#40
YOU’RE IN COMMAND RACING TAKES THE CHECKERD
FLAG IN CAMBRIDGE, MD.
The
#40 Y.I.C. racing team took to the calm waters in
Cambridge, MD for a 2 day shoot out with the total
point for both days walking way with the checkered
flag and the National Points Championship on the line.
In race 1 the #40 Y.I.C. went to battle right at the
green flag with the crowed favorite #31 WAZZUP Racing
from Brick, N.J. both teams left the pack behind them
and went into turn one deck to deck, the battle went
on with the #40 Y.I.C. Race team trying to get by
the #31 boat, the team tried a number of times to
dive to the inside in the turns and found themselves
being cut down and seen nothing but the rooster tail
of the #31 boat and finished the race in 2nd place
3 second behind the #31 team. In race 2 the Y.I.C.
Race Team found some engine problems and were running
2 mph slowing then the previous race, the team struggled
to stay with the front of the pack and found themselves
taking 3rd place with the team Crime Pays from Mich.
taking 1st place, but the 2nd place in race 1 and
3rd place in race 2 was good enough for the overall
win to take the checkered flag for the weekend. The
You’re In Command Racing team took 2nd place
in the National Championship Point Chase, just 15
points behind WANTED Racing from Ocean City, M.D.
The #40 Y.I.C. Team will now set its sites on Key
West, Fl. for the 2007 SBI/APBA/UIM World Championships.
#40
YOUR IN COMMAND RACING FALLS 4 SECONDS SHORT OF 1ST
PLACE IN THE POINT PLEASANT OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX
The
#40 Your In Command Racing Team put it all on the
line in Point Pleasant, N.J. The team was looking
forward to race in the 5 foot seas. “This is
were you really see what kind of competition you have,
the big water will test both the throttlemen and the
driver to see how well they can really run together
and how willing they are to run on the edge”
said driver Gino Marrone. At the start it was the
36 foot Cigarette Team WANTED, the #31 Team WAZZUP
and #40 Y.I.C. deck to deck going into the 1st turn,
the battle continued with all 3 boats never being
separated by more then 4 boat lengths till on lap
3 the #31 Team dropped out with engine problems, the
race would go on for another 40 miles between Wanted
Racing and #40 Y.IC. Team, which neither team ever
pulling more then 2 boat lengths away from each other
and on the last lap coming out of turn 4, the Y.I.C.
team tried to make a dive to the inside of Team Wanted
in front of lap traffic. “We went threw there
rooster tail and we were in the blind for about 3
to 4 seconds when we came out there were boats all
in front of us and we dove back to the outside again
in 2 other boats rooster tails and land completely
on our side, I have never had the boat that far on
its side before and still don’t know how we
didn’t flip at 90 mph, we knew WANTED was out
of control in the wakes also so it was leave the throttles
wide open and a drag race to the finish” said
Gino. The #40 Y.I.C. finished less then 4 second behind
Team Wanted and walk away with 2nd place. The team
now heads to Cambridge, MD. for its next race.
#40
YOUR IN COMMAND TAKES 1ST PLACE IN PATCHOQUE OFFSHORE
GRAND PRIX
The
#40 Y.I.C. Racing Team took to the waters off of Long
Island, N.Y. and found themselves in a 3-way battle
for 1st place from the drop of the green flag. At
the green flag it was the local favorite JC Performance
in with his single engine 1200 HP Activator along
with WAZZUP Racing and the #40 Your In Command Racing
Team, the 3 teams left the pack at the start and went
deck to deck for the first 4 laps when the #40 Y.I.C.
and the #33 WAZZUP pulled away, by lap 7 the #40 Y.I.C.
Team took the lead for good and pulled away from the
field and finished the race over 4 miles from the
2nd place boat. “ We felt good about this win,
the boat is handling great and running the best that
it has all year, we are competing against some boats
that have 300 to 600 HP more then we are running and
were still beating them” said driver Gino Marrone.
The team will head to Pont Pleasant, N.J. for its
next race
#40
YOUR IN COMMAND TAKES 2ND PLACE IN ST. CLAIR GRAND
PRIX
The
Y.I.C. Racing Team traveled north to the small town
of St. Clair, MI. were over 60,000 race fans attend
each year to see 70 of the fastest Offshore Powerboats
in the country battle it out with speeds of over 200
mph on a course of fast moving currents and hairpin
turns that in the past have played havoc on the race
teams and this year was no different. During happy
hour testing the first boat out on the course found
out how dangerous these currents can be after going
into turn 3 and found themselves flipping upside down,
the rescue divers were on the seen in less then a
minute and retrieved the 2 crew members from there
36 foot Cigarette before sinking, and just moments
later a 39 foot MTI running at over 120 mph flipped,
both crew members were taken to a local hospital for
minor injuries and release the next day, there boat
suffered major damage and was unable to compete on
Sunday, The #40 Y.I.C. Race Team also found themselves
with engine problem during testing and was forced
back to the pits and worked threw the night to fix
the problems. On race day the #40 Y.I.C. Team would
not know if the problems were fixed till the green
flag dropped, at the start of the race, the starboard
engine was down 60 hp and the team found themselves
falling to the back of the pack going into the 1st
turn, but concentrated on taking the turns at a higher
speed to make up ground but was also more dangerous
since most accidents accrued in the turns, after the
6th lap on the 6 mile course the team had made there
way threw field and found themselves in 2nd place
and on lap 7 the 32 foot Activator that lead the race
form the start pulled off the course with engine problems
which put the #40 Y.I.C. into 1st place with 2 laps
to go but still fighting the starboard engine problems
and on the last lap with less then 3 mile to the finish
line the starboard engine’s RPM’s dropped
to 3200 from its normal 5450 and the boat slowed down
to 50 mph and found themselves getting passed going
into the last turn, the team managed to keep enough
power on the port engine to get to the finish line
in 2nd place.
The #40 Y.I.C. Race Team will travel to Patchogue,
N.Y. for its next race.
#40
YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACING TAKES HOME
ANOTHER CHECKERD FLAG IN SARASOTA , FL
The
# 40 YIC Racing team looked forward to traveling south
to race in the 23 rd Annual Sun Coast Offshore Grand
Prix on the waters off Sarasota, FL, which has been
said to compare to the Indy 500 of Offshore Racing.
The #40 Team was coming off a 2 nd place finish in
Ocean City, MD and has been working on the 39 Dragon's
set up for the challenging waters off Sarasota, which
in the passed has caused a number of accidents and
ejections of crew members from there boats. “The waters
out here have always been hard to read, with a number
of holes out there we have found ourselves running
in 3 to 4 foot seas and then hit a hole and finding
us lunching off 6 footers said driver Gino Marrone.
The
team took the start on the outside and found themselves
in 3 rd place going into turn 1, but coming out of
turn 2 the leaders of Team Still Got It took a wrong
heading to turn 3 and corrected but now put themselves,
Team Red Line and YIC Racing on a converging course
all going into turn 3 at over 90 mph deck to deck
in the 4 foot seas, but coming out of turn 4 the #40
Team moved into 2 nd place and in a deck to deck battle
with the California team of Red Line Racing. After
trading the led over the next 22 miles the #40 YIC
Racing team made the pass on the outside coming out
of turn one and held on to the lead to take the checkered
flag. “The water today was not that ruff and was easy
to read which is not usually the case here in Sarasota,
but the haze made it hard to find the turn buoys,
we found ourselves using the GPS a lot to get a good
heading to the next turn buoy” said Gino Marrone.
The
#40 YIC Racing Team heads to St Clair, MI for their
next race on July 28 th -29 th .
#40
YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACING FINISHES IN 2ND PLACE AT
THE GEICO OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX
The
#40 You're In Command Racing team traveled north to
the waters off Ocean City , MD for the GEICO Offshore
Grand Prix on June 24 th . In the 2006 Ocean City
race the waters turned ruff on race day and the 6
to 8 foot seas took there toll on more then 65% of
the race teams retiring them before they finished
the race and it looked like 2007 would be no different
as on Thursday, 3 days before the race the sea's reached
9 to 10 feet off the beaches of Ocean City and teams
were setting up there boats for another battle with
the big sea's in Ocean City. But to many racers surprise,
the sea's calmed down to 3 to 4 footers catching some
teams off guard in there set ups.
The
#40 Y.I.C. Racing Team found themselves in a battle
for 1 st place going into turn 1 with 3 other boats
and in a blink of an eye and running threw rooster
tails at over 85 mph coming out of turn 2 they fell
into 3 rd place, we knew once we got out of turn 2
we could go to work and make our move to 1 st place
said driver Gino Marrone, and by lap 3 the Y.I.C.
Racing Team moved into 2 nd place and battling for
1 st place with the local and team favored of #377
Team WANTED Racing, the 2 teams battled for over 40
miles in the 3 to 4 foot sea's but the Y.I.C. Racing
Team could not make the pass for 1 st place and found
themselves 15 seconds behind the 1 st place of Team
WANTED going into the last lap. The Y.I.C. Team had
one last shot at 1 st place and tried running the
outside lane and leaving the throttles wide open and
to take the turns as fast as they could and try to
carry as much speed coming out of the turns without
flipping the boat, coming out of turn 4 with just
a little over a 1 mile to the finish line the Y.I.C.
Team found themselves within 7 seconds behind 1 st
place and in a drag race to the finish with slower
boat traffic in front of both teams, Team Wanted took
the inside and Y.I.C. Racing took the outside splitting
the slower boats and at the finish line Team You're
In Command finished in 2 nd place just 4 seconds behind
the 1 st place team of WANTED Racing.
The
#40 You're In Command Racing Team will set there sites
on there next race in Sarasota FL. on July 1 st .
THE
#40 YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACING TEAM TAKES 1 ST PLACE
IN ST. CLOUD, FL.
The
#40 You're In Command Racing Team took to the water
on April 1 st for the season opener in the SBI/APBA
Offshore Series divisional race in St. Cloud, FL.
with a 1 st place finish.
With
the race teams getting ready for the National series
to begin in Miami, FL on April 20 th – 22 nd , some
of them use the divisional race as a warm up before
the National Series kicks off.
The
#40 Team has made a number of changes to the boat
since last years 3 rd place finish in the OPA
World
Championships in Destin, FL in November 2006. We will
needed to make a lot of changes to find out what this
boat likes, its taken a lot of time to get her were
we are today and we still have a lot of work to do
to get us running up front said driver Gino Marrone.
The
39' Dragon spent the off season in Tarpon Springs,
FL where the changes were made. The boat will still
under go a number of changes before the Miami race
this month.
The
boat is running faster speeds than we have ever got
out of it and is handling very well, we ran speeds
of up to 94+ mph in the turns in the St. Cloud race
Marrone said. This was with Mike Gordon, a veteran
Offshore racer on the throttles for the first time
racing with Gino Marrone. The comfort level of having
Mike in the boat is a huge plus said Marrone.
The
#40 You're In Command Racing Team will be racing in
both the SBI/APBA and OPA Racing Series during the
2007 season and finishing the season in Key West,
FL for the 2007 World Championships.
We
will be posting the 2007 racing season schedule for
the #40 You're In Command Racing Team very shortly.
#40
YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACING TAKES 3 RD PLACE IN THE OPA
CLASS 3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The
You're In Command Racing Team traveled to the great
city of Destin, FL for the 2006 OPA World Championships
in November. The Y.I.C. Racing Team spent a large
part of the 2006 season making changes to the 39 foot
Dragon race boat in Tarpon Springs, FL for the upcoming
2006 Worlds event.
On
the first day of the World Championships the Y.I.C.
Racing team took the lead going into the 1 st turn
but found out the gremlins had returned half way threw
the first lap. With the boat loosing horsepower for
intervals of 10 to 20 seconds before returning to
its normal 5400 RPM's the team fought back and forth
just to keep the boat in contention. At the end of
the 55-mile race, the team still managed to finish
in 3 rd place for the 1 st race of the Worlds. The
team returned to the pit area and had a day to work
on the boat to find the problems before the 2 nd race
on Saturday. After spending 7 hours of tracing electrical
wiring and changing all fuel lines and fuel pumps
the team went out during happy hour testing on Friday
to see if they found the problem. While the boat was
still a little short on power it would have to do
for the final race on Saturday.
On
race day the Y.I.C. Racing team found themselves leading
going into turn 1 again and fell back to second coming
out of turn 2 and maintain that position till lap
3 when the #377 Team WANTED came up to challenge them
for 2 nd place, the battle was on and on lap 4 Team
WANTED got by but the battle would continue for the
remainder of the race. The Y.I.C. Team would have
to settle for another 3 rd place, which gave them
an overall 3 rd place for the Class 3 World Championships.
#40
YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACING TAKES 4 TH PLACE IN EDISON
OIL OFFSHORE RACE
The
#40 You're In Command Racing Team had there hands
tied behind there backs going into Saturdays testing
session off Ft. Myers Beach , FL. The team encounter
a major problem with there steering which would not
pass inspection for testing on Saturday, The team
work all day and thru the night on Saturday to fix
the steering along with the assistance of the Mercury
Racing technicians. The team decided to race a new
set of props that have not been ever run on the Dragon,
with the bigger diameter in the new props, it was
a good set up for the gear ratio in the 1 to 2 foot
seas for Sunday's race. “We new at the start going
into the first turn the set up was not going to work,
the engines would only turn 5150 rpm's vice its normal
5400 rpm's” and we would be 2 to 3 mph off the pace”
said Gino Marrone the driver of the #40 race boat.
After
the start the #40 Team fell back to 7 th place and
on the 1 st lap on the 6 mile course the race went
to a full course caution after the #37 Twisted Metal
Racing Team flipped over going into turn 6 and found
themselves upside underwater, within 15 seconds the
divers were deployed from the helicopters and assisted
the 2 crew members to the surface, On lap 4 the green
flag dropped again and the racing resumed, the # 40
team found themselves moving threw the field and on
lap 6 moved into 4 th place and in a battle for 3
rd with the #30 Miccosukee Indian Gaming team, after
some deck to deck racing on lap 7 the # 40 You're
In Command Racing team made the pass and took over
3 rd place and putting some distance between them
and the #30 boat, On lap 10 the team had the gremlins
return to there boat, coming out of turn 5, Marrone
notice a large amount of steering fluid at his feet
and running out of the back of the dash. With the
steering becoming harder to turn the team was losing
its lead on the # 30 boat and on lap 13 of the 15
lap race the team could no longer hold off the # 30
racing team for 3 rd place, The #40 team tried to
make a number of attempts to close in on the #30 boat
but was unable. The #40 You're In Command team finished
just 11 seconds behinds the #30 Miccosukee Indian
Gaming team which finished in 3 rd place.
The
race boat is back at the Factory in Melbourne, Fl.
and undergoing a number of chances and replacing the
steering system, The team will have a number of test
sessions prior to the 22 ND Annual Suncoast Offshore
Grand Prix in Sarasota, FL. on July 2nd .
#40
YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACING TEAM TO APPEAR IN SAFETY
HARBOR , FL
The
#40 You're In Command Racing team will be on display
on March 17 th and will be promoting boating safety
during there annual canoe race in Safety Harbor, FL.
The
Y.I.C. Racing Team will be promoting the importance
of wearing life jackets while canoeing and recreational
boating. The Race boat will be on display along with
the Coast Guards new 25-foot patrol boat, with both
vessels being available for hands on tours.
This
is a great opportunity to promote the importance of
wearing life jackets when canoeing, the fatalities
involving caners has been on the rise with the large
increase in popularity of the hobby said driver Gino
Marrone.
The
Y.I.C. Racing team will kick off there 2007 race season
at the end of March in St. Cloud , FL.
#40
YOU'RE IN COMMAND RACE BOAT TO BE ON DISPLAY AT THE
PHILADELPHIA BOAT SHOW
From
March 23 rd – 26 th the #40 You're In Command Super
V Race Boat will be on display at the Pennsylvania
Convention Center for the Philadelphia Boat Show.
Since the teams testing sessions at the Mercury Racing
testing facility in Panama City , FL. in Nov. 05 the
race boat has been at the teams rigging facility located
in Va. Beach , VA. During this time the boat has under
gone a number of changes to improve the boats speed
and handling for the upcoming 2006 racing season,
which starts in April. “It was a guessing game last
year, the first time the race boat touch the water
was the day of our teams first race in New York City
in September. This is the first race boat ever built
by Dragon Powerboats and we're still learning the
boats likes and dislikes at the speeds and water conditions
were racing in” said driver Gino Marrone. The race
team has also added a new testing facility that's
located in Washington , NC .
The
race team will be doing a number of appearances between
there testing schedule prior to this years racing
season, you can get the dates and locations in the
events section of our website which is updated weekly.
U.S.
COAST GUARD PARTNERS WITH WORLD CHAMPION RACERS
FOR 2005 POWERBOAT RACE SEASON
The
United States Coast Guard announced today that it
is entering into a partnership, in support of recreational
boating safety, with World Champion Racers, Gino Marrone
and Craig Barrie for the 2005 race schedule. The race
team will take an active role in promoting the Coast
Guard's national outreach initiative, “You're in Command.
Boat Responsibly!” at Super Boat International and
American Powerboat Association (SBI/APBA) and OPA
Racing venues.
Gino
Marrone, 2003 APBA/U.I.M World Champion and Craig
Barrie former president of Cigarette Racing Team are
joining forces with the Coast Guard in asking all
boat owners and operators to help reduce fatalities,
injuries, property damage, and associated healthcare
costs related to recreational boating accidents.
”Powerboat
racing is well known and highly respected not only
among the fans but much of the boating public we are
trying to reach. We believe that many boaters will
listen to what they have to say. The ‘You're in Command'
initiative places responsibility where it belongs
– on the owner and operator. It asks safe boaters
to boat even safer by changing their behavior, said
Capt. Scott Evans, deputy director of Coast Guard
Operations Policy.
The
launch of this collaborative effort will take place
at the 21 st annual Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Festival
in Sarasota , Fla. during the Fourth of July weekend.
Sarasota has become one of the longest continuously
running offshore race sites and will be welcoming
powerboat racers from all over the world. July has
historically had the highest number of boating accidents
and fatalities. In 2003, 16 percent out of a total
of 703 fatalities for the year occurred during the
month July.
“We
are very excited about supporting the Coast Guard
in this important effort.” said Marrone. “As
professional boat racers, we absolutely understand
the significance of ‘being in command', at all times!
We are hopeful that by encouraging people to
‘boat responsibly', by example, we shall truly make
a difference in saving lives on the water.”
Essential
steps of the ‘You're in Command' initiative include
always wearing a life jacket and requiring passengers
to do the same; never boat under the influence; successfully
complete a boating safety course; and get a vessel
safety check annually from local U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary, United States Power Squadrons®, or
your State boating agency's vessel examiners. The
U.S. Coast Guard reminds all boaters, "You're
in Command. Boat Responsibly!"
The
U.S. Coast Guard is asking all boat owners and operators
to help reduce fatalities, injuries, property damage,
and associated healthcare costs related to recreational
boating accidents by taking personal responsibility
for their own safety and the safety of their passengers.
Essential steps include always wear a life jacket
and require passengers to do the same; never boat
under the influence ; successfully complete a boating
safety course; and get a Vessel Safety Check annually
from local U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, United States
Power Squadrons(r), or your state boating agency's
vessel examiners. The U.S. Coast Guard reminds all
boaters, "You're in Command. Boat Responsibly!"
For
more information on boating responsibly, go to www.USCGboating.org
or call the U.S. Coast Guard Infoline at1-800-368-5647.