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There were three entrants for the Bracket 400 Class at the St Pete Grand Prix, but only two made it to the start: #437 Cigarette Justice League and #402 BoatRacingExperience.com.
Cigarette Justice League is crewed by driver Don Urfer of Sarasota, FL, throttleman Richard Davis from Northport, FL and very experienced navigator Cory Shantry, also of Sarasota. They also race and operate the #8 Super Cat boat, Justice League which raced later in Sunday’s schedule. Don Urfer has been racing since 1986 and Richard Davis was inducted into the APBA Hall of Champions in 2006. The second boat, BoatRacingExperience.com is crewed by driver Robert Goodwin from Fort Thomas, KY, and Chris Reindl of Las Vegas, NV, on throttles.
The second boat, BoatRacingExperience.com is crewed by driver Robert Goodwin from Fort Thomas, KY, and Chris Reindl of Las Vegas, NV, on throttles. This is the same Reindl One Design "bat boat" that raced in the Bracket 500 class on the previous day's ticket. If you are new to powerboat racing, you may be surprised that boats can run in different classes at the same event.
The Bracket classes have speed limits that they are not allowed to exceed. The 500 class is limited to 75 mph/120 kph and boats no longer than 30' / 9.14 meters. The 400 class is limited to 85 mph / 137 kph and are no longer than 40' / 12.2 meters. The Bracket classes have speed limits that they are not allowed to exceed. The 500 class is limited to 75 mph/120 kph and boats no longer than 30' / 9.14 meters. The 400 class is limited to 85 mph / 137 kph and are no longer than 40' / 12.2 meters.
This enables very different boats to race against one another, but they cannot exceed their speed bracket without being penalised. If a boat goes too fast, it is relegated last place. If two or more boats exceed their speed brackets, they are penalised based on the length of time they exceeded the speed limit. So the boat that spent the longest time exceeding the speed limit goes last, then the second longest becomes second from last.
If you want to try your hand at powerboat racing, Boatracingexperience.com offer a complete service. They will train you, enter you for a race, and supply the boat, with Chris on throttles.
The 42-foot Cigarette boat, Cigarette Justice League, held the lead and dominated the race. With nearly twice the horsepower and twice the engines, that’s what you would expect. Unfortunately, they were penalised for an infringement and dropped to second as a result.
So it was David and not Goliath who won.
Official Results Bracket 400 Teams
David Lando 5, 8, 9, 10,
Kevin Sabitus: 1, 2, 3, 4
Rest Andy H
