Cocoa Beach Race Is Upon Us!! Info & Updates

[Ratickle]

Wish I could be down there for the race. Preliminary chats have over 20 boats pre-registered. Should be a good turnout.

Heard we may have lost one of the SVL's with an engine issue, waiting to hear for sure.


Third Annual Bright House Space Coast Super Boat Grand Prix - May 16-20, 2012

[Ratickle]

2012 Cocoa Beach Schedule
Scheduled events start 17th – 20th

May 17, 2012 (Thursday)
1pm Power Boats Parade to Downtown Cocoa Beach “Meet the Racers” Live Bands, Food & Drinks

6pm-9pm VIP Party – Hilton Cocoa Beach-1550 N Atlantic Ave.

May 18, 2012 (Friday)



9am-5pm Registration: Race Village – The Cove – Dave Nisbet Dr.

9am-5pm Inspection: Race Village
9am-6pm Powerboats and Race Teams in Dry Pits : Race Village
11am-5pm Press Credentials: Race Village
4pm-10pm Live Music: The Cove

6pm – 10pm



VIP Party: Meet the Racers – The Cove – between Fishlips & Baha


May 19, 2012 (Saturday)
8:30am Mandatory Drivers Meeting: Fishlips Downstairs – 610 Glen Cheek Dr.

9am-5pm Powerboats and Race Teams In Dry Pits: Race Village

10am-5pm Registration: Race Village

10am-5pm Inspection: Race Village

12pm-5pm Launching: Bluepoints Marina

12pm-5pm Testing: As per the SBIP Rulebook

12pm-10pm Live Music : The Cove

4pm

6pm-10pm
Bikini Contest: The Cove

VIP Party: Meet the Racers – The Cove between Fishlips & Baha



May 20, 2012 (Sunday) – Race Day
7:30am- 8:30am Physicals: Fishlips – Downstairs

8:30am Mandatory Driver’s Meeting: Fishlips Waterfront Restaurant – Downstairs
8am-9am Press Credentials: Race Village

9am-4pm Launching : Bluepoints Marina
9am-4pm Powerboats in Dry Pits: Race Village

10:00am FAA Pilots Meeting: Merritt Island Airport, 900 Airport Rd. Merritt Island 877-799-9491

11:45am Boats of First Race Proceed to Milling Area-Cocoa Beach

12pm Start of 1st. Race
1:45pm
Boats of Second Race Proceed to Milling Area-Cocoa Beach

2pm Start of 2nd Race
5pm

6pm-9pm

Awards Presentation: The Cove

Sandbar Sports Grill: After race party

[Ratickle]

Any pics from the parade?????

[Ratickle]

Vid of Stihl from parade yesterday.....

[Ratickle]

Cocoa Beach Prerace Report 2012


May 12, 2012

Cape Canaveral, Fla (May 8, 2012) – Super Boat International (SBI) is excited to showcase the world’s fastest boats this May 16 – 20 for the Spacecoast Super Boat Grand Prix, presented by Bright House in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The entire Cape Canaveral area is playing host to what is expected to be a fantastic kickoff for the 2012 Super Boat National Points season. Teams have prepared and tested their boats during the off-season and will converge on the small community known for United States Space Shuttle programs.

All the teams that have competed in the previous years events have remarked how the space coast is a great venue for racing and teams are amazed by the overall community support. This year is shaping up to be a remarkable race, which kicks off with a parade and block party in downtown Cocoa Beach. Raceteams trailer their boats Thursday May 17th and park their boats so fans can get a close view and get autographs from their favorite drivers and throttleman. This year many teams are participating in the annual event and it should be a larger party that last year.

Two teams prepared and staged to come to this year’s event are 2011 World Champions Team Instigator and STIHL Offshore Racing. “I really like coming to Cocoa Beach, the people are very nice and it’s a really great community. I’m looking forward to starting the season, Super Boat puts on the most exciting races, comments Peter Meyer, owner / throttleman of Vee-bottom Team Instigator. Meyer’s is many time over National and World Champion and throttles one of the most recognized raceboats on the circuit. The boat, a typical Vee-bottom on the surface, is packed with a lot of power under the deck.

Team STIHL, driven and owned by JR Noble is also excited about the start of the Super Boat season. “May can never come soon enough. We finish our season in November in Key West and it seems like forever until we start our first race of the season. We spend a lot of time in the offseason testing and working on our equipment, so we should be ready to go. Last year was a great race with fastboats.com, we just hope for a better outcome than last year. They beat us by just a couple boat lengths. They are always tough competitors.”

“Cocoa Beach is an exciting place for teams to race. The water is usually bumpy and typical ocean style racing. This year conditions are expecting be the same,” comments John Carbonell, owner of Super Boat International. “Our course is a long rectangular course so fans on the beach and the hotels can see the boats racing for almost 2.5 miles down the beach. They make a counterclockwise turn and head back up the beach past Cocoa Beach Pier.”

As for an organization that is the leader in powerboat racing, Super Boat continues to make changes and improvements to the fan experience, safety requirements and overall growth for the sport. Over the past few years Super Boat events have proven to be a great economic impact for cities hosting races. Some cities have seen million dollar increases in dollars spent in their communities from the previous years. Many cities interested in hosting Super Boat events have contacted Carbonell and SBI continues to evaluate those potential sites. Its important to have a race community that is capable of having an infrastructure that can support a Super Boat race and a community that can deliver a great fan experience for multi-year deals.

Super Boat Cocoa Beach Race Village

The race village dry pits (raceboat and support equipment staging) is located off Dave Nisbet Drive in Cape Canaveral. Starting Thursday May 17th teams and fans are encouraged to follow the boat parade to the downtown Cocoa Beach Super Boat block party off minuteman Causeway, starting around 5:00 pm. Friday May 18th is team registration and race village is open to fans. Friday evening is racers party at The Cove from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm, within walking distance of the dry pits. Saturday May 18th is raceboat testing from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm. Fans can watch boats craning in and out of the water near the dry pits or watch boats as the test offshore near Jetty Park and the Cocoa Beach Pier. In addition, the famous bikini contest will take place early Saturday afternoon. Sunday races will begin at 12:00 and the second race will be at 2:00. The races last just under an hour with approximately one hour in between races. Following the final race fans are invited to race village for the award ceremony. A VIP race experience package is available for purchase with details online here.

This year’s event will be streamed on Superboat.com so you won’t miss any of the action. On the stream page, watch interviews, make comments and watch all the action as it happens. Stay connected with superboat.com and be informed on streaming start times and follow us on twitter. The Super Boat racing season starts in the middle of May and runs through the second week of November, culminating with the Key West World Championships in Key West, Florida. The Super Boat schedule is posted through 2013 with races in Cocoa Beach, Sarasota and Miami, Florida, Michigan City IN; New York, New York; Clearwater and Key West, Florida.

[Ratickle]

Sounds like 25 boats in the pits, Gasse, Geico, and IMCO still on the way.

I also hear the SVL I thought may not make it has been loaned an engine from another SVL team and will run. Great news, and thanks guys.....

[Ratickle]

You can watch the event here.....


Super Boat Cocoa Beach Grand Prix on the New Livestream. Live. Redefined.

[TYPHOON]

Who was in the first race? How did they finish? Should be over by now.

[jonesn']

Randy picked this up off FB so its unofficial

SVL
Sunprint
Phantom 9
Boatfloater

SS
GB
DuceRods(Hulk)

Tilted kilt won in their class

Geico DNS...problem with the bottom

[Ratickle]

I heard the bottom delaminated yesterday in practice and they would not run.

[Ratickle]

Also heard Mike took a really hard hit in IMCO. Is he okay?

[RedHotRacing]

Yeah, I took a really hard hit but I'll be okay, Thanks!!!! However the boat has some issues to deal with. Hope we can make it to Sarasota

[Wil Ros]

Mike,

We have not met but I want to wish you a speedy recovery!!
The boat looked fast!
Hope to meet you in Sarasota !!!

Wil

[RedHotRacing]

Thanks WIl.... I'll be there

[TYPHOON]

Mike great first run in a SVL !!!!!! Heard you guy's were moving. It looks a lot easyer from the shore and in no way do people understand the beating we take inside these boats. It doesnt get any easyer you just know what to expect now, "PAIN". LOL Steve K. and son nice job as well and great team work getting the boat to the start line.

[XtremeRacing]

My hat off to everyone in the SVL it was one crazy ride, I have muscles hurting I didnt know I had just finishing this one was a Victory. There was some great racing and I will do a better Job counting LAPS Lol next time, I was pretty close only missed by one LOL.

[Ryan Beckley]

Hey Frank, thanks for the hose down at the green flag, I didn't need to see out of that mirror anyway........

[imco offshore]

Ryan Don,t get near him in sarasota ,,he pissed off a lot of people ,,daadum,,,,daadum,,,,lolol

[XtremeRacing]

Sorry Ryan if you were behind me I never saw you.

[Ryan Beckley]

Um....Yea, at the start when you went around both the Kildahl's and I and hosed us both down and then we went right back by you....... thanks!