The city of KW does.... That why they pay every yr to have SBI back.

SBI should concentrate on attracting more race boats..after all,they are a race organization.How about improving the RACING.Too many classes...too few boats...too many winners...totally confusing to the fans.Some boats compete in two classes in the same race...what a joke!Everything is always smoke and mirrors.Key West is a great race site..they deserve a better RACE than what they have been getting in recent years.

Agree with your point of view.

Thanks for your 2 cents we will get working on that first thing.

I would like to see that list, I'm sure a lot of other people would too!! Thanks Howard

I would put my money on the under.

Bring it i'm a gambling man...lol

It will be close to last yr maybe a few more, last yr was 54 so we will have to see. Right now there is 48 pre- registered. There is atleast 4-5 more that i know of that r coming but havent sent the paper work in yet. You usually have 3-4 that show and no one knew they were coming .

Any specail class you were interested in....?

Come on you said you would put ur money down let make it interesting. Lets not get quite now, you seem very negative you should be all over this bet. This way you can push for a sh$tty boat count and u will be a winner....

Just what we needed. another spelling wizard. :bigbird:

Bruce I heard you r buying the first round is that rumor true.

I would, but I wont be down this year.

Oh ok I thought u said you were coming down a few wks ago.

Yes,all of them if you can. Coming down as a spectator, been going for 10 years whether we were racing or not. Great place to race or to just hang out and watch the racing. I checked my spelling so Bruce won't get mad

atta boy:drink:

What boat are you in Waterboy ? Will you be in Key West ? If not, dont be so negative !!! I'll be in P5-12

Sorry for being negative guys... I have raced in KW before..in 1994,2004 & 2005.I am just disapointed that our sport continues to be fragmented.Too many organizations..too few boats.We all need to work to improve the racing and take it to the next level.I just think our sport has so much potential that is not being realized with the way things are.The destructive cycle of offshore powerboat racing continues to repeat itself.

By the way,ricochet myk..I own a 24ft Pantera too...so I will be pulling for you.Have fun and be safe.

We all agree, but slaming any org. doesnt help. No one is blind to what you see, but it is the racers not the org's. If and when we decide to make it work we will. When Mike A had LLC going with almost 100 boats it was the racers that took him down not LLC. It looks like history is going to try and repeat itself again. If we allow it to happen again who do we have to blame.

You say there is not a big boat count in each class again whos fault is that everyone knows where the race is.... When they decide to come out and race we will have the boat count. The org. cant go and drag racers out from behind thier key boards.

Smitty tried very hard to get a boat count for OB he even offered to paid boat to show plus a good purse and he still couldnt draw boats... Is that his fault????

GOOD LUCK !!!!!!:evilb:

Thanks, Mike

gentlemen- i think some of the problem can be traced right up the ladder to p-2. i think the 35 fountain wouldnt be trying to run p-4 if he thought he had a shot at winning against a super vee unlimited that was allowed to register p-2 in sarasota. im sure they just figure that since this boat was allowed to move down to a class they could easily win why couldnt they do it? there is no easy solution and i have faith that richie and john will do the right thing whether its re-open p-3 or not let boats drop down in class unless their class disappears. when we dropped down in class we did it because super vee with sealed 525s basically disappeared so we went to the class that we fit best into which was p-2 where we had some of the best racing i have ever seen. i hope this problem is worked out because im afraid its going to hurt our sport further at a time when we can least afford it.

Billy, You ready for Key West ? Mike

Billy is always ready and always bring his "A" game....

The Pump IT boat should stay in p2 that's the right class for that boat, it's a 35 fountain bravo drive 525 or 500efi. Rock Star should run p1, where they were all last year . MAKE YOUR BOAT FIT THE CLASS OR DON'T RACE!!!!!!!!!

Just to clear things up were not the 35 Fountain that is being talked about being in P4, were either running P2 or P3. If no boats show up for P2 and there are some in P3, we'll run there and vice versa. We want to race not just go run around a course with no one else in the class

THANK YOU, A couple of RACERS

I never questioned the fact that you guys are true racers. Looking foreword to seeing you in KW.

Looking forward to seeing yall in key west as well, should be an awesome week!

four rolls of duct tape and some jb weld got her ready to go....lol we appreciate the confidence Frank and i think shes ready to go and give some good competion this year.

I'll be down just hangin. Anyone needs any help between the races putting stuff back together let me know. Got nothin to do. Smitty

More time for the Tree Bar :coolcowboy:

Smitty you buying the first round ...lol

First middle and last. First race all year I get to sit back and enjoy.

Smitty,

Enjoy your time at Key West! :) :)

Chris

So then what 35 are they talking about?

The old Double Trouble boat that ran last year

Is it running KW this year?? did somebody buy it?

Yea someone bought it and from my understanding put 500's in it and is running P4, i think jeff has a picture of it on his website from the parade in Key West. I believe its red and green now

boat ran 112 MPH with 509cu all day.

With 500s, its 100mph all day long. How the hell is that boat allowed to run in P4? I would certainly be pissed, if I had to run against that. with a single 30.

I have a great P4 boat for sale. Can be delivered to KW!

http://www.offshoreonly.com/classifi...o35397-en.html