RESULTS ARE IN!

     All the “Big Boys” came to the annual powerboat extravaganza called the NEW YORK CITY POWERBOAT POKER RUN, held on June 16th, 2007, based out of Liberty Landing Marina, Jersey City, NJ. The real action took place on the Hudson River starting with a Patriotic Parade of powerboats with American Flags displayed, taxiing from the Statue of Liberty to the George Washington Bridge and then taking-off for the Hi-Speed portion of the run to Checkpoint 1, Ossining Boat and Canoe Club and then a short leap to Checkpoint 2 at Haverstraw Marina and then back to Liberty Landing completed the 75 mile run.\

  Lead by the OFFICIAL PACEBOAT of Pete Mazzo, the 46’ OUTERLIMITS, “No Discipline” kept everyone to his transom until the green flag was dropped…then only 4 boats got by him anyway! OUTERLIMITS dominated the fleet’s front runners with “Factory Billet”, “Keep Diggin II”, “No Discipline”, “Pure Adrenaline”, “Quick Getaway”, “TEAM OUTERLIMITS Raceboat”, “Miss Sonance”, “Raging Storm”, and ”Got Speed” at the front. Vinny Rifice’s “BAD”, Joe Vollaro’s “Cat in the Act”, Ron Barette and Chuck Bick’s, “Maxed Out”, and Sal Sciandra’s “Awesome”, were the front running cats of the day.    

TEAM FOUNTAIN was well represented with the factory rep Craig Steinroeder piloting a 47’ Lightning powered by triple 525 Mercury Racing Engines and also featured was Bob Kolenberg’s new 89 MPH Hi-Speed Record Holder for center-consoles, the 38’ Fountain titled “Corporate Cars” and powered by 4- 300 HP Mercury outboards.

Norwest Marine, the Fountain Dealer from Norwalk, CT produced the winning Fountain’s of the Day with the Factory’s 47 Lightning landing a Full House and collecting $2,500.00, which they donated back to the sponsorship of the event.

Joe Lamberti’s 35 Fountain collected a spade’s Flush and received $1,000.00.

Greig Lutz in his 100+mph 35 Fountain, “Makin Friends”, collected 3-of-kind Aces and won $500.00 which he donated to Shore Dreams for Kids.

Mike Kolenberg in his brother’s 38 Fountain, collected 2 pair, A’s and 5’s, and won $500.00.

Ron Barrette and Chuck Bick collected 2 pair, Q’s and 7’s and collected $500.00.

The “Shore Dreams for Kids” program was able to collect almost $2,000.00 at the event through its raffle and donations.
   

 The “Best Looking Boat” Award went to Jim Shultz in his 51 Outerlimits, “Factory Billet”. A close 2nd for “Best Looking Boat” was Sunsation Powerboat’s 43 “F 4”.

The “Best Looking Team”, dressed with sporty VELOCITY Shirts went to Robert Leider in his 30 Velocity, “Jagged Edge”.  The biggest trophy of the day went to Peter Mazzo, because he exemplifies what the “Spirit of the NPBA” is all about…having good FUN with Fast Boats and the friendly people and members of the National Powerboat Association.
    

A big Thanks to our Lead Sponsor, Mike Fiore and the OUTERLIMITS TEAM and kudos to their TV appearance and promotion on Thursday Morning , June 14th on Channel 11, WPIX with Larry Hoff…quite a show that reached 7 million viewers. We also made the NBC Morning News and the ABC Evening News.
    

Special recognition goes to a host of new sponsors including George Magnifico’s FASTBOATS, Inc, our new northeast distributor for Active Thunder Powerboats.

Also special thanks to Joe Schaldenbrand of Sunsation Powerboats for coming on-board and entering the event. Check out www.sunsationboats.com <http://www.sunsationboats.com/>

    Randy Hartman of Lake Cumberland Marine and Gary Montano of Hartman/Montano Motorsports (most wins ever in offshore racing) have continued to give their support and presence and made this annual pilgrimage to witness this great event.   www.lakecumberlandmarine.com <http://www.lakecumberlandmarine.com/>

    Casey Kiernan from Extreme Boats Magazine flew in from Arizona to photograph this event and support the National Powerboat Association. www.extremeboatsmag.com <http://www.extremeboatsmag.com/>

    Kevin Skiba of Mercury Hi-Performance attended the event again this year and smiled as he witnessed all of the “Black Outdrives and Engines, (some blue ones)” make the complete run without a failure! www.mercuryracing.com <http://www.mercuryracing.com/>

          Chris Cestarro and Carol Shabbot of OCEAN PERFORMANCE are continuous supporters of the NPBA and rarely miss a Friday nite party…they were “in the house”.
For your performance needs, check out  www.oceanperformance.com <http://www.oceanperformance.com/>

    Mark Jameson rounds up the great hot rods and displays and inspired Denis Kelliher to come-on-board and display his fantastic line of custom motor coaches, RVs, and Trick Sportchassis Tow Vehicles…check out www.cartecmotors.com <http://www.cartecmotors.com/> for all the info.

     Rudy DiPietro of Route 66 Motorsports showed off his new line of themed Golf-Carts and trick motorcycles and custom accessories.
Go to www.route66-motorsports.com <http://www.route66-motorsports.com/> for the real story.

     Frank Civitano of Typhoon Marine displayed a “head-tuning” 43 Donzi…your Hi-Performance Dealer located in Toms River, NJ. www.typhoonperformancemarine.com <http://www.typhoonperformancemarine.com/>

    Mariner’s Cove continues to sponsor the NPBA and supplies Fountain Powerboats to New York and Long Island. www.marinerscovemarine.com <http://www.marinerscovemarine.com/>

    Custom Marine continues to support eh NPBA and can be viewed at www.custommarine.com <http://www.custommarine.com/>

   Myco Trailers continues to sponsor the NPBA and can be viewed at www.mycotrailers.com <http://www.mycotrailers.com/>

    Livorsi Marine came on-board a long time ago and remains a faithful supporter: www.livorsi.com <http://www.livorsi.com/>

    Glasswerx, “The Body Shop for Boats”, located in Cos Cob, CT; T: 203-422-2615

    Norwest Marine, the new Fountain Dealer in Norwalk Ct, came on board this year and brought a fleet of FOUNTAINS with them: www.norwestmarine.com <http://www.norwestmarine.com/>

    Velocity Powerboats continued its support of the NPBA and can be visited at www.velocityboats.com <http://www.velocityboats.com/>

    The David Clark Company provided headsets for the NPBA, www.davidclark.com <http://www.davidclark.com/>

Contact Bruce V. Schneider Assoc. for marine insurance at www.bvsainsurance.com <http://www.bvsainsurance.com/>

  and, A big thanks to THINKFAST FILMS for making us Famous on TV!!!

     As the awards closed on Saturday evening, just before a great thunder and lightning storm direct from mother nature (better than fireworks), the participants and fans that came from all over including California, Canada, Florida, and even Sweden, packed up their rigs and gear and looked forward to the next NPBA Poker Run, the MANHASSET BAY GOLD CUP POKER RUN on Long Island Sound, August 25, 2007.

For more information call: 203-532-1312 or e-mail: billy@nationalpowerboat.com 

 

ADDITIONAL NPBA EVENTS:

 August 25^th, 2007
(NEW DATE/Time slot)

 14th Annual

MANHASSET BAY GOLD CUP POKER RUN

on Long Island Sound.

…inaugurated by Gar Wood and Horace Dodge during the 1920’s on the North Shore of Long Island, crowning the “KING OF THE SOUND”

$400.00 Entry Fee gets you 2 hands in the game for the $3,000.00 Grand Prize

Trophies for the “Best Dressed Crew”and

The”Best Looking Boat”.

Refreshments and food are” a la carte”

             

October 7^th, 2007

and concluding the season with our famous
"Brunch Run Around NEW YORK CITY"   

                                                

Its time to play with our Big Toys Again!!
So put the motors back in the boat, hang the outdrives and put on the new props….
Dress up that boat and crew for the Magazines & Cable TV viewing.
 

For more event information call:

The National Powerboat Association  at 203-532-1312 or e-mail: billy@nationalpowerboat.com