fastest piston engine boat in the field (Wood photo).

Miss Geico put on her usual show with a 111.8 mph speed to win another SBI World Championship to add to her National Championship.  Arch rival Aquamania had a bummer of a week with an endo flip early in the action.  Fortunately, the crew was not injured.

The other high speed class was Superboat Unlimited which was captured by WHM Motorsports with a speed of 106.3 mph.

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Talking Trash walked the walk at Key West and took home the Superboat 750 trophy (Wood photo).

SBI’s “NASCAR” classes draw a lot of interest with their big, booming pushrod V-8 motors.  Team CRC won the 850 class with a speed of 97.6 mph and Talking Trash was faster in the 750 class with a speed just a tick short of the ton at 99.7 mph.

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This sleek Skema V-12 powered boat from the Qatar royal family shocked folks! (Superboat photo).

A special entry captured the Superboat 850 Extreme crown.  Sheik Hassan Bin Jabor Al-Thani brought a two-boat team from Qatar and took the big bore title home to the Middle East.

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Lucas Oil brought Stars and Stripes back home with a new boat similar to this. (Powerboat P1 photo).

Europe’s Powerboat P1 series sent a large contingent of officials and three race teams to Key West.  The Anglo American Lucas Oil team ran their brand new Evolution Class boat in the Manufacturers Production 1 class and took home a third place trophy.

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Martin Sanborn (shown here at Clearwater) was back to his old racing form at Key West (Wood photo).

Also, Powerboat P1 commentator and former racer Martin Sanborn handled the throttles on the Global Warmer boat which captured the MP 2 title.

Repeat champions from the SBI Clearwater Nationals were:

Superboat Vee Unlimited:  Seminole Hard Rock

Super Cat:  Team Amsoil

Superboat Stock:  Miccouskee Indian Gaming

MP 4:  Simmons Racing

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Team Amsoil picked up another title in Key West (Wood photo).

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Seminole Hard Rock’s “Strat” flies across the water at 90+ mph! (Wood photo).

 

The rest of the SBI World Champions:

Superboat Vee Extreme:  Saratoga Stampede, in its first season!

MP 1:  Cleveland Construction

MP 5:  Rum Runners

The Offshore Super Series, Powerboat P1, and Superboat International will be announcing their 2010 series schedules shortly.  Check in with SpeedStyle for the latest updates!
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 November 2009 )
 
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