Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix 2021, 36th Annual

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Sarasota Race Entries

Entries received by June 26

Race # Competitor Class Driver Throttle Country
Sarasota Class 1 (2 Entries So Far)
77 Lucas Oil / SilverHook Class 1 Jay Johnson Nigel Hook United States
113 Miss Geico Class 1 Travis Pastrana Steve Curtis United States

Sarasota Super Cat (4 Entries So Far)
5 WHM Motorsport Super Cat Jay Mueller Billy Mauff United States
66 Canada Homes Super Cat Loren Libel John Tomlinson United States
06 M CON Super Cat Myrick Coil Tyler Miller United States
4 Chariots of Fire Super Cat John Paul Emmons United States

Sarasota Super Stock (11 Entries So Far)
S-54 CMR Super Stock Eric Belisle Shaun Torrente United States
S-55 Your Storage Units Super Stock Nick Scafidi Brad Wade United States
S-27 LPC Racing Super Stock Vinnie Diorio Loren Peters United States
S-8 CR Racing Super Stock Rob Unnerstall Casey Boaz United States
S-42 Jackhammer Super Stock Reese Langheim Ricky Maldonado United States
S-29 Paint Factory Racing Super Stock Tanner Lewis Brett Caswell United States
S-21 Performance Boat Center Super Stock Myrick Coil Rusty Williams United States
S-19 FJ Propeller Super Stock Daren Kittredge Gary Ballough United States
S-17 Team Allen Lawn Care and Landscaping Super Stock Cody Mcdowell Billy Allen United States
S-11 Wicked Powerboats Super Stock Mike Bethan Todd Defilipps United States
S-111 DoublEdge motorsports / Professional Plumbing Super Stock Kirk Britto Ryan Beckley United States

Sarasota 450R (Probation 5) (1 Entries So Far)
7 MTI (450 Class) 450R (Probation 5) Taylor Scism Randy Scism United States

Sarasota Mod V (7 Entries So Far)
700 Sheriff Lobo Mod V Mark Neinmann Shameel Mohammed United States
51 Sunprint / Black Rifle Company Mod V Steve Fehrman Steve Miklos United States
22 Punisher Mod V Charlie Mccarthy Anthony Silvera United States
727 Visit St Pete Clearwater / 151 Express Mod V Scott Brown Eddie Tambarino United States
2 Boatfloater.com / Scott Free Racing Mod V Stephen Kidahl Steven Kildahl United States
310 Bandit / Floodline Bandit 2.0 Mod V Yoell Torres Christopher Flood United States
66 LSB Tug It Mod V Jim York Kevin Smith United States

Sarasota Stock V (7 Entries So Far)
97 Tiki Lees - Shootout on the River / Fastboys Racing Stock V Ken Bollinger Forrest Riddle United States
33 NMB RV Resort Stock V Kirk Hanna Mark Rinda United States
V-1 LSB Hurricane of Awesomeness Stock V Brit Lily Travis Pastrana United States
32 Speed Marine Stock V Kyle Miller United States
21 Shocker Stock V Chris Colson Patrick Romeo United States
26 You Gun Learn Stock V Dante Napoli Mikey Bocchino United States

Sarasota Bracket Class 200 (1 Entries So Far)
227 Team Woody Racing Bracket Class 200 Billy Shipley Chad Woody United States

Sarasota Bracket Class 300 (2 Entries So Far)
350 Rollin Dirty Offshore / Elite Home Gamerooms Bracket Class 300 Damon Marotta Sr. Clyde Petty United States
327 Team Woody Racing / Golf n Gator Bracket Class 300 Jeff Muehlhousen Brad Wade United States

Sarasota Bracket Class 400 (7 Entries So Far)
499 Burning Man / KPD Product UNL. Bracket Class 400 Kyle Dietzen Tony Canale United States
467 GNS Motorsports Offshore Racing Bracket Class 400 Grant Greytok Lil Bill Reeves United States
444 Predator / Stahlman Motorsports Bracket Class 400 Dean Stahlman Nate Hunt United States
412 Unleashed / Unleashed Bracket Class 400 Shannon Penn United States
435 Throttle Therapy Bracket Class 400 Collins Womack United States
7 Cigarette Justice League Bracket Class 400 Don Urfer Richard Davis United States
434 Control Freak / MSR Powersports Bracket Class 400 Mark Robbins Anthony Silveira United States

Sarasota Bracket Class 500 (8 Entries So Far)
577 Yabbadabbadoo Bracket Class 500 JD Ivines Bruce Walter United States
527 Team Woody Racing Bracket Class 500 JJ Turk Michael Stancombe United States
517 Bulletproof Bracket Class 500 George Ivey Craig Belfatto United States
510 Team Raven Bracket Class 500 David Piper, Jr United States
599 Revelation Racing / Revelation Bracket Class 500 Michael Drury Kristal Drury United States
562 On Edge Bracket Class 500 Bill Quinn Harold Castle United States
540 Pump It Bracket Class 500 Joey Dacey Mikey Dacey United States
528 Hammerheads / Fly SRQ Bracket Class 500 Dennis Austin Don Jackson United States

Sarasota Bracket Class 600 (5 Entries So Far)
605 Bad company Bracket Class 600 Marc Gizzi Chad Pyland United States
688 Offshore Outlaw Bracket Class 600 Damon Marotta Jr. Damon Marotta Sr. United States
651 Deception Bracket Class 600 Jesse Schmig Robert Bryant United States
601 Rum Runners Bracket Class 600 Michael McColgan Francis Vellutato Jr United States
666 Mo money / OK Racing Bracket Class 600 Wayne Oakley James Coulter United States

Sarasota Bracket Class 700 (4 Entries So Far)
700 The Punisher / DCM Racing Bracket Class 700 Derek Dawson Beau Purtle United States
744 Jackhammer Offshore Racing Bracket Class 700 Ray Maldonado Julian Maldonado United States
765 Goofin Around II Bracket Class 700 Matthew Lauer Joe Lauer United States
797 Ellas Nightmare Bracket Class 700 Dominic Stancombe Micheal Stancombe United States

 

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Sarasota is the second longest-running US powerboat race, after the Key West Championship. Compared to Cocoa Beach, Sarasota is a more technical course. Cocoa Beach is long and narrow, running up and down the beach, with two 180 degree turns. Sarasota has varying degrees of right turns and a leftward dog-leg on the backward stretch. Although the water at Sarasota looks calmer, there are often holes, or variations on the seabed, which create voids on the surface. These can cause unexpected flights or hits, so are difficult for drivers to anticipate.

The water will suit the Class 1 and Super Cat for top speeds. The light chop will be less likely to upset the bigger hulls and will be enough to keep traction high with the hull skimming the surface.

Super Stock has the most entries among the bigger boats and is one of the most competitive offshore classes for this reason. The water conditions are estimated to be 1-3ft with a slight chop on the surface. This will suit the Super Stock boats and keep their catamaran hulls free and loose for higher speeds. Those sneaky holes in the seabed will surely give the Super Stock crews some air time, as the boat is trimmed for one sea condition, then the bottom falls out from under them.

Mod V and Stock V will also be highly competitive. Sarasota will definitely be a driver's race for these boats if the water remains relatively calm. The varied turns in calm waters can cause "chine walking" with their V hulls. "OK, so what is chine walking?" Chine walking is caused when a high-performance V-Hull starts to lift out of the water. In certain circumstances, as speed increases, the actual part of the hull in contact with the water becomes reduced, and the boat starts to rock from one side to another as it tries to balance the remaining hull in contact with the water. This gives the drivers more work to do. Boat set-up and trim also play an important part.

 

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The Course is 8 Miles

 

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Meanwhile, in a possible remake of Water World???

 

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