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Race #2 of 2024 Wraps Up for UMPBA

Mercury Racing took the checkered flag in four of six races at Pelican Lake

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UMPBA Kicks Off 2024 Drag Race Season

The Upper Midwest Power Boat Association kicked off its first race of the 2024 season in Chetek, Wis., on Saturday, June 8.

Carter Murphy Awarded Mercury Racing Impact Institute Scholarship

Indiana student will continue studies at Marine Mechanics Institute

Powerboat Racing Season Heats Up with Mercury Racing at the Center of the Action

Powerboat racing hits full stride in May, and partnerships with two of the most exciting racing series on the water—F1 Powerboat Championship and Powerboat P1—put Mercury Racing at the center of the a...

Mercury Racing 500R Makes Boating Industry’s 2024 Top Products List

The performance, innovation and technology of the Mercury Racing 500R outboard continues to garner attention and awards from the marine industry, with the most recent recognition coming from Boating I...

Bago Big Bet Brings High-Stakes Excitement to Oshkosh

High-performance boating fans are invited to join the exciting world of high-stakes poker at the inaugural Bago Big Bet Poker Run, June 20-23, 2024, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where adrenaline meets the s...

Mercury Racing: 50 Years of Wide Open

For more than five decades since its establishment as Mercury Marine Hi-Performance Products Department in 1973, Mercury Racing has provided amateur and professional boaters with a complete line of ma...

Mercury Racing Launches 60 APX Competition Outboard

Mercury Racing® boosts its support of circuit racing with the addition of the 60 APX model to its Apex series of pure competition outboards. The 60 APX is designed specifically to power catamaran tunn...

Mercury Racing 500R Receives 2024 Miami Innovation Award

On February 15, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and Boating Writers International (BWI) honored the Mercury Racing V8 500R outboard with a 2024 Miami Innovation Award in the Outbo...

Mercury Racing Launches New Scholarship for Great Lakes Boat Building School, Names 2023 Recipients

Mercury Racing is excited to share it has awarded two scholarships for technical training in a new partnership with Great Lakes Boat Building School (GLBBS) of Cedarville, Michigan. The Mercury Racing...

Mercury Racing Powers Champions and Celebrations in Key West

The Race World Offshore World Championship is more than a race, it’s a performance boat festival that include three days of exciting competition in Key West, Florida. Mercury Racing was on hand at mul...

The World’s Finest Skiff Raffle Closes November 24

The clock is counting down on your chance to enter the annual The World’s Finest Skiff Raffle to benefit the mission of Captains for Clean Water. On November 24 ticket sales close, ending your chance ...

Mercury Racing Scholarship Fuels a New Career

The waterfront needs more qualified marine technicians and Mercury Racing is doing its part to support technical training through scholarships for aspiring techs. We recently caught up with one of our...

UMPBA Ends Season with Mercury Power Catching Five Top Place Finishes

On September 9, 2023, the Upper Midwest Powerboat Association ended its season in Fremont, Wis. To set the landscape of the course, between the start and finish, there are three different restaurants ...

World’s Finest Skiff Raffle Features Mercury Racing 60R

Each year Captains for Clean Water, a Florida-based grassroots 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, conducts an annual fundraiser to support its mission to restore and protect the state’s water resources...

Lake of the Ozarks Shootout Sets Speed and Fundraising Records

The 35th Annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, the world’s largest unsanctioned boat speed run, is also the region’s largest charitable fundraiser.

Mercury Racing Finds Podium in Each Class at UMPBA Steven’s Point

The Upper Midwest Power Boat Association (UMPBA) hosted its third event of the 2023 season on August 19 in Stevens Point, Wis., with 52 race entries speeding down the Wisconsin River in front of Bullh...

Stromoy Racing to Debut Mercury Racing 360 APX in F1H2O World Championship

The Stromoy Racing Team is set to debut an all-new DAC tunnel boat, designed specifically for the Mercury Racing 360 APX competition outboard, in the UIM F1H2O World Championship.

Mercury Racing Midwest Challenge a Wide Open Success

Photo Credit: Tommy Gun ImagesBig crowds and plenty of Wide Open action were featured August 11-13 at the Mercury Racing Midwest Challenge, a festival of speed on the water in Sheboygan, Wis., celebra...

Thunder Rolling on Lake Michigan

Mercury Racing is ready for a Wide Open weekend of thrilling powerboat competition August 11-13 in Sheboygan, Wis., as the Mercury Racing Midwest Challenge presents a festival of speed on the shores o...

Repowering an Icon

Today Reggie Fountain Jr. is a performance powerboat icon but in 1980 Fountain – a former member of the Mercury Factory tunnel boat racing team and a champion in the sport – had just lost his ride whe...

UMPBA Races into Stevens Point

Guest Blog: Brett Seubert, UMPBA The Upper Midwest Power Boat Association partnered up with Bullheads Bar and Grill to host its second race of the season in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

Big Speed and Big Fun at the Tiki Lee’s Shootout

Photo by Randy Nuzzo/Powerboat PhotosIt was a Wide Open weekend on Chesapeake Bay as the Third Annual Tiki Lee’s Shootout on the River hosted both a poker run and a speed run event with plenty of othe...

1000 Island Poker Run Exceeds Expectations

More than 100 registered boats and 90 generous sponsors helped make the 2023 1000 Island International Charity Poker Run a huge success, according to event treasurer Renee Lalonde.

Mercury Racing Awards Scholarships Supporting Skilled Trades Education

Mercury Racing annually awards three scholarships intended to support students pursuing a career in skilled trades.

UMPBA Opens Drag Race Season on Pelican Lake

A very competitive field of 42 race entries filled the field for the first drag race of the season hosted by the Upper Midwest Power Boat Association (UMPBA) on June 10 at Gerrit’s Lakeview Inn on Pel...

Introducing The Mercury Racing V8 500R

The new Mercury Racing V8 500R elevates outboard engine power and technology. This supercharged, 500hp V8 500R introduces a host of new components engineered to meet the challenging demands of extreme...

Introducing the Mercury Racing Advanced Racing Core Midsection

Speed and power on the water require precise control and rugged durability. The new Mercury Racing Advanced Racing Core (ARC) midsection, exclusive to the Mercury Racing V8 500R outboard, is the stron...