nj offshore powerboat racing
Offshore powerboat race week-end kicks off on friday 6/12 with a block party, downtown on arnold avenue, point pleasant beach, meet the racers from 4pm to 8pm. saturday, 6/13 race village is open to the public at 10am. from noon to 3pm boats test in the atlantic ocean off the point pleasant beach boardwalk. at 5pm there is a parade of boats through point pleasant beach. Offshore powerboat racing is a type of racing by ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing. in most of the world, offshore powerboat racing is led by the union internationale motonautique (uim) regulated class 1 and powerboat gps (formerly known as powerboat p1). in the usa, offshore powerboat racing is led by the apba/uim and consists of races hosted by powerboat p1. Offshore powerboat racing is, for all intents and purposes, the aquatic version of off-road automobile racing. there are similarities, such as man and machine versus a demanding environment, and the demands on both simply to survive any given contest. don aronow, the new jersey-born entrepreneur behind the iconic cigarette racing team brand. 
nj offshore powerboat racing 2020 schedule may 15-17 thunder on cocoa beach (cocoa beach, fl) may 28-30 lake race (lake ozark, mo) june 12-14 point pleasant beach grand prix (point pleasant beach, nj) june 26-28 sarasota powerboat grand prix (sarasota, fl) july 24-26 st. clair river classic (st clair, mi) july 30- aug 2 great lakes grand prix (michigan city, in) august 21-23 tba september 12-13 lake hopatcong grand prix. There is probably no single race more famous than the benihana offshore grand prix. this race was known as the indy 500 of offshore racing and was held in point pleasant beach, nj, during the 1970's. the new jersey offshore powerboat racing association has been the host club since racing started in point pleasant beach some 40+ years ago. nj offshore (njopra) is still a very active club with.
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