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TalkStory's F2-33 TEAM LAZZARA wins the Cigarette

Super Boat International's Grand Prix of Miami !

Driver: Dick Lazzara (Batman)

Throttleman: Gene Weeks (Superman)

Owner: Gordon Kraft (Hagar)

Team Lazzara with driver Dick Lazzara (Batman) and Gene Weeks (Superman) at the throttles, battled 3-6' seas April 18th, and jumped into the lead halfway down the first lap of this years Super Boat International season opener, and held the lead through the finish, to WIN the Super Boat Grand Prix of Miami. The Super Boat International Manufacturer 2 class (called F2 in APBA) had over eight (8) other F2 competitors, including Team Apache which was close behind us in Second Place, and well back from them was Team Fountain in Third Place, and Team Cigarette, and others. Our awesome new OuterLimits F2 boat proved itself in maintaining tremendous speed in very rough sea conditions. YeeHaw!!!!!!!

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Ft. Meyers Hooters Offshore Race May 16

Team Lazzara finished in 5th place on calm waters off of Ft. Meyers Beach, in a field of 10 other F2 boats. This race was won by a 30' Stuphen (last years World Champion). Our friends, in the Mastery Fountain F2-51, were in second place Sunday, until they spun out in a turn and dropped out. They were very fast in their new Fountain. Dick and Gene in our TalkStory F2-33 spun out on Saturday's practice, and tossed out Gene Weeks, he was bruised and banged up pretty good, but insisted on racing on Sunday. Dick also has a bunch of new bruises from the spin out as well, but he wouldn't think of not competing and drove on Sunday.

Our new Outer Limits is still undergoing testing of props, etc. and we expect to get it back into the winners circle at the upcoming Key West SBI race on June 6th, hopefully we will have a little more rough water... because that is where our OuterLimits really shines, in the rough seas races. this just in... we had too big of props, sorry about that. We going to fix dis thing brah. did 90 when I bought it, now 83?

Hagar, out!

What a change from our last year's F2-33 Baja boat. Now we are hoping for 4-5' seas and last year we were flying in those conditions.

just talkin' story brah!

I got to drive our new F3-33 cat, many times at over 100mph, what a great smooth running boat. We may enter it in some future Local class races, to gain experience before entering the tough new F3 class races... (in fact, I drove it from Shooters in downtown Ft. Meyers to the south end of Marco Island in about 35 minutes, including the 5mph zones) awesome dude! How about a race like this round trip, then everyone in Ft. Meyers Beach, Bonita Springs Beach, Naples Beach, and Marco Island Beach, could watch... "Community Racing Aloha Series"

Key West, Fl.

The weather was poor, seas 3-6' with cross chop (square waves) and from the first lap thru the 6th lap F2-33 with Dick Lazzara as Driver, and Gene Weeks at the throttles, TEAM LAZZARA steadily increased it's lead to at least a half a lap, about 5 miles... in some of the crappiest seas you could imagine, we have the video from the chopper, and it shows us passing nearly everyone, because they had slowed down due to being in the air more than on the water, i.e.. the Havoline 115mph cat, the World Champion B-1 boat, whoa this OuterLimits has no rough water limits!!!!!! It loves the rough water, and so does our Team. Congratulations to Dick and Gene for the best ride of their life!

unfortunately, we ran out of gas on the final lap. Just wait till Corpus, we have a lot to do there. We have the best Team. That's TEAM LAZZARA folks. This was a very tough one to swallow. But, I always say, let's turn the negative to a positive. Kick butt in Corpus, and please let there be some rough water for the fastest rough water boat I have ever seen. Great boat Mike!

This boat would be a good "B" based on it's rough water characteristics. Maybe next year? Who knows?

Corpus Christi, Tx. TEAM LAZZARA wins FIRST Place! (More info when I talk to Dick and Gene)

FACTORY 2

1	F-233	TEAM LAZZARA
2	F-21	TEAM SUTPHEN
3	F-255	HIGH VOLTAGE
4	F-212	TEAM ELIMINATOR
5	F-238	TWISTED STYX
6	F-221	SNAPPERHEAD OFFSHORE
7	F-276	FOUNTAIN
8	F-251	MASTRY ENGINE CENTER

FACTORY 3

1	F-337	TEAM MOTION
2	F-305	TEAM YAHOO RACING

PS.

at the SBI Key West rave on June 6, we did shoot some DTV video of TalkStory's TEAM LAZARRA F2-33. A DV copy will be available shortly in our ecommerce shopping center on TalkStory Island, on the internet.

go fast and be safe

Big G