powerboat racing 2022 schedule

September 24, 2024

Newly-named Cowes Powerboat Festival to feature three races over August Bank Holiday weekend. British Powerboat Racing Club in new partnership with Powerboat P1 to grow the event. World-famous tourism destination Experience Kissimmee becomes presenting sponsor.

Powerboat P1, the international marine motorsport promoter, and the British Powerboat Racing Club (BPRC) have jointly announced a new partnership for this year’s Cowes Torquay Cowes offshore powerboat race that sees P1 provide marketing, communications and sponsorship support for the 63rd staging of the famous event in August.

Based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the British Powerboat Racing Club organises the Cowes Torquay race which has been running since 1961. This was the first powerboat race outside the USA and is the longest running race in the world. Held every year over the August Bank Holiday weekend with international teams competing in different classes, the race covers a challenging 210-mile course along the south coast of England. Boats reach speeds in excess of 100mph, with the fleet racing non-stop to Torquay on the South Devon coast, where the teams will stop for approximately 90 minutes to the delight of local crowds, before returning non-stop to Cowes.

Earlier this month Powerboat P1 announced details of a unique agreement with Experience Kissimmee that sees the world-famous tourism destination in Central Florida sponsor both UIM Class 1 offshore racing and this year’s Cowes Torquay Cowes event. “We are thrilled with the evolution of our established partnership with P1 and joining the historic and prestigious Cowes endurance race in the UK presents another exciting opportunity for us to spotlight Kissimmee and its family-friendly attractions in one of our top international visitor markets,” commented DT Minich, President/CEO of Experience Kissimmee.

The racing fleet will assemble at Cowes Yacht Haven for scrutineering and safety inspection on Friday 23 August. The Cowes Torquay Cowes race will start at 9.30 the following morning (Saturday 24 August) followed immediately afterwards by the Cowes Poole Cowes race at 10.00am. Both races will start off the Squadron Line, Egypt Point, in the Solent. Sunday will see the start of the Round the Island Race at 10.00am, a unique event that the founders of the BPRC started in 1968 for all sizes of both race and leisure boats, old and new.

• Fri Aug 23 - Sun Aug 25 2024 The British Powerboat Racing Club presents the Cowes Powerboat Festival presented by Experience Kissimmee
• Sat 24 Aug - Cowes - Torquay - Cowes Race 10:10 am Race Started
• Sat 24 Aug - Cowes - Poole - Cowes Race 10:15 am start
• Sun 25 Aug - Round the Island Race

• APBA Offshore Championship
• Asia Powerboat Championship
• Australian Offshore
• Bermuda Offshore
• British Offshore Racing
• P1 Offshore
• P1 Superstock
• P1 Superstock US
• Race World Offshore
• Raid Pavia Venezia
• Super Boat International
• UIM Awards Giving Gala
• UIM Class 1
• UIM Marathon
• UIM Pleasure Navigation
• UIM V2 World Powerboat Championship
• UIM XCAT Racing
• UK ThunderCat Racing

• Australian V8 Superboat Championships
• Circuit Powerboat Association
• E1 World Electric Powerboat Series
• F1 Powerboat Championship Series.
• Powerboat GP
• UAE F4 Championship
• UIM OSY400 European Championship
• UIM World Circuit Endurance
• Unlimited Hydroplane Racing
• F1H2O Nations Cup

• P1 AquaX Bahamas World Championship
• UAE Aquabike Championship
• UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship

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Frode Sundsdal

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It’s a powerboat racing website that has covered circuit racing, offshore racing and PWC since 2016. Maintained by The Race Factory based in Norway who have specialists in event planning and promotion, social media, graphic design, and photography. We are currently working on our vision and believe that we can and will make a different in powerboating. We will dedicate our time to produce accurate factual stories and to promote the sport to a wider global audience.

The provisional calendar for the F1H2O 2022 World Championship was released today.

The stand out race venue looks to Belgrade, the capital and largest city of Serbia, which has a population of nearly 1.7 million people. It’s located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and is said to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe.

With back-to-back races scheduled to take place in Italy and China this will obviously help the promoter H2O Racing in a massive way when it comes to reducing the shipping costs of their world series.

25/26 February            Jeddah                         Saudi Arabia

04/05 March                Jeddah                         Saudi Arabia

21/22 May                  Cagliari (Sardinia)         Italy

02/03 July                    San Nazzaro                 Italy

23/24 July                    Belgrade                      Serbia

August                         TBC                              Portugal

01/02 October            Shanghai                      China

08/09 October            Hainan                         China

09/10 December         TBC                              Middle East

We are fully aware that all these dates and venues are subject to change.

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Port Neches, TX – April 30 – May 2

www.pnriverfest.com

2022 Port Neches River Fest Schedule

Friday april 29, 2022.

1:00-8:00 Safety Inspection / Registration

3:00 Testing Formula 1

4:00 Testing Formula Lights

5:00 Testing Tri-Hull

5:30 Testing Formula 1

Saturday April 30, 2022

7:00-8:30 Safety Inspection / Registration

8:30 Driver’s meeting: Formula 1 / Formula Light Only

9:00 Tri-Hull Testing

9:30Formula Lights Testing / Qualifying / 3 minutes + 1 lap

10:30 Formula 1 Testing / Qualifying / 4 minutes + 1 lap

11:30 J-Hydro Testing

12:00 Driver’s Meeting All Classes – River Open

1:00 Tri-Hull – Heat #1 / 7 laps / draw for position

1:30 Formula 1 – Group A – Heat #1 / 6 minutes + 1 lap

1:50 Formula 1 – Group B – Heat #1 / 6 minutes + 1 lap

2:15 Formula Lights – Heat #1 / 6 minutes + 1 lap

3:00 J-Hydro – Heat #1 / 3 laps / draw for start and props

3:15 River Open

3:45 Tri-Hull – Heat #2 / 7 laps / reverse order of points

4:15 Formula Lights – Heat #2 / 6 minutes + 1 lap / reverse order of points

4:45 J-Hydro – Heat #2 / 3 laps / draw for prop

5:00 Formula 1 – Group A – Heat #2 / 6 minutes + 1 lap / reverse order of points

5:20 Formula 1 – Group B – Heat #2 / 6 minutes + 1 lap / reverse order of points

Sunday May 1, 2022

9:00 Formula Lights – Heat #3 / 6 minutes + 1 lap / reverse order of cumulative points

10:00 J-Hydro Heat #3 / 3 laps / reverse order of cumulative points

10:30 Tri-Hull – Heat #3 / 7 laps / reverse order of cumulative points

11:00 Driver’s Meeting – River Open

12:00 Tri-Hull – Heat #4 / 7 laps / reverse order of cumulative points

12:30 Formula 1 – Group A – Heat #3 / 6 minutes + 1 lap/rev order of cumulative pts

12:50 Formula 1 – Group B – Heat #3 / 6 minutes + 1 lap / rev order of cumulative pts

1:15 J-Hydro – Final / 5 laps

1:30Formula Lights – Final / 15 minutes + 1 lap

2:00 River open

2:30 Tri-Hull – Final / 20 laps

3:15 Formula 1 – Final / 17 minutes + 1 lap

4:00 Awards Presentation – River Open

The Formula 1 Powerboat Championship will be roaring into Southeast Texas April 29-May 1, 2022 for the 20 th annual “Thunder on the Neches” powerboat races as the highlight of the five-day Port Neches “River Fest”. Come and enjoy the festival of fun with various food vendors, arts & crafts, talent show, car show, pet show, horseshoe, washerboard, fishing tournament, fireworks and powerboat racing. The grand celebration, held at Port Neches City Park, will feature something for every member of the family, starting on Wednesday, April 28th and running through Sunday, May 1st, the “front and center” race course seating gives fans the best viewing of the entire race course. Boat racing finals will be held on Sunday and is free to the public! Fans will be entertained by all four F1 Powerboat series classes; the junior racers of J-Hydro, Tri-Hull, Formula Light and the blistering-fast Formula 1.

Sanctioned by the American Powerboat Association (APBA) and conducting club S.P.O.R.T.   will be handling all racing activities throughout the event. We’ll be kicking off the festivities on Thursday April 28th when we begin setting up the pits at noon. Friday’s action in the pits continues throughout the morning into the afternoon test sessions. The action begins early at 7:00 am on Saturday April 30th with the opening of registration and inspection followed by a Tunnel Boat only drivers meeting before hitting the water. The event will conclude on Sunday May 1st after 2 full days of racing action followed by the awards ceremony.

Live-Streamed racing coverage will be produced by Live Race Media throughout the weekend available on the series Facebook page. Visit the F1 Facebook Powerboat Championships page at: https://www.facebook.com/F1PowerboatChampionship/ . Find additional information on the F1 Powerboat Championships on the website, www.f1powerboatchampionship.com .

Directions: Port Neches City Park

From US 69 take FM 365 North 3 miles to FM 366 turning right. Continue ½ mile to Merriman St. turning left continuing to the park.

GPS Directions us the following:

Neches River Wheelhouse, 720 Lee Ave., Port Neches, Tx. 77651

Truck Route

Boat Launch:

The city park has great concrete ramps, 6 wide, will accommodate trucks, UTV’s, and ATV’s. Follow direction from the Pit Manager.

  Fuel: F1- VP Racing Fuel MS98L (2 strokes) & C9 (4 strokes) is the series class spec fuels and the only legal fuels for the class, It must be purchased at registration at each event. It may be mixed with Petroleum based or Synthetic Oil complying with Series Standards. Teams are required to take all empty fuel containers with them at the conclusion of the weekend. Pricing and quantities are as follows: MS98L (2 stroke) 35 gallons @ $10.00 per gallon

      C9 (4 stroke) 24 gallons @ $10.00 per gallon

Tri Hull & F-Lights: Fuel of the day must be purchased from specified local gas station per inspector’s direction.

Parking in the pit area:

Pit move in is not open until Thursday April 28 th at 12:00 pm (Noon) Series Pit Manager will direct all participants to their designated parking area. Pre stage on Merriman Street next to the park, no pit parking prior to being placed by series staff!

Due to the large number of competitors no passenger vehicles will be allowed in the pit area. Tow vehicles and support vehicles only, No Exceptions! A designated team passenger vehicles parking area will be at the North end of the grass pit area.

Race Director- John Schubert

Referee- Doug Rea

Inspector- Ken Scoville

Scorer- Lyndsay Mathews

Risk Manager- Matt Sadl

Pit Boss- Chris Keefer

Race Start: Modified Lemans Dock Start for the Formula One and Formula Lights classes. Rolling Start for the Tri Hulls and J-Hydros.

Race Format: Race format per the F1 Powerboat Championship 2022 Drivers Rule Book. We will no longer extend a 5-minute rule to hold any race for a competitor. Start at the end of the dock if you are not able to load in your original starting position in the correct time.

Website:   www.pnriverfest.com

Timing System: We will be utilizing our new Timing/Scoring/Course Management System (TSCM) at this event in the F1 class. Systems pricing is $700.00 includes a transponder, GPS antenna, and RF frequency antenna. The GPS antenna must be mounted on top in front of the driver area of the capsule 40” back from the furthest forward point of the pickle fork tips. Weekend rental (maximum of 2 times) rate is $200.00 per weekend plus $50.00 for the antenna kit (includes both antennas). Either option can be paid at registration.

Series Information:

Please assist us by supplying your team/driver bio information. The sooner we receive the information and the more information we have on you, your team, and sponsors the better job we can do to promote your package. We will be using this information for pre and post press releases along with the live streaming show. There are two way of getting this information to us, fill out the forms in the series drivers information guide and email or fax, go to the series website and fill it out then send in. https://f1powerboatchampionship.com/driver-info/ . We will have all series required sponsor decals and patches available at registration, they must be in place prior to safety inspection. We are working on updating drivers information and will be taking pictures of all competitors in their driving suit with helmet at this event, we will give you the location at registration.

Hotel Information:

Quality Inn & Suites Port Arthur Holiday Inn Park Central

8040 Memorial Blvd2929 Jimmy Johnson Blvd.

Port Arthur, TX 77642Port Arthur, Tx. 77642

409-729-3434 phone: 409-724-5000

Holiday Inn ExpressComfort Inn & Suites

3115 Central Mall Drive 7800 Memorial Blvd.

Phone:(409) 853-4114Phone: 409-729-0500

Hampton Inn Super 8 Arthur/Nederland Area

7660 Memorial Blvd 7700 Memorial Blvd.

P hone:(409) 722-6999 409-527-9923

American Best Value Inn & SuitesDays Inn & Suites Port Arthur

7440 Memorial Blvd.7340 Memorial Blvd.

Port Arthur, Tx. 77642Port Arthur, Tx. 77642

Phone: 409-722-1034Phone: 409-999-3430