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The AMSOIL Family
Posted on May 22nd 2013 - Matt Trulio
The Team AMSOIL Skater has collected many checkered flags since 2007 when Bob Teague and Paul Whittier teamed up with AMSOIL ...

Battle of the 1650s Shaping Up for SBI Sarasota Event
Posted on May 22nd 2013 - Matt Trulio
Though it’s more than a month away, the Super Boat Suncoast Grand Prix Festival—the fourth race in the 2013 Super Boat International season—in ...

100-mph Chaparral Project Update: Trailer Upgrade
Posted on May 21st 2013 - Matt Trulio
With his hopped-up 427-cubic-inch naturally aspirated engine ready to install and hull and deck reassembly for his 1986 Chaparral Villain sportboat well underway, owner Chris ...

Checkmate for Checkmate?
Posted on May 21st 2013 - Matt Trulio
Rumors of Checkmate Powerboats’ struggle to keep the doors open have been swirling for months. Six weeks ago, those rumors became ...

Texas Outlaw Challenge Expected to Be Bigger and Better
Posted on May 21st 2013 - Matt Trulio
Paul Robinson, the primary organizer behind the Texas Outlaw Challenge coming up next month (June 20-23), has one rule for everyone coming to ...

Checkmate Shut Down
Posted on May 20th 2013 - Matt Trulio
Sportboat builder Checkmate Powerboats in Bucyrus, Ohio, has halted production of its once-popular line of outboard- and stern drive-powered V- bottoms from 18 ...

SBI-Sanctioned Qatar Cup Set for 2014 Season
Posted on May 20th 2013 - Matt Trulio
Announced at a press reception in Cocoa Beach, Fla., during this weekend’s Super Boat International (SBI) race, the Qatar Marine Sports ...

Image of the Week: Left Hanging
Posted on May 20th 2013 - Matt Trulio
Last Wednesday, photographer Jay Nichols and I headed to the Miss GEICO Offshore Racing Shop in Riviera Beach, Fla. For Nichols, that meant ...

Qatar Finishes Fifth in SBI Superboat-Class Debut
Posted on May 19th 2013 - Matt Trulio
In what a press release from the Qatar Marine Sports Federation described as “blustery conditions and breaking waves” in Cocoa Beach, Fla., this afternoon, the ...

Big Things in Store for 25th Lake of the Ozarks Shootout
Posted on May 17th 2013 - Matt Trulio
With the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout set to turn 25 at the end of August, I for one ...