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Miss Geico turns up the heat on Bud Select in the Offshore Pro Series at the OPA Race in St Clair, Michigan Sunday July 29th, 2007

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I am curious to know what the fans and the racers think of the Extreme Class Race this weekend.

Here we finally had the fastest offshore race boats in the world come head to head and both finishing under full power.

The heavier boat with turbine power Miss Geico vs the state of the art lighter boat with piston engines Bud Select. They both seemed evenly matched.

My question is, do you like these boats running against each other, or do you think they belong in 2 different classes ?

Extreme Class:
Should it be Cat vs Cat, Vee vs Vee or Cat vs Vee ?

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Also, if anyone has other videos please post...

sakoutis3

Extreme class should be anything goes all out racing. I would have loved to see those teams goin head to head.

PatriYacht

It was an incredable show those 2 boats put on. It looked like they were going as fast as unlimited hydros. Got any numbers on that Sharkey? That being said I'm worried about what the turbine boats will do to the sport. The lack of noise and the fact that none of the technology applies to our boats is a turnoff to me. When the Torque v-12 came out, I thought it was a natural for offshore racing and that all the big teams would soon have them. Too bad it didn't work out. For now, I say keep the classes the same. Maybe the piston teams can use mountain motors to beat the tubines.

sakoutis3

Lack of noise????? Aparently you've never been behind one.

PatriYacht

No, i've never had that pleasure. From the shore they seem much quieter. I'm not going to stand in the way of progress though. If someone wants to come out with a faster boat, they should have a class to run it in. And da.m did they run them.

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They were seeing a little over 185 mph on the back straight.

And as someone said, "That's Race Trim not Kilo Trim!"

They were the fastest offshore race boats I ever seen none the less try to take pictures of....

Maximus

Great Race!! Big Win for Miss GEICO, I can't wait to see the lap speeds!! Have any more video sharkey?

PokerFace23

it needs to be horsepower classes within vee and cat. but also you have to consider footage

PokerFace23

nauti-marine is the budwieser website as well

KiloKat

It was without a doubt the fastest offshore race in history. The Budweiser Select & Miss Geico boats were running 180~185+ down every straightway. Both Scotty & Marc did a fantastic job driving/throttling as well as their entire support team including John Arruda. That being said, piston boats should NOT be running in the same class as turbine powered boats. Two entirely different technologies/capabilities. If you think I am wrong, then just wait till Dave Callan & John Cosker bring out Miss Longlite or I bring out my turbine boat for a race. Both would obliverate the two Cat Extreme boats that just ran in St. Clair. If you have any doubt, then come to the LOTO Shootout. That is why both SBI/APBA & OSS have seperate Extreme classes. Doesn't mean you won't see the two classes competing. Just means that both of them deserve their own recognition for their efforts within their respective development programs. Just my .02!