Due to bad luck on Friday's race, The MitiGator team would officially finish 4th in the O.P.A. World Championships, but it would bring home the final checkered flag of 2010 on Sunday!

Its been a roller coaster ride for the MitiGator Powerboat this season, they started out extremely hot by winning in dominating fashion at the season opener in Ocean City Maryland. But since then the team had experienced a bunch of engine troubles and at one race while getting to the race course the boat experienced a huge wave and actually hydro-locked the engine as well as damaged the boat. Throughout all of this thought the team was always very competitive but hadn’t been able to capture another victory before heading to the O.P.A. World championships this past weekend.

The first race was on friday, the way that they determine the world champion is by running 2 races and then the team with the highest averaging finish is declared the winner. However engine problems would again strike the MitiGator Powerboat team as a fuel pump seized up. This would leave the team scrambling on Saturday to try to find a new fuel pump and get it installed before Sunday’s final race.

The MitiGator powerboat would make it back out to the racing action on Sunday, but with little hopes of winning the overall world championship all the team could do was go out and win! And win they would,  again dominating after a first turn that included having to miss a coast guard boat that was out of position. “If we did not back off when we did I’m sure we would have killed the 2 men in the other boat.” Said driver Warren Miller. After the mishap the team would take off and win in dominating fashion. But because of their bad luck on friday the team would rebound to finish 4th in the World Championship standings.  From all of us at MitiGatorinc.com we want to congratulate Driver Warren Miller and Throttle-man Al Colbertson on a successful 2010!

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The MitiGator offshore powerboat is looking to get back to its early season success at the OPA World Championships

The Offshore Powerboat Association (OPA) is having their biggest event of the year this weekend, the OPA World Championships in Orange Beach, Alabama on Oct 12-17th. This will be the final race of the year for the MitiGator Powerboat and it is looking to put a string of bad luck in its wake. The MitiGator Powerboat started out the year with a victory but engine troubles and rough waves have taken its toll on the Virginia based team.

Not to mention while testing for the World Championships the team broke a drive on the boat, and has spent the last week making repairs to the MitiGator Powerboat. If you can’t make it out to the races but are going to be in the Orange Beach area, tune into 105.7 for a live broadcast from the races. But this is going to be something that your going to want to see in person. Driver Warren Miller is expecting 20-25 boats per class! So come by and take a look at the MitiGator equipped powerboat and check out the races from Orange Beach! Its going to be big, make sure you are following us on twitter for updates from the race week, and check back to our offshore blog for the results!

If you do get to make it out to the race this weekend, stop by the MitiGator Powerboat and check out the MitiGator Cushioning system in action. The MitiGator Powerboat seats have been equipped with MitiGator and protect both the driver and throttleman from Impacts and vibrations that the rough seas produce.

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The MitiGator offshore powerboat unfortunately didnt get to take to the rough waters at Atlantic City as the Coast Guard was forced to cancel the event

If you ask the driver of the MitiGator Powerboat, Warren Miller, he will tell you that he feels as if he has an advantage over the competition because of his MitiGator equipped seats. The MitiGator is designed to absorb the impacts and vibrations that come from the intense waves that racing on the ocean produces. Earlier this year at Ocean City Maryland the ocean was producing some bigger waves and the MitiGator powerboat ended up pulling off the victory in the rough waters.

However at Atlantic City, New Jersey this past weekend the ocean was extremely choppy. With waves climbing from 15-18 feet with swells over 20 feet. Warren and throttleman Al Colbertson were excited because they felt like they had a great chance to win the first powerboat race at Atlantic City in over 20 years. But when the Coast Guard saw how tall the waves were they had no choice but to cancel the event.

The good news is the MitiGator Powerboat is now ready for its next event on October 13-17th at Orange Beach Alabama. If you are going to be attending the event come down to the pits and check out the boat. And make sure you ask about the MitiGator cushioning system!

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