Just five weeks ago, Leah Martin was named an International Hot Rod Association executive and tasked to spearhead the drag-racing organization’s deep dive into offshore racing. Martin is continuing to be the IHRA’s forward-facing point-person, but now she has a more-precise title—president. And not just…

Multi-time world champion tunnel boat racer Bill Seebold died October 22 from complications from ALS. He was 84 years old. Known as Billy or Mr. Bill, Seebold is widely considered the greatest tunnel boat racer of all time and is a strong candidate for powerboat…

Directed by a longtime friend and business associate of Reggie Fountain, Jr., a video team is producing a documentary on the 85-year-old Fountain Powerboats founder in Washington, N.C. The producers are targeting a spring 2026 release. It is not the first video chronicling the achievements…

A 20-plus-year veteran of powerboat-trailer world Ronnie Harris has joined Phoenix Trailers. According to a press release from the East Jordan, Mich., company, Harris will “play a key role in expanding Phoenix Trailers’ presence along the Southeast U.S. coast and beyond.” Ronnie Harris is well-known…

Today’s news that Julie Weiss has been elected to the Fort Myers Offshore is good on many levels. First, Weiss has a strong record of getting things done on the event-organizing level. She is detailed oriented and personable. She gets things done. Julie and Dan…

Top-speed wasn’t the only competitive aspect of the 37th annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in late August. While most folks were still snoozing on Thursday, August 22, throttleman Nick Buis and driver J.J. Turk were breaking the existing dam-to-dam speed record. Setting the new…

Since taking delivery of their DCB Performance Marine M37R catamaran called Cowboy & Indian in 2023 after the boat was showcased during the June introduction of the Mercury Racing 500R outboard engine in Charleston, S.C., owners Kelly O’Hara of New York and Indiana’s Kiran Pinisetti…

At the Thunder On Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race in May, throttleman Nick Imprescia and driver Ian Morgan used their pole position to capture the lead when the green flag flew. They held first place for the entirety of the race and earned their first…

As kids who grew up in Long Island, N.Y., and were baptized in clam juice, Deep Impact Custom Boats owner Mark Fischer and his best friends Mike Esposito and Mike Valardi raised a fair amount of mostly harmless hell. All worked summer evenings in the…

Who is the greatest offshore racing throttleman of all time? The question elicits strong responses and even heated arguments among diehard fans of the sport, especially those whose rabid interest is measured in decades rather than years. One of offshore racing’s finest all-time throttlemen, Steve…