Easter Weekend, 2012
Move over Easter Bunny! The Lake will shake with the sounds of the Big V8 engines powering the Grand Prix Hydroplane racing boats to speeds of over 150 miles per hour as they race for the finish. The Havasu World Cup is the inaugural east vs. west challenge for these waterborne rocket ships and the action in Thompson Bay is sponsored in part by El Centro Motors, Big O Tires, Mohave State Bank, and Trafficade Work Zone Services. Racing will begin Friday, April 6th, 2012 and will feature the Holiday Motorsports Dash for Cash. The competition will continue with racing on Saturday and Sunday.
Jim Russell, president of DSM Events of Lake Havasu City announced today “these boats are among the fastest purpose built racing vehicles in the world and thanks to Dean Rojas (Havasu resident and owner of one of the competing teams) we expect to see the largest field of them to Compete in the United States in decades, right here on Lake Havasu”. He expressed appreciation to local sponsorships from the Lake Havasu Convention & Visitors Bureau, Radio Central, Romer Beverage, the Lake Havasu Marine Association, ETS Fuel, Days Inn and The Nautical Beachfront Resort (the host hotel) for their help with this undertaking.
In addition to the Grand Prix Hydroplanes select classes of APBA Inboard racing will take to the water. The Havasu World Cup promises to be a weekend of boat racing not seen since the days When McCulloch used boat racing to promote the City. Dean Rojas said “Grand Prix racing will thrill all of your senses…if you don’t come down to the Nautical to watch the action at least you will hear them all over town… they are that loud and Fast”.