Formula One PROP Tour Prepares for One of North America’s Most Exciting Boat Races, the 23^rd Dow Bay City River Roar

Nixa, Mo. (June 4, 2010) – After finishing second in the 2009 Dow Bay City River on the Saginaw River, Formula One driver Chris Fairchild stepped from his boat, wiped the sweat from his face and told a Bay City Times reporter, “It was typical Saginaw River: Rough and ugly and trying to eat boats.” read more

May 19, 2010 Nixa, MO....  Fresh off podium finishes in Potamio, Portugal at the first race of the F1H20 UIM season, Scott Gillman is bringing the talented team of Ahmed Al Hameli and Thani Al Qamzi to race state-side. Scott is a 4 time world champion in the F1H20 and multi-winner in the United States Formula One. His team of Ahmed Al Hameli and Thani Al Qamzi are bring their talent and equipment to take on the likes of Seebold, Rinker, Torrente, Fairchild and most of all the Saginaw River in downtown Bay City, MI. which is one of the roughest on the PROP Tour. read more

May 1, 2010 Port Neches, TX.  Sunday's Final was a run away for Tim Seebold who took off from the pole position and was running away with it until the 38th lap! Brian Norman of Mandeville, LA crashed in turn 1 and the field was stopped. The Formula One boats were lined back up and the flag dropped and Shaun Torrente beat the field down to the first turn and led them for the remaining 12 laps and took the win! read more

March 17th 2010, Nixa, MO. The season is finally arriving with the first stop in Port Neches, TX. This venue is having its 9th year according to Forrest Barber, the local race promoter. Forrest says the the Port Neches River Festival has grown to crowds of 30,000 for the 4 day event that includes concerts, car shows, and the "Thunder On the River" boat race. Forrest says that the addition of the Formula One Boats has really added a lot of excitment to the festival. read more

After a bit of a hiatus from the national scene in 2009 Glyn Mathews and his team are ready for an all out war for the Inaugural Formula One PROP Tour Formula Two title in 2010. The man who hails from just outside of Houston, TX still had some continued success in his Custom Dirt Works/Mathews Tractor sponsored Seebold Hull in ‘09 as a part of S.P.O.R.T. (Southern Professional Outboard Racing Tour). read more

Brian Normand and the rest of Normand Motorsports team are refreshed and ready to mix it up in 2010. The driver from Mandeville, Louisiana is extremely excited to be a part of the Formula One PROP Tour this season. With his top notch sponsors; Swipes.com the Ultimate boat and hand cleaning wipe, Cleansit.com, a leader in the commercial cleaning supply industry, Pile Driving Company, serving the greater Baton Rouge and New Orleans, LA area with an array of structural building support systems for over a decade and finally RCI Construction, Serving the Gulf Coast region with any and all structural concrete needs.  read more

Formula Lights Ready to put on a show in 2010

    In addition to the formula one and formula two tunnel hull classes, the Formula One PROP Tour is proud to announce the addition of the Formula Light to the schedule in 2010. These 13 foot tunnel hulls utilize  44.9 cubic inch stock, two cylinder Johnson and Evinrude motors mounted on a racing gearcase with a racing propeller. This class has produced some of the greatest formula one drivers in the U.S. over the past several decades. Drivers who have their roots in the formula lights class include: Terry Rinker, Jose Mendana and reigning national champion Shaun Torrente. read more

Hall of Fame Inductees Molinari & Seebold Arrive in Abu Dhabi

  ABU DHABI,United Arab Emirates – Two of the greatest powerboat racing drivers the world has ever known Renato Molinari and Bill Seebold went to Abu Dhabi to begin a 10 day celebration of their induction into the first U.I.M. F1 H2O World Championship “Hall of Fame” class culminating with a gala awards dinner wrapping up the current 2009 season on Friday, December 11th in the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

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Formula Two Boats Featured on 2010 PROP Tour

  NIXA, MO. (December 7, 2009) – The Formula Two class of outboard powerboats will be featured at all Formula One PROP Tour events in 2010, PROP Executive Director Wayne Worthy has announced.

            “We look forward to seeing our friends in the Formula Two class come and be a part of our new venture,” Worthy said. “We are excited to have them racing with us and they are excited to be rejoining their friends in Formula One.” read more

As the man from Paw Paw, IL hunkers down for the winters Illinois dishes out you can guarantee that his shop will be anything but cold and shut up. As others get out the ice fishing gear and the snowmobile Chris Fairchild is always moving forward to ensure that his team is one step ahead moving into the new season. Chris is someone who never stops moving. Not only does he fight for the Formula One title every year. He also races some stock outboard and is the primary testing driver for his sponsor Mercury Marine. read more

The flagship driver for Speedmaster Racing Team looks to continue his success in 2010. “I have had a few great runs this year and I look to build on that next year” says Torrente. With the 2009 APBA Champ class title under his belt and a myriad of titles in other classes, Shaun looks to add another trophy to his case back home in Miami, FL. “With the support of my family and all the hard work that team owner Ted Gryguc and the rest of the Talon 22 Custom Boats team puts in, we are ready to run up front in 2010” read more      

Seattle, Washington (October 1, 2009) – The Formula One PROP Tour, which conducted the top level of outboard powerboat racing in North America from 1995 through 2002, will return to the water in 2010. read more

Moving into the second decade of the 21^st century, Team Seebold is looking to move in one direction – back to the top of Formula One powerboat racing. The excitement and possibilities for a successful 2010 season in the new Formula One PROP Tour is refueling Tim and the rest of Team Seebold. read more

The Amsoil Team of Rinker brothers are getting ready for the 2010 season with the new Formula One PROP Tour. Brothers Randy and Terry are putting in the overtime to be at the top of their game come the first race in 2010. read more

(October 29, 2009) Powerboating has lost one of its great personalities. He was a profile in the Norwegian powerboat sport. One of his hallmarks was that he was always in such good spirits, in addition to his great openness to newcomers in the sport. read more