Making the most of their cameo appearance in the class for 2023, the father-son team of Anthony Smith and Anthony Smith, Jr., in their 388 Skater, HP Mafia, drew lane one and held second place for the first seven laps of the race until they had to pull off the course to extinguish a fire.
When the green flag flew for the Super Cat race, owner/throttleman Tyler Miller and driver Myrick Coil leapt to the lead in their Skater Powerboats 388 M CON/Monster Energy from lane two. While some teams made use of a favorable lane assignment to establish dominance like M CON in Super Cat, GC Racing in 450R Factory Stock and El Bandito Tequila/Sunprint in Mod V, 222 Offshore Australia started in its worst position this season in Class 1 and Jackhammer was in the outermost lane in Super Stock. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix 1, the M CON/Monster Energy cockpit duo of owner/driver Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil moved one step closer to their second consecutive Super Cat world championship.
At the first day of competition at the 42nd annual Race World Offshore Key West World Championship presented by Performance Boat Center, the winners in virtually every class put on a superior display of dominance, setting the stage for three days of heated competition in the southernmost city in the United States.īy taking the checkered flag in race No.
