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July 09: Everyone involved with this sport, be it a racer or a fan has been asking for unification for a long time and this seemed like a good time to investigate the possibilities. After several discussions with Ed Smith (Smitty) from OPA we’ve collectively come up with something that is very exciting and should certainly help move this sport in the right direction. OSS will replace the Kenner race with a race one week later in St Clair MI (Aug 1&2). This will be a joint race with OPA run by the Blue Water Offshore Racing Association. This will be an OPA and OSS points race. We expect to have 60 boats at this race. From there, we’ll do another joint race in either Patchogue NY on Aug 22 & 23 or Point Pleasant NJ on Sept 12 - 13 to replace the Orange Beach Race. This will also be an OPA and OSS points race.

Then on September 26 & 27 the Lake of the Ozarks will host the 2009 OSS National Championship Race. This will be an OSS points race but not an OPA points race, however, some of the OPA teams will be joining us in LOTO to show their support of our collective race series. (This is not an OPA points race only because OPA has a race one week prior in Cambridge MD and some teams may not be able to do back to back races.) As a final race (Worlds to replace Jupiter FL) OPA has been invited back to Ocean City MD in Oct and they’ve invited OSS to race there too. Details will be worked out over the next few weeks and we’ll keep you informed as to our progress. This race in Ocean City MD will be the final race for OPA and OSS in 2009.

For next year, we’ll take the best of our collective race sites and make a single fantastic series with more than 50 boats at every event. We are determined to move down it for the betterment of offshore racing as a whole. We hope you agree and will support our efforts.
Ron Polli - OSS President
Ed Smith — OPA President

We are proud to announce that Platinum Powerboats is the title sponsor for the 98th annual Long Beach Rum Run July 9th - 12th.

Brad is excited to drive the Fluid Sealing Products Skater in the Sunny Isles Race next weekend.

The last week has been filled with some very hard decisions. The SIB Offshore group was not able to raise the promised funds to support an OSS event. OSS has officially taken the event off our schedule. However, many OSS teams and members will still be at the event to support the SIB Offshore organizers. We all love the event and are looking forward to better econical times in the future.

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 50 boats are expected to make this year’s Bimini Ocean race. The Bimini Memorial Ocean Race allows for a great variety of boats to race “Old School”, to Bimini and Back.
On Sunday the action starts at noon with Offshore Super Series racing in all classes. Viewing is excellent anywhere along the Sunny Isles Beach to the north end of the Haulover Inlet.
Join us at the event, Brad will be driving the Fluid Sealing Produts Skater with Ryan Beckley.

For more information about racing in the event, being a volunteer or sponsorship opportunities, go to www.SIBOffshore.com and www.Offshoresuperseries.com

This event will benefit the Take Stock in Children Foundation

Brand new event for Pig Iron this year! We will be heading north of the border to race with our friends in Kelowna, Canada. The event is going to be staged similar to the San Diego Bayfair event that we participate in every year. The event will be a multi day short track, heat race with two races a day. The Unlimited Class Hydro’s race between our heats, it really makes for a great weekend in British Columbia.
More information will be available soon, check back here or visit the event website at http://www.kelownahydrofest.com/