Spotlight on a local team in advance of tomorrow's Sarasota contest, https://speedonthewater.com/in-the-n...ph-in-sarasota.

May the weather gods serve up some tough conditions and this legendary boat will take the checkered flag. The Team Scarab 31 design has a 8'6" beam and loves it rough. This specific boat has helped many offshore racing teams to victory the last 30 years. She was the first flat-deck Team Scarab 31, according to her original owner Jim Gregg. Kevlar49 boat with staggered engines and he ran her as Team Scarab B-79. Craig Archer then bought her and she was named Team Archer Marine B-79 and Mr. Archer switched her to side-by-side and did other changes. After Mr. Archer, Steve Simon ran her as CF Express. Here in the video below, as Rain-X Extreme B-50, she's running in the 1997 Fort Myers Offshore Grand Prix with Mike Hoffman, Joe Grayson, and Mike Stancombe as Team Cut Loose Offshore. She was also later named Indy Blackhawk B-50. Wish the members of the Rollin' Dirty Offshore team much success in her, P3-50, today.