2013 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout Guide
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- It’s the Silver Anniversary, 25 years of thrills. What was once the not-so-humble brainchild of local thrill seeker…
Anyone who has met Greg Olson knows he’s not a “look-at-me” kind of guy. Yet, after his gutsy Top Gun-winning run at the 2012 Lake of the Ozar…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- MTI/CMS throttle man Randy Scism and driver Bob Bull ran an impressive 186 mph in 2012. The black and orange 48-foo…
“A change in the winds,” Captain Ron Duggan muttered under his breath.
In most places, fire’s greatest enemy is water. But at the Lake of the Ozarks, flames have an even more formidable foe: fireboats.
I don’t know for certain if the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout was Powerboat magazine photographer Tom Newby’s favorite event to cover, but it wa…
In the beginning, there was Brett Manire and Performance Boat Brokerage. Manire had worked for the company for a year and a half when he decid…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- In their quest for speed, the world’s top boat racers win something else: immortality. The mention of their names h…
Could this be the year the Shootout record falls? Only time will tell. But if all goes as planned, Bill Tomlinson believes it will be and that…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- The core of the Shootout is the community it serves. Beyond the hardware, the speed and pomp, beats a compassionate…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- 209 in 2007. These numbers mark Dave Callan’s Shootout legacy. Despite a hiatus, he is still the man to beat.
Racing has traditionally been a male-dominated sport. But women are breaking through this barrier—hauling down the course, winning world recor…
The Shootout is about power and speed, pushing drivers and machines and to their limits. At the extremes of boating, there is always increased…
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- Tooned In is the fastest pontoon in the world. Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2012 Top Gun winner Brad Rowland challen…
The name Bob Morgan will be forever etched in Shootout history. In honor of the man who gave his life to boat racing, an ambassador of the mos…
Speed is a tantalizing thing. It demands of its suitors power, control, and skill. And while each seeks his or her own way of chasing it, few …
As one of the Shootout’s most consistent sponsors and supporters over the last 25 years, Poly Lift continues to connect boaters to their docks.
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. -- Pleasure boating and speed boating are popular around the globe; as evidence, the Shootout brings racers from more …
Sure, the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout sports one of the largest flotillas known to man, stretching as far as the eye can see. But for those la…
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The Lake of the Ozarks' biggest boat race is here, and boaters, ra…