Father-Son Duo Hope for Glory in Sarasota | OffshoreOnly.com – Powerboating Online

The Suncoast Superboat Grand Prix turns a stunning 29 this week as Sarasota proudly boasts one of the longest continually running race venues in the country. Its storied history, which includes countless world speed records set in the early morning hours across Sarasota Bay, dates back to a pair of late-great Race Chairmen Gene Whipp and Kevin Brown (both former offshore racers) who grew the event’s success over the years. Often described as the “Indy 500 of Offshore Racing,” the laid-back West Coast-Florida site still remains the place to race when the calendar flips to July.

Steve and Stephen Kildahl’s BoatFloater.com is looking to take home the prize this weekend. (Photo courtesy of Offshore Public Relations.)

Local throttleman, Steve Kildahl, has garnered an impressive racing resume with several teams competing in A Class to Superboat Vee Class over the past 28 years that reads: three-time National & World Champion, four World Speed Records along with two endurance records Tampa-Miami and Miami-Nassau. Then in 2007, he joined forces with his son, Stephen (at age 16, he became the youngest driver to enter the offshore arena), campaigning a 28’ Velocity in Manufacturer Production 4.  Read more; Father-Son Duo Hope for Glory in Sarasota | OffshoreOnly.com – Powerboating Online