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Articles About Offshore Racing - 1960's & 1970's

 Cruiser competition of the early 1900s has been revived as Offshore Powerboat Racing

By MEL CROOK

Yachting Magazine
January 1966

 Smoky Record for a New Cigarette

By Lois Kennedy

MOTOR BOATING
June 1969

 GRIM GATEWAY FOR A HOT CIGARETTE

By Johnny Wilson

MOTOR BOATING
July 1969

 MASTER OF THOSE
MAD RACERS

Don Aronow

By: Jerry Kirshenbaum
Fall 1969

 Don Aronow Wins a Feverish Race In the Bahamas Only a Second

Freeport, Grand BAHAM A

By: John Peterson – Fall 1969

 More Power to You

By MEL CROOK

Yachting Magazine
August 1971

 HOP, SKIP AND KERPLUNK

By: Hugh D. Whall

Sports Illustrated
September 6th 1971

 TREAT ‘EM, BEAT ‘EM

Hennessy Grand Prix
Pt. Pleasant, NJ

by DAN LEVIN
Sports Illustrated
JULY 30, 1973

 In The Early Days There
Were No Rules

By Allan Brown

1987/88 OFFSHORE RACING ANNUAL

Articles About The Great "Miami to New York" Races

 MAGOON READIES FOR
RECORD TRIP

By: ERIC SHARP 

Miami Herald
July 23, 1982

 BROKEN GEARBOX SINKS BOB MAGOON

By: ERIC SHARP 

Miami Herald
July 27, 1982

 THIS REAGAN FACES A FIGHT

By: ERIC SHARP

  Miami Herald
June 6, 1983

 ATLANTIC ODYSSEY: REAGAN, MAGOON SET FOR RECORD RUN

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
July 2, 1983

 RACE TO NEW YORK IS ON, AND OFF

By: ERIC SHARP

  Miami Herald
July 3, 1983

 REAGAN'S RECORD ATTEMPT ENDS IN SPUTTERING FAILURE

By: ERIC SHARP

 Miami Herald
July 4, 1983

 STORM FOILS HARDY RIDE OF MAGOON

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
July 17, 1983

 MIAMIAN TAKING DOUBLE AIM AT MIAMI-TO-NEW YORK MARK

By: ERIC SHARP 

Miami Herald
August 10, 1984

 SUPER PAYOFF FOR THE SUPERBOATS WINNER OF MIAMI-TO-NEW YORK RUN IN JUNE COULD EARN $1 MILLION

By: ERIC SHARP 

Miami Herald
February 3, 1985

 A RECORD RUN JUST FOR FUN? EVEN IF HE CAN'T WIN $1 MILLION, MORALES PLANS TO RACE

By: ERIC SHARP

 Miami Herald
March 3, 1985

 A LONG RUN FOR $1 MILLION

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
March 24, 1985

 JAMES CAAN JOINS $500,000 RACE AS BACKUP DRIVER

By: DAVE HYDE

Miami Herald
July 14, 1985

 POWERBOATS REV UP FOR THEIR SUPER BOWL MIAMI-N.Y. RACE BEGINS MONDAY

By: DAVE HYDE

Miami Herald
July 28, 1985

 BREAKDOWNS HIT MIAMI-N.Y. BOAT RACE COPPER KETTLE GETS LATE START

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
July 30, 1985

 MORALES WINS A SURVIVAL TEST

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
July 31, 1985

Articles About Don Aronow

 How a Kid From Brooklyn Put Go-Fast Boats On The Map

By Capt Ken Kreisler

Power & Motoryacht
July 2000

 ARONOW STILL GOING 
FULL SPEED AT 55

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
February 20, 1983

 A RONOW BUILDS NEW CATAMARAN WITH MORE SPEED--AND STABILITY

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
March 11, 1984

 BOAT RACING LEGEND ARONOW SHOT TO DEATH

By PATRICK MAY and REINALDO RAMOS

Wednesday, February 4, 1987

 'GODFATHER' OF POWERBOATS LOVED SPEED

By: PATRICK MAY and
REINALDO RAMOS 

Miami Herald
February 4, 1987

 RACER ARRESTED

By: LYNNE DUKE And STEPHEN J. HEDGES 

Miami Herald
August 29, 1987

 A YEAR LATER, ARONOW MURDER STILL A MYSTERY

By: PATRICK MAY

Miami Herald
January 31, 1988

 CONVICT CHARGED IN ARONOW KILLING

By: ARNOLD MARKOWITZ

Miami Herald
June 13, 1990

 BOAT RACER TAKES PLEA IN KILLING RIVAL WAS SLAIN IN '87

By: MANNY GARCIA

Miami Herald
September 26, 1996

Articles on Offshore Racing - 1980's & 90's

 WINNING DRIVER HAD THAT SINKING FEELING

By: ERIC SHAR

Miami Herald
April 3, 1983

 ANOTHER STEP FOR OFFSHORE RACING

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
July 3, 1983

 WARPATH ENJOYS A SMOOTH TRIP IN ROUGH WATER

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
November 16, 1984

 OFFSHORE POWERBOATS GET BACK TO BASICS OCT. 19 APACHE RACE WILL BE BLUE-WATER TEST

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
October 6, 1985

 CREW STILL TINKERING AS RACE APPROACHES

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
October 18, 1985

 MIAMI RACER RECOVERING FROM NEAR-FATAL INJURIES

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
September 12, 1986

 83 Crazy Years at Sea - History of Offshore Racing

By John Crouse

1987/88 OFFSHORE
RACING ANNUAL

 OFFSHORE SHOWDOWN

By: ERIC SHARP

Miami Herald
November 6, 1988

 FAST DREAMS

By: LISA GIBBS

Miami Herald
March 23, 1989

 No home lake advantage in Offshore Challenge

By:  Robert Markus

Chicago Tribune
July 12, 1991

 VANILLA ICE WINS POWERBOAT RACE

By: JORDAN BRESSLER 

Miami Herald
July 28, 1991

 RACE BRINGS ROAR BACK TO THUNDERBOAT ROW

By: ANDRE CHRISTOPHER

Miami Herald
August 1, 1991

 AIRBORNE TRIUMPHS EASILY IN OFFSHORE GRAND PRIX

By: MARTY KLINKENBERG

Miami Herald
May 23, 1993

 RACES TO SEND OFFSHORE ROAR

By: Marcia C. Smith

Chicago Tribune
Aug 27, 1994

 FROM THUNDERBOAT ROW COME YACHTS FOR THE RICH AND ROYAL

By: AUDREY ROSS

Miami Herald
April 17, 1997

 HARD TO KILL

By: Seth Lubove

Forbes Magazine
July 5, 1999

 UNLIMITED & OFFSHORE: A COMMON ORIGIN

By Fred Farley - APBA Unlimited Historian 2001

Articles on Key West Offshore Races

 VICE INTO VIRTUE Life imitated TV as actor star Don Johnson won a world powerboat title

By: SAM MOSES

Sports Illustrated
Nov 21, 1988

 GOING FLAT OUT ON THE BRINY Key West's world offshore powerboat championships drew the fastest, fanciest field of racing machines ever

By: SAM MOSES

Sports Illustrated
Nov 23, 1987

 Racer Critically Injured In Key West Offshore Event

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
Nov 14, 1994

 Racer Killed In Accident At Key West Boat Races

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
Nov 09, 1995

 They'll Race, Come High Water

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
November 13, 1994

 Powerboats, Nascar Style, Works

By: Erik Weber

The Palm Beach Post
May 1, 1995

 Powerboats Make Their Debut

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
Sept 10, 1995

 Offshore Racing Team Knows How To Build A Champion

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
Sept 14,1995

 Offshore Safety The Domain Of A 125-man Rescue Team

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
Sept 16, 1995

 Harrah's Cruises To Third Title

By: Chris Dummit

The Palm Beach Post
Sept 17, 1995