May 10

May 10 - May 11

George Grant Memorial Race

OB RR

Trinity River

Hoopa, CA

May 10 - May 11

US Title Series Spring Shootout

PRO

Champions Park Lake

Springfield, OH

May 16

May 16 - May 18

Thunder On Cocoa Beach

OS;N

Atlantic Ocean

Cocoa Beach , FL

May 16 - May 18

Buckingham Test & Tune 2025

VINTAGE;N

Clearlake

2850 Eastlake Dr, Kelseyville, CA 95451, CA

May 17

May 17 - May 18

Tom Thornton Jr regatta

MOD-SO-J CLSES

Mattanawcook lake

Lincoln, ME

May 17 - May 18

Race the Joe! - St. Maries River...

SE-JRR

St. Joe River

St Maries ID, ID

May 17 - May 18

Phantom race Days

MOD-SO-J CLSES

Phantom Lake

Mukwonago, WI

May 17

Water Follies Spring Testing

VINTAGE-INB-UNL

Columbia River

Kennewick, WA

May 17 - May 18

Cambridge Classic

SE-INB

Hambrooks Bay

Cambridge , MD

May 17

Regatta

SE

Body of Water

City, ST

May 17

Sprint Boat Test & Tune

SE

Ontario Speedway

Ontario, OR

May 20

May 20

Spring 2024 Vintage Unlimited Te...

VINTAGE

Lake Washington

Seattle, WA

May 23

May 23 - May 26

Boatnik 2025

SE-JET SPRI-OB RR-DRAG

Rogue River

Grants Pass, OR

May 24

May 24 - May 25

Red River Rumble F1 Powerboat Sh...

OPC

Red River

Shreveport, LA

May 24 - May 25

Newberg Memorial Weekend Boat Ra...

PRO-KPH-MOD-SO-OPC-J CLSES

Willamette River

Newberg Oregon, OR

May 24 - May 25

Spring Franklin

MOD-SO-J CLSES

Justus Lake

Franklin, PA

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Capable of speeds over 140mph, the Outboard Performance Craft has come a long way since its beginnings as the "Outboard Pleasure Craft" class. This category of racing features some of the biggest, most powerful outboard engines in Powerboat Racing. OPC engines can range from off-the-shelf production engines to heavily modified, high tech engines built for world record speed. Today's most high tech OPC race boats can start from a dead engine start, go 0 to 100mph in 6 seconds and turn 180 degrees with forces of up to 5 G's. These tunnel boats are the fastest turning vehicle in the world!

Most OPC classes use the water-skimming tunnel boat design, with an air space under the boat between the sponsons. These range from open-cockpit Sport C boats to fast, powerful Formula 1 rockets. However, there's room for v-bottom and flatbottom coats as well in some classes. You can start with a class that uses off-the-shelf production engines and pleasure boats and move up to highly modified racing engines and built-for-speed composite hulls. Whether Many racers move from Stock, Modified or PRO racing to the Sport C or SST 45 class. Once they find they like tunnel boats, they can keep moving up in speed, size and budget. Sportsman classes like Tri-Hulls (in the Texas-Louisiana area), Mini GT and GT Pro get the whole family out on the water, racing together. (Kids as young as 12 can start in Mini GT).

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