OPA Racing

2nd Stop of the 2013 OPA RACING SEASON will be the
"HERITAGE COAST GRAND PRIX"
in EAST TAWAS, NJ on JUNE 14-16!

May 10-12
LAKE HOPATCONG GRAND PRIX
Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey

June 14-16
HERITAGE COAST OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX on TAWAS BAY
East Tawas, MI

June 21-23
ATLANTIC CITY GRAND PRIX
Atlantic City, New Jersey

July 26-28
ST CLAIR RIVER CLASSIC OFFSHORE POWERBOAT RACE
St Clair, Michigan

Aug 9-11
INTERNATIONAL OFFSHORE POWERBOAT RACE
Port Huron, Michigan / Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

August 23-25
War at the Shore ~ "Sockin' Sandy"
Long Beach, NY

Sept 13-15
SOLOMONS OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX
OPA Nationals
Solomons, Maryland

Oct 4-6
OPA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ocean City, MD

February 2014
OPA AWARDS BANQUET
TBA

2013 RACE SCHEDULE

2013 TV Schedue

One Race Team is Going to Win!
March 20, 2013

$5,000 Cash Give Away! One Team is Going to Win! Drawing is Sunday, June 23rd @ 7pm @ Golden Nugget's THE DECK!

Receive 1 entry for each qualifying task. How race teams earn up to 4 chances to enter!
(1) Complete OPA registration for the 2013 Atlantic City Offshore Grand Prix by May 31, 2013; (2) Show up to the 2013 Atlantic City Offshore Grand Prix; (3) Complete at least 1 lap in the race on Sunday, June 23rd 2013; (4) Make an effor in your team's Dry Pit area to promote "Do-AC" or "Restore the Jersey Shore"

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Powering up for offshore racing in Lake Hopatcong
March 20, 2013

$5,000 Cash Give Away! One Team is Going to Win! Drawing is Sunday, June 23rd @ 7pm @ Golden Nugget's THE DECK!

Receive 1 entry for each qualifying task. How race teams earn up to 4 chances to enter!
(1) Complete OPA registration for the 2013 Atlantic City Offshore Grand Prix by May 31, 2013; (2) Show up to the 2013 Atlantic City Offshore Grand Prix; (3) Complete at least 1 lap in the race on Sunday, June 23rd 2013; (4) Make an effor in your team's Dry Pit area to promote "Do-AC" or "Restore the Jersey Shore"

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Powerboats have Atlantic City's cooperation and hoping for Mother Nature's
April 13, 2013

ATLANTIC CITY - Powerboat racing's version of NASCAR is coming to town in late June.

With the help of the Atlantic City Alliance, a marketing coalition that promotes tourism in the city, Golden Nugget Atlantic City and the cooperation of several other casino properties and other local businesses, the New Jersey Offshore Powerboat Racing Association will hold the Atlantic City Offshore Grand Prix on June 21-23.

Race day will be June 23 with 40- to-50-foot powerboats going 150 mph or faster.

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POWER BOAT RACES COMING TO LAKE HOPATCONG
April 11, 2013

JEFFERSON – The powerboats will be cruising along Lake Hopatcong, jockeying to line up as the starter in the pace boat waits for the right moment to set them loose. The water slaps at the sides of the sleek craft as their several wakes roll and collide, the eyes of each driver on the starter.

The moment arrives and the signal is given.

With a roar of their powerful outboard motors, the boats seem to leap from the water, their bows rising above the wave crests, cutting through water easily, then settling on the lake surface like dancers before racing off and leaving behind a rainbow plume.

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Powerboat racing coming to Lake Hopatcong
April 15, 2013

Boat speeds on Lake Hopatcong are limited after Memorial Day, so it’s a good thing the inaugural Lake Hopatcong Grand Prix, May 10-12, will beat the holiday deadline.

With twin-engine racers hitting straightaways at 135 mph and cornering at 95 mph, the competitors in the Offshore Powerboat Association’s first race event of the year are used to exceeding limits.

“It’s all about adrenalin,” said Jay Muller, a Lake Hopatcong resident and the OPA’s top-ranked racer, who was instrumental in bringing the race circuit back to New Jersey’s largest lake.

Muller and up to 40 other racers will compete in six categories for a purse of about $25,000 on an “arena-style” 2.8-mile course that will be fully viewable from many locations on the lakeshore. The Brick-based OPA is using the Lake Forest Yacht Club as a staging area.

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RESULTS: Lake Hopatcong Grand Prix

May 12, 2013

EXTREME
1st - 388 PhoenixParts.com
2nd - 6 Broadco Cat 5

SUPER VEE LITE
1st - 21 Pirate Racing
2nd - 66 Tug It
3rd - 29 Typhoon
4th - 51 Wild Ride
5th - 44 Steady Pumpin
6th - 3 Lilly Sport Boats

SUPER STOCK
1st - S-29 Talbot Excavating
2nd - S-111 Fluid Sealing Products/DoublEdge Motorsports
3rd - S-23 Lighthouse Racing

CLASS 1
1st - 129 Cleveland Construction
2nd - 6 Broadco/JEM Motorsports

CLASS 3
1st - 360 Bull on th Beach
2nd - V1 Wazzup
3rd - 311 Chiro One

CLASS 4
1st - 467 Velocity Racing
2nd - 401 R&S Racing/Twin Screws Boatwear

CLASS 5
1st - 505 Cisco
2nd - 555 Pushin Tin
3rd - 540 Pump It

CLASS 6
1st - 639 Repeat Offender
2nd - 626 Maxed Out Motorsports
3rd - 623 Country Service
4th - 618 ProBoat
5th - 601 Wazzup II
6th - 611 Joker Powerboats/CRC
7th - 667 Hurricane Force

Mothers Treated to OPA’s Season Opener
May 15, 2013

The Offshore Powerboat Association (OPA) enjoyed the start of their scheduled eight race season in picturesque Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey for the first annual Lake Hopatcong Grand Prix presented by Broadco Restoration. After achieving numerous championships as a throttle man, Jay Muller became Race Promoter Extraordinaire and invited the offshore boat racing world to his back yard. With most race courses being four to five miles in lap length, Jay wanted to put a twist and shortened the course to 2.3 miles which is similar to the size of the courses that the 200mph Unlimited Hydroplanes compete on. This proved to be brilliant as the racers had no margin of error as yes the amount of laps almost tripled and more importantly from the spectator prospective, it was non-stop action, while being able to see the whole course from your seat. Everyone assumes that a race on a lake will be calm and for the better part it is, however add a 2.3 short course and ten boats per race, what you have is what is a called in the offshore boat racing world a “washing machine”....

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