St Petersburg Powerboat Grand Prix Near the Pier | Video

Published on 09/03/21 (scroll down for video):

The 2021 St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix will be held near the St Pete Pier this weekend! Colt and I took a behind the scenes tour and now we’re fired up!
If you aren’t already following P1 Offshore and St Pete Catalyst , do so today for more info! Here are some details below from StPeteCatalyst, full article here: Inaugural P1 powerboat Grand Prix set for this weekend at the Pier – St Pete Catalyst

“…the two-day event features both professional and amateur P1 AquaX powerboat and jet-ski racing.
It’s free to spectators. The event schedule is here.” https://p1offshore.com/St-Petersburg[…]

Pits for St Pete Powerboat Grand Prix is at Vinoy Park

“The pits for the race boats will be at Vinoy Park, with the AquaX jet-ski pits at Spa Beach, and will be open to the public from 5-10 p.m. Friday and between 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Vendors and live music setup at Vinoy Park starting at 5 p.m. Friday.” This was a fun area to walk around while the boats arrive to the area.[…]

“It’s going to be approximately a six-mile course for the powerboats,” said Tim Ramsberger, CFO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater. “And of course the jet-skis, those things are 350 horsepower – they’ll go 75 miles an hour. They’re wicked cool. And they race on about a 1.6 mile course.”[…]

“This weekend’s races will be broadcast by CBS Sports and by Bally Sports Regional Networks, and will be seen in more than 100 countries.”

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Location: Near the Pier downtown.

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