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As motorboat racing is a dangerous sport, many individuals (including drivers, crew members, officials and spectators) have been killed in crashes related to the sport, either in a race, in qualifying, in practice or a private testing session. For example, in offshore powerboat racing , one racer dies each year from accidents.[ 1]
Name
Role
Date
Series
Race
Place
Boat Spec
Comment
Val Carr
1972/03/26
Schwepps 80
Port Jackson , Sydney, Australia
[ 46] [ 47] [ 48]
Paul Carr
Alf Bontoft
Driver
1976/08/29
Cowes -Torquay
Enfield Marine "Blitz"
[ 49]
Joel Halpern
Driver
1981/03/29
APBA
Halter 200
Lake Pontchartrain , New Orleans
Michelob Light
[ 50] [ 51]
Robert Weir
Driver
1984/01/29
Australian Power Boat Association
Port Phillip 100
Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
"Weirwolf" a 23 ft Whitehorse powered by 2 x 175 hp Mercury outboards.
Boat nose dived into a wave and broke in half. Co-driver Michael Meeng escaped uninjured.[ 51]
Dick Fullam
driver
1985
APBA
Key West
Still Crazy
Fullam had a previous career as a CFL player[ 52]
Mike Poppa
Throttleman
Mark Lavin
Throttleman
1986
APBA
Key West
Jesse James
[ 51]
Didier Pironi
Driver
1987/08/23
Offshore World Championship
Needles Trophy
Isle of Wight , United Kingdom
ACX "Colibri" - Lamborghini
[ 53] Pironi was previously a Formula One racing driver for Ferrari . He retired from racing cars due to injuries sustained in an accident at the 1982 German Grand Prix .
Jean-Claude Guénard
Throttleman
Bernard Giroux
Navigator
Thomas Brandt
pilot
1988
APBA
Sheffield Oil Unocal 76 Offshore Classic
Panama City, Florida
Spirit of Miss Liberty
[ 54] [ 55]
Don Wright
throttleman
Kevin Brown
Owner/Driver
1989/10/23
APBA/UIM Worlds Championship
Atlantic City, New Jersey
32 ft Skater
Team Skater UIM II (Modified Class)Jim Dyke throttle-Man Kevin Brown Owner/Driver
Stefano Casiraghi
Throttleman
1990/10/03
Class 1 WOC
Monaco
French Riviera
Pinot di Pinot
Shannon Pearce
Driver
1990
Cock of the Mersey - Devonport Apex Regatta
Mersey River , Latrobe, Tasmania , Australia
[ 56]
Brass Wilcockson
Navigator
1991
Class 3D National Championship
Allhallows , River Thames , United Kingdom
Puma Catamaran
Hamed Buhaleeba
Throttleman
1995/08/25
Class Two World Offshore Championship
Cowes , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom
Victory M-1-Sterling Chevrolet V6
[ 57] [ 58] [ 59]
Khalid Al-Sabah
1997/03/30
Class Two Middle-East Offshore Championship
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
[ 60]
Jack Carmody
Driver
2001
APBA Offshore Pro Series
Corpus Christi, Texas
Xtreme Carlos N'Charlie's
[ 1] [ 61]
Sergio Carpentieri
Throttleman
June 30, 2007
Powerboat P1 World Championship
Travemünde , Germany
Carpenter
[ 62]
Kevin Graff
Driver
August 24, 2008
OPA
Battle on the Bay
Patchogue, New York
"Aero Express" MTI
[ 63]
Phil DeJana
Throttleman
Joey Gratton
Throttleman
2011/11/11
Superboat International
31st Annual World Championships
Key West, Florida
Page Motor Sports
[ 64]
Mohammad Al Mehairi
Driver
2009/12/11
Class One World Offshore Championship
Dubai
Dubai International Marine Club (DIMC), Mina Seyahi
Victory 1
[ 65] [ 66]
Jean-Marc Sanchez
Throttleman
William Nocker
Driver
2012/07/13
UIM Class-1
Gabon Grand Prix
Libreville, Gabon
Welmax
[ 67]
Accidents during outboard powerboat racing
Name
Date
Series
Race
Place
Machine
Cesare Scotti[ 68]
1974/10/06
ON (2000 cc)
Six Hours of Paris
Seine River
Scotti - Evinrude
Peter Inward[ 69]
1983/07/03
British F2 Powerboat Championship
Fairford
Hodges / Mercury
Ken Stevenson[ 70]
1983/12/11
Formula 2 Powerboat World Championship
Nassau -Paradise Island Strait
Bahamas
Luigi Valdano[ 71]
1984/05/27
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Grote Prijs van Nederland
Ertveld Plas , 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands
Gérard Barthelemy[ 72]
1984/06/02
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Paris Grand Prix
Seine River , Paris , France
Hodges - Evinrude
Roberto Saviero[ 73]
1984/08/03
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Private test
Po River , near Piacenza , Italy
"Esercito Italiano" Molinari - Evinrude
Tom Percival[ 74]
1984/08/19
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Grand Prix de Belgique Benson & Hedges
Meuse River , Liège , Belgium
Hodges - Evinrude
Philippe Rebulet[ 75]
1988/11/06
Six Hours of Paris
Seine River
?
François Salabert[ 76]
June 10, 1990
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Embassy Grand Prix
Bristol , United Kingdom
Jeanneau / Mercury
Bolesław Niklewski
1991/07/03
Malta Circuit, Poznań
Poland
John Hill[ 77] [ 78]
1993/04/16
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates
Burgess / Mercury
Roger Demares[ 79]
1995/05/02
24 heures Motonautiques de Rouen
Seine River
Deboos / Mercury
Andy Chesman[ 80]
1998/07/19
European Formula 500 Championship
Hamburg , Germany
Fort Boat / König
Francis Maré[ 81]
1999/05/01
24 heures Motonautiques de Rouen
Seine River
Heart attack
Mirosław Kędziora[ 82]
2001/09/23
S-550 World Championship
Trzcianka
Poland
Victor Kunitch[ 83]
2001/10/28
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Vincenzo Polli[ 84]
2002/12/21
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Mike Lovell (GBR ) [ 85] [ 86]
2012/09/16
P1 Superstock Series
Weymouth
United Kingdom
Peters & May - P1 Panther 250 UK[ 87]
Joe Mahmah
2012/11/04
[united kingdom]
Accidents during hydroplane and displacement racing
As two boats approached the first buoy the second boat failed to turn and ran over Tantrum. Driver John Allen never recovered and died three years later from injuries received in the crash. 5 litre Displacement
Name
Date
Competition
Race
Place
Boat Spec.
Comment
Jack Turner[ 88] [ 89]
1948/08/23
Canadian Gold Cup
Picton, Ontario
Ventnor "Tops III"
Dennis Hall
1989/01/15
Unlimited Unrestricted race
Deepwater Motor Boat Club, Milperra
6 Litre Displacement "CAINAM"
As 2 boats were approaching a turn buoy, the other boat failed to turn & ran over the top of Mr Hall's boat & Mr Hall was fatally injured.
Doug Jancura
2004/04/17
American Power Boat Association
Testing
American Lake , Lakewood, Washington, USA
Strutin PS 1 - Pro Stock Flatbottom Sprint Boat
Larry Martin[ 90] [ 91]
2004/11/06
Australian Power Boat Association
Wide Bay Bundy Thunder
Bundaberg , Queensland , Australia
Trojan - 6 litre Displacement
Geoff Tomkins
2007/03/04
Devonport Apex Regatta
Cock of the Mersey
Mersey River , Latrobe, Tasmania , Australia
"Iron Nuts" - Unlimited Displacement
János Feil[ 92]
2008/05/11
UIM
European Championship F350
Po River , Boretto , Italy
Brian McCosker
2010/04/03
Taree Aquatic Power Boat Club Easter Classic
Stuart Doyle Cup - NSW Unlimited Displacement Championship
Taree, New South Wales , Australia
Liberty - Unlimited Displacement
David Bryant
2010/04/04
Taree Aquatic Power Boat Club Easter Classic
Eastway Shield - NSW Unlimited Open Inboard Championship
Taree, New South Wales , Australia
She's the Culprit - Unlimited Displacement
John Cross
2010/09/28
Australian Power Boat Association
Lake Mulwala Power, Victorian Council APBA
Yarrawonga, Victoria , Australia
Rival - Unlimited Displacement
Mr Cross had just passed the finish line in a final race when a propeller ear broke causing the boat to flip
Ryan Butler
2011/07/09
American Power Boat Association
UIM World Flatbottom Championships
Black Lake , Olympia, Washington, USA
Scooty-Puff. Sr. PS 44 - Super Stock Flatbottom Sprint Boat
Name
Date
Competition
Race
Place
Boat Spec.
Comment
Mike Fry
08/09/2015
Marble Falls Lakefest
Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series
Lake Marble Falls (Texas)
Top Alcohol Hydro "Meanstreak II"
First round of eliminations in TA/H
Hugh Jones
1986/06/21
ADBA
Molson Drag Boat Challenge
London ON
BFH Stage fright
Comment
Mac Bale[ 93] [ 94]
1970/02/01
Lake Ming , Bakersfield, California , United States
Jan Barrett [ 94] [ 95]
1973/10/07
Lake Ming , Bakersfield, California , United States
Water speed record attempt
David Skalicky[ 93]
2005/07/10
Southern Drag Boat Association
Ozarka Bricktown Nationals
Bricktown Drag Boat Circuit, Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, United States
"Bad Boy's Dixie Toy"
Dale Anderson[ 96]
2002/09/08
National Jet Boat Association
Bakersfield, California , United States
Oklahoma City , Oklahoma, United States
"Bad Boy's Dixie Toy"
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