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THE H2O RACING ASSETS

The company brings together a group of professionals with over 30 years of experience in sport and event management to collectively manage all commercial and marketing activities across three UIM sanctioned properties:

The U.I.M. F1H2O World Championship is the ‘flagship’ international series of single-seater inshore circuit Formula 1 Powerboat Racing. Highly competitive, fascinating, intensely challenging, risky and entertaining, Formula 1 Powerboat Racing is the ultimate adrenalin rush and regarded as one of the most spectacular and exciting sports in the world.

THE AQUABIKE

The UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship is the most acclaimed and prestigious international series promoting personal watercraft in a competitive racing environment, and one of the fastest, most spectacular, demanding and entertaining sports on water.

The UIM-ABP Aquabike European Continental Championship starring the best riders of the “Old Continent”, became increasingly significant in the last years while resistence and strength are the main themes featured in the World Endurance Championship

THE H2O NATIONS CUP

The UIM H2O Nations Cup is a new approach to the spectacular sport of single-seater inshore circuit racing, placing the emphasis on team participation and country success rather than that of individual driver ability and success.

THE H2O RACING GROUP

H2o racing is a sports marketing company whose goal is to promote world championship powerboating events., h2o racing in numbers.

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Our involvement with Powerboating World Championship events began in 1984.   Thirty nine countries make up an extensive world atlas, confirming H2O Racing as a leading global sports events management company.

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F1 Specifications

F1 racing uses tunnel hull catamarans that are capable of both high speed and exceptional maneuverability. Overall, the boats weigh 860 pounds (390 kilogrammes), including 260 pounds (118 kilogrammes) of engine. They are 20 feet (6 metres) long and seven feet (2 metres) wide, keeping weight low through extensive use of carbon fiber and kevlar. The tunnel hull design creates an air cushion under the hull, so that at speed only a few inches touch the water, leading to the high speed possible with these hulls.

F1 boats are powered by a Mercury Marine V6 two stroke that burns 100LL Avgas at a rate of 120 liters (32 gallons) per hour, generating 425 horsepower at 10,500 rpm. This engine can propel the boats to 100 km/h (62 mph) in less than four seconds and to a maximum speed of over 240 km/h (150 mph).

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Formula One Powerboat Racing

The Formula One Powerboats for the last five decades, have been recognized as one of the world’s most spectacular racing experiences. With lightning speeds over 120 miles per hour and nimble handling, the Formula One boats and their world-class drivers thrill audiences with it’s up close and personal deck-to-deck, sponson-banging competition. This brand of racing typically produces the largest motorsports event of the year in the markets it visits. Through live attendance and media coverage, Formula One Powerboat Racing reaches hundreds of thousands of consumers each season.

The Formula One Powerboat Race is the centerpiece of the weekend’s festival that often are the biggest entertainment event of the year in their communities. These events increase tourism, boost awareness of the regional attractions and businesses along with generating millions of dollars in economic activity. Annual powerboat races often are woven into the fabric of a community and become an anticipated yearly focus of corporate hospitality activities.

Formula One Powerboat Racing enjoys a stellar 50+ year history of thrilling audiences with it’s up-close and personal nature of racing events facilitating consumer awareness and brand bonding. Imagine your unique branding on a 120 mph billboard streaking across the waterfront with hundreds of thousands of loyal consumers in plain site of the entire course. Motorsports have become recognized as one of the most cost effective marketing tools available today. Each race is more than a series of one day events, these races have evolved into the anchor for a weekend long multi-interest community festivals, providing individual events that appeal to all ages and lifestyles. The Formula One Boats are front and center throughout the race events. It’s hull has several large marketable surface areas, that are great for promotional branding.

Formula One Powerboats are 17′ long, 7’2″ wide, and weigh 1155 lbs. including the driver. The power to weight ratio is among the highest in all of Motorsports. As for the Performance, these powerboats accelerate from 0-100 mph in 3.5 seconds. Top speeds over 120 mph and has the capabilities of going around a 180 degree corner at over 100 mph, pulling 7.0 G’s in the process making them the hardest turning race vehicle in the world. Combination of half boat and half plane, Formula One Powerboat Drivers actually fly the boats across the straightaways.

Formula One Powerboat competition starts with a 15-20 boat field lined up on the starting pontoon with the engines off. A Lemans start springs to life as the engines roar and the rooster tails spray thousands of gallons of water as the boats head to the first turn. A 1.25 mile course made of a combination of right and left hand turns with a variety of straight aways provides for deck to deck competition within inches of each other. No two laps are ever the same with Formula One Powerboat racing due to the ever changing water and wind conditions making the Formula One Boats one of the most challenging racing vehicles in the world to drive. There are several races each day with 10 lap heat races, and 30-50 laps finals.

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Schedule of Events

Thursday, june 20, 2024.

2 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Vendor Display Booth Move In

Friday, June 21, 2024

9 a.m. - 11 a.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Set Up

11 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Alton Marina Ramp Closure

8 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Series Safety Inspection & Registration

Vendors and Food Tents Open

2 p.m. - 6 p.m.

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Formula 1 Testing

2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.: Formula Lights Testing

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Tri Hull Testing

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Formula 1 Testing

4:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Removal

5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Boat Line Up - Street Party

5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.: Boat Escort/Parking - Street Party

Meet & Greet Street Party

Mac's Downtown

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Meet the drivers and view all the powerboats in the Alton Midwest Nationals. Food, music and fun!

8:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Boat Escort Back to the Pits

Saturday, June 22

8 a.m. - Noon

Alton Farmers and Artisans Market at Flock Food Truck Park

9 a.m. - 11 p.m.

7 a.m. - 9 p.m.: Water Safety Zone and Race Course Set Up

7 a.m. - 6 p.m.: Alton Marina Ramp Closure

7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.: Series Safety Inspection & Registration

9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Watch the powerboat races. The outdoor vendor area includes event sponsors, racing teams, local shops, and food trucks. A VIP tent is also located in this area. Tickets for the VIP tent are available.

9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Tri Hull Testing 9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.: Formula 1 Testing 10 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.: Formula 1 Lights Testing 10:20 a.m. - 11 a.m.: Formula Lights Qualifying, 3 minutes + 1 lap 11 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.: Formula 1 Qualifying, 4 minutes + 1 lap 11:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.: River Open/Drivers Meeting All Classes 12:40 p.m. - 1 p.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Set Up 1 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.: Tri Hull, Heat 1, 7 laps, Draw for Position 1:20 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Formula 1, Heat 1 Group A, 8 minutes + 1 lap 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Formula Lights, Heat 1, 6 minutes + 1 lap 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Formula 1, Heat 1 Groups B, 8 minutes + 1 lap 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.: River Open 3:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Set Up 4: p.m. - 4:20 p.m.: Tri Hull Heat 2, 7 laps, Reserve Order of Finish 4:20 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.: Formula 1, Heat 2 Group A, 8 minutes + 1 lap, Reverse Order of Finish 4:50 p.m. - 5:20 p.m.: Formula Lights, Heat 2, 6 minutes + 1 lap, Reverse Order of Finish 5:20 p.m. - 6 p.m.: Formula 1 Heat 2 Group B, 8 minutes + 1 lap, Reverse Order of Finish

Mississippi River Festival

5 p.m.: doors open, 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.: mississippi river festival, sunday, june 23, vendors and food tent open.

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Cornhole Tourney

9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Registration: 8 a.m.

Tourney Start: 9 a.m.

7 a.m. - 9 a.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Set Up

7 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Alton Marina Ramp Closure

9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.: Formula Lights Heat 3, 6 minutes Reverse Order of points

9: 30 a.m. - 10 a.m.: Tri Hull Heat 3, 7 laps, Reverse Order of Point

10 a.m. - 11 a.m.: River Open/Drivers Meeting All Classes

11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Set Up

11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Opening Ceremonies

12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Formula 1 Heat 3 Group A 8 minutes + 1 lap, Reverse Order of Points

12:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.: Tri Hull Heat 4 7 laps Reserve Order of Points

12:50 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.: Formula 1 Heat 3 Group B 8 minutes + 1 lap Reverse Order of Points

1:20 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.: Formula Lights, Final 15 minutes + 1 lap

1:50 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.: River Open

2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Water Safety Zone & Race Course Set Up

2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.: Tri Hull Final 20 laps

3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Formula 1 Final 17 minutes + 1 lap

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