Team AMSOIL attended the OPA season opener in Ocean City, Maryland which is the first race of the Geico Triple Crown series. Saturday testing required several setup changes including switching gear ratios to accommodate the rough conditions of the Atlantic Ocean. After some severe weather, the conditions on Sunday were even rougher, presenting challenging conditions [...]
The AMSOIL Offshore Racing Team led both of its races from start to finish in the fierce OSS Cat Lite competition in both Cat Lite heats held at Lake Cumberland, KY on Sunday, May 10th. The Team AMSOIL 368 Skater was re-fitted with new Mercury 525 EFI engines and components just prior to the [...]
PERFORMANCE BOATS, in association with the Offshore Super Series, is giving offshore racing a much-needed boost by bringing the 2009 OSS series to television. PB has now forged a strategic partnership with Fox Sports Network to produce two episodes on offshore boat racing. These segments will highlight the season-opening race in Biloxi, Mississippi, as well [...]
Sunsation Powerboats is unleashing a secret weapon…sooner than planned. The Sunsation XRT, Extreme Race Technology, model will be released ahead of schedule. Originally slated for 2010, XRT will now be unveiled in Miami, February 12, 2009. Development started over a year ago keeping ideas and concepts in the future model file. The project has remained [...]
Offshore Super Series returns to Sunny Isle Beach, Florida for the 2nd Annual, “Sunny Isles Beach Offshore Challenge”, June 11th-14th 2009. The overwhelming success of last year’s event sets the stage for this year to be bigger and better than the inaugural event. This three day event will start on Friday morning when at least [...]
Team AMSOIL traveled to Key West, Florida to compete in the annual UIM/SBI Offshore World Championships held the week of November 2nd through November 9th. Teams arrived several days early to set up camp at the Truman Annex section of the island for the week-long event. A total of three race days are combined to [...]
Michigan is a Midwestern state named after Lake Michigan whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwa Indian term mishigami, meaning large lake. Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world. Michigan is ranked third for the number of registered recreation boats, behind California and Florida. Michigan has 11,037 inland lakes. A person [...]
In 1750 Dr. Thomas Walker was the first frontiersman to stand on the high bluffs of the Appalachians overlooking a river flowing through the mountains. He named it in honor of the Duke of Cumberland, son of George the ΙІ of England. Two hundred years later, Wolf Creek Dam was constructed on the Cumberland River [...]
Two unfortunate and fatal accidents happened on Lake Cumberland over Labor Day weekend. The first, a boating accident, occurred early Sunday morning at 12:28 am when a boat struck the bank on Cemetery Island. The driver was killed after his 36 ft Baja Outlaw went airborne and overturned after striking the bank. His passenger was [...]
Several species of fish found in the Great Lakes have been declining in population and in size. Why? That’s exactly what researchers are trying to solve with a four-year, $560,000 grant. The initiative includes three schools – Purdue, the University of Michigan and the State University of New York – and two federal institutions. The [...]