Suncoast Superboat Grand Prix - Great show for 30th Annual Event

by Super Boat International on 10 Jul 2014

Action from last year's Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Super Boat International

Super Boat International crowned seven winners in the fleet of 41 boats for the running of the 30th Annual Suncoast Superboat Grand Prix this past weekend. All the class winners included Two Cruel (P4), Black Pearl (P3), The Hulk (Superstock), Sun Print (Superboat Vee), Team STIHL (Superboat), Team Instigator (Superboat Extreme) and Miss GEICO (Superboat Unlimited).

This year’s event was a milestone for the City of Sarasota and Super Boat International (SBI). In its 30th year, Super Boat still wows the crowd with one of the biggest holiday parades in the State of Florida and the Sunday finale of the world’s fastest offshore race boats. Suncoast Children’s Charities continues to raise record amounts and SBI delivers one of the largest professional boat races in the United States.

President of SBI, John Carbonell, expands on the success of the event, 'This was an all-around group effort for another successful event. From the local group and volunteers, to our staff and the race teams that put on a great show, it was just a terrific weekend. Two of our larger teams, Team Envy and Spirit of Qatar, showed their commitment by bringing all their equipment and their largest boats to the event and they didn’t even race.' Their choice would have been to race; but for new equipment and long lead-times on parts, their teams and equipment were not quite ready to run safe and competitive races. Chris Cox, owner of Team Envy commented, 'I just wanted my team to have fun, even knowing we weren’t going to race. Also, we wanted to show our commitment to SBI and the wonderful Sarasota people for their efforts.' The Spirit of Qatar was committed to doing the same, knowing their engine package would not be ready for race day. It’s teams like those and the competing teams that showcase the true professionalism of Superboat racers.

Team Cleveland Construction experienced an unfortunate accident with a rollover in turn one early in the race. The quick response of the Super Boat rescue team assisted the racers on-scene and, fortunately, both driver and throttleman were uninjured.

Each class of racing saw some very competitive action on the course. The Superboat class with seven entries is always a very close battle with Team Broadco and WHM Motorsports on the heels of Team STIHL all race long. The Superboat Stock class, another class with seven entries that always keeps the fans on their feet, has seen The Hulk rise to the top with two wins after three races.

The next race on the Super Boat circuit is the sixth Annual Great Lakes Superboat Grand Prix, Aug 1st – third. Join us in Michigan City, IN and, if you cannot make it, watch it live online here.

30th Annual Suncoast Superboat Grand Prix Festival Top three Full List of Results)

Superboat Unlimited:

1.     Miss Geico

2.     Lucas Oil Silverhook

3.     Spirit of Qatar

Superboat Extreme:

1.     Instigator

2.     Twisted Metal

Superboat:

1.     STIHL

2.     Broadco

3.     WHM

Superboat Vee:

1.     Sun Print

2.     Sarasota Ford

3.     JD Byrider

Superboat Stock:

1.     The Hulk

2.     World of Beer

3.     SOS Venezula

Manufacturer P3:

1.     Black Pearl

2.     The Developer

3.     2^nd Amendment

Manufacturer P4

1.     Two Cruel

2.     Crazy Chicken

3.     Rum Runners

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