2014 Key West Worlds and Poker Run Coverage Overview

sunprintspinOn Friday and Sunday during the 2014 Super Boat International Offshore World Championships in Key West, Fla., last week, speedonthewater.com delivered wrap-up coverage after each race. Our timing target, which we were able to hit, was to have the highlights of each race go live online before the next race began, and given that there were four races per day the challenge was formidable. It was a “first” for online coverage of the SBI Worlds, and though we know there always will be room for improvement we’re pleased with the result. As always, your feedback is appreciated and valued.

Far easier to accomplish but equally important in our view was our “Countdown to Key West” series of online articles, which we hope helped fans gain insight into the top offshore racing teams and their strategies heading into the event.

Special thanks to Pete Boden (the image above is yet another one of his winners) Jeff GerardiJay Nichols and Bob Christie for your photo contributions to this effort. These stories could not have been told without them. And thank you to the coverage sponsors below. (Look for a complete feature on the 2014 SBI Worlds in the upcoming November/December Issue of Speed On The Water digital magazine.)

See below for a list of the pre- and (eventually) post-event coverage from both the Super Boat International Key West Offshore World Championships (click here) and the Key West Poker Run (click here) hosted by the Florida Powerboat Club.

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• Key West Worlds Day One Wrap-Up: Rubbing is Racing
• Countdown to Key West: Offshore Racing’s Missing Man

• Countdown to Key West: Superboat Unlimited Class Pulls Eight Teams

• Countdown to Key West: Two-Cruel Taking ‘Systematic Approach’

• Countdown to Key West: SOS Venezuela Needs No Help

• Countdown to Key West: CMS Packing Two-Team Punch

• Image of the Week, Part II: Miss GEICO’s Business End
• Countdownt to Key West: Fourth Time a Charm for The Hulk?

• Countdown to Key West: 5 Brothers Grocery Expecting Tough Stock-Class Competition

• Countdown to Key West: Talbot Excavating Testing Exceed Expectations

 Countdown to Key West: Duval House-Backed Fountain Steps Up to Extreme Class
 Countdown to Key West: Team AMSOIL Ready for Return
• Countdown to Key West: Racing for Cancer Team Shooting for Top-Three Finish

• Countdown to Key West: Steve Quick Jeweler Stock-Class Team Out

• Countdown to Key West: Snowy Mountain Brewery In

• Countdown to Key West: Pressure Off Miss GEICO Team

• Countdown to Key West: Don’t Miss the Steve and Stephen Show

• Countdown to Key West: Absolutely Not Team Ready To Play Rough

• Countdown to Key West: Lights, Cameras, Action—And Stihl

• Countdown to Key West: Broadco Will Take Aggressive Approach

• Countdown to Key West: New Talbot Excavating Cat to Debut

• Countdown to Key West: Qatar Team Boats Out for SBI Worlds
• Countdown to Key West: Schoenbohm Teaming Up with Ballough
• Countdown to Key West: Envy Maybe
• SBI Key West Worlds Preview
• Talbot Excavating Team Cat to Be Ready for Key West Worlds
• Complete 2013 Key West Event Coverage

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• Commentary: Special Treat in Key West
• 10 Reasons Why Key West Didn’t Suck

• Personal Slide Shows From Today’s Boca Grande Raft-Up

• Image of the Week: Yeah They Do!

• Twin Turbine-Powered Statement Marine 50′ Cat Burns During FPC Key West Run

• Tres Martin’s Safety Corner: Five Poker Run Essentials

• Countdown to Key West: Smokin’ Tuna Saloon/J.D. Byrider Party Open to Public
• Countdown to Key West: Classic Primal Instinct Cigarette Gets New Chief Power in Time for Poker Run
• Countdown to Key West: Statement’s Center Console Flock
• Second Outerlimits SC 46 Cat to Debut in Key West
• Cigarette to Display New 41′ Stern Drive 1040 Center Consoles at Key West Poker Run
• Countdown to Key West: Skaters On and Off the Racecourse
• Countdown to Key West: Can’t Miss Parties
• Countdown to Key West: Nor–Tech’s Wide-Ranging Fleet
• Speedonthewater/BurgerFi Restaurant Key West Party Update: What’s On The Menu
• Countdown to Key West: Mercury Highlighting 75th Anniversary
• Newest 34 CCX Models from Sunsation Set for Poker Run
• BurgerFi and Speedonthewater.com Expanding Key West Party