Sunday, March 29 completed the 6th Annual Monster Energy St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix with four offshore races on choppy Tampa Bay water. Tyler Miller took Pro Class 1 Race 2 for Monster Energy/MCON, giving Bill Pyburn and Tyler Miller one win each across the weekend’s two PC1 heats. Modified V results are pending from the official timing sheets.

Saturday results: St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix: Saturday Results

Factory Stock – 6 Laps

Pos.
Boat #
Boat Name
Note

1
F-42
Jackhammer
 

2
F-44
Lake Wylie Racing
 

3
F-21
Say Less MF
 

4
F-5
Mead Family Racing
 

5
F-25
Good Boy Vodka
DNF

6
F-66
151 Express
DNF

Reese Langheim wins Factory Stock in the Jackhammer (F-42), starting from P4 on the grid and leading every lap. Joe Spoloric’s Lake Wylie Racing (F-44) finishes second. Rusty Williams takes third in Say Less MF (F-21), completing a demanding weekend having entered both Factory Stock and Super Stock. Good Boy Vodka (F-25), with Earl Tucker and Alex Pratt, retired after four laps. Jorge Arellano’s 151 Express (F-66) did not finish past lap one.

Super Cat – 6 Laps

Pos.
Boat #
Boat Name
Note

1
3
Dirty Money Racing
 

2
54
Graydel / CJ Grant Racing
 

3
6
Wicked
 

4
77
EWB Racing
 

5
08
CR Racing
DNF

6
10
Howe 2 Live Offshore
DNF

Robert Renfroe wins Super Cat in Dirty Money Racing (#3), having qualified second behind pole-sitter Rob Unnerstall. Unnerstall’s CR Racing (#08) completed only one lap before retiring, handing the initiative to Renfroe who led from lap two to the flag. Chris Grant’s Graydel / CJ Grant Racing (#54) finishes second; Jason Muller’s Wicked (#6) third. Kelly Kraiss in EWB Racing (#77) takes fourth. Howe 2 Live Offshore also retired on lap one.

Pro Class 1 – Race 2 – 7 Laps

Pos.
Boat #
Team Name
Note

1
06
Monster Energy / MCON
 

2
03
DMR Performance
 

3
32
GC Racing
 

4
10
Outta Pocket Racing
 

5
11
X/Insurance North
DNF

6
5
WHM Motorsports
DNS

7
07
Discrete Offshore Racing
DNS

Tyler Miller wins Race 2 for Monster Energy/MCON (#06), leading from lap one and holding the position through seven laps. Bill Pyburn’s DMR Performance (#03) had the fastest lap of the race (2:51.609) but could not overhaul Miller, finishing 7.1 seconds behind after starting fifth on the grid. GC Racing (#32, Milton Calafell) takes third; Outta Pocket Racing (#10) fourth. X/Insurance North (#11) retired after two laps. WHM Motorsports (#5, William Mauff) and Discrete Offshore Racing (#07) did not start Race 2.

Pyburn’s DMR Performance won Saturday’s Race 1, Miller’s Monster Energy/MCON won Sunday’s Race 2. The weekend points split sets up a close championship battle from the opening round.

Super Stock – 4 Laps

Pos.
Boat #
Boat Name
Note

1
S-25
Team Bermuda
 

2
S-54
STR – Allied
 

3
S-8
Wozencraft
 

4
S-89
Big East Construction
 

5
S-55
Mom Ain’t Happy
 

6
S-12
Nuff Said
 

7
S-88
X/Insurance Moxie
 

8
S-43
Ignite / Celsius
 

9
S-28
Diggin Deep
 

10
S-21
Say Less MF
 

11
S-17
Team Allen Lawn Care
 

12
S-14
Atlas
 

13
S-7
HBS Motorsports
 

14
S-33
Demon Bikini
 

15
S-74
Bad Decisions
DNS

16
S-45
STR – Car Wash
DNS

Steven Bridges wins Super Stock from pole in the Team Bermuda boat (S-25), leading every lap of a four-lap race on a rough bay. Shaun Torrente’s STR-Allied (S-54) finishes second; Wozencraft (S-8) third. Big East Construction (S-89) finishes a strong fourth from P9 on the qualifying grid. Both of Torrente’s entries ran today: STR-Allied finished second; STR-Car Wash (S-45) did not start.