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By Jonas Fortune
Beacon Journal staff writer
POSTED: 07:04 p.m. EST, Nov 16, 2008
While many locals have spent the past few weeks brushing the dust off their winter jackets, the owner of Simmons Marine, Jim Simmons, has been racing his super boat all over the waters of Key West.
''It's a lot warmer down there,'' Simmons joked. A lot more exciting for his company, too. Simmons and his racing team took home first-place points today at the 28th Annual Super Boat International (SBI) World Championships in Key West, Fla.
This is the third consecutive year that Simmons Marine has won the honor in the Class Four race. During the same period, Simmons Marine has been a three-time Offshore Performance Association (OPA) national champion.
Simmons and his driver, Jason Zolecki, competed in three races last week in their 34-foot Phantom boat with twin 500 EFI (electronic fuel injection) engines. The points from the three races were combined to determine the world champion.
On Wednesday and Friday, it was a 32-mile course. Today, the course stretched to 54 miles, Simmons said. Simmons Marine won both the Wednesday and today races, giving it enough overall points to hold off a super boat sponsored by the U.S. Army, 975 to 925 points.
''There is minimal money [won],'' Simmons said. ''It is more the recognition you get with it. With SBI, it is the classification of the world title.''
Being able to keep the world championship for three consecutive years is difficult to do, Simmons said.
Boats are beaten up and broken down. Waves and weather always makes things interesting. Simmons Marine even lost a motor earlier this year.
While many locals have spent the past few weeks brushing the dust off their winter jackets, the owner of Simmons Marine, Jim Simmons, has been racing his super boat all over the waters of Key West.
''It's a lot warmer down there,'' Simmons joked. A lot more exciting for his company, too. Simmons and his racing team took home first-place points today at the 28th Annual Super Boat International (SBI) World Championships in Key West, Fla.
This is the third consecutive year that Simmons Marine has won the honor in the Class Four race. During the same period, Simmons Marine has been a three-time Offshore Performance Association (OPA) national champion.
Simmons and his driver, Jason Zolecki, competed in three races last week in their 34-foot Phantom boat with twin 500 EFI (electronic fuel injection) engines. The points from the three races were combined to determine the world champion.
On Wednesday and Friday, it was a 32-mile course. Today, the course stretched to 54 miles, Simmons said. Simmons Marine won both the Wednesday and today races, giving it enough overall points to hold off a super boat sponsored by the U.S. Army, 975 to 925 points.
''There is minimal money [won],'' Simmons said. ''It is more the recognition you get with it. With SBI, it is the classification of the world title.''
Being able to keep the world championship for three consecutive years is difficult to do, Simmons said.
Boats are beaten up and broken down. Waves and weather always makes things interesting. Simmons Marine even lost a motor earlier this year.
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