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Official Shootout Press Release: UIM/APBA Sanctioned Kilo Races Collaborate With 2023's Races

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The 35th Annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout is excited to announce its newest collaboration with Union Internationale Motonautique/American Power Boat Association (UIM/APBA) Sanctioned Kilo Races during this year’s...

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Fun Fact Friday

                  Did You Know? Many moons ago in the mid-1980s, two local boat enthusiasts heartily debated about whose boat was the fastest, and how they could prove their claims while moored...

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Shootout Donates $53,500 To Make-A-Wish

It’s a great day for good deeds at Lake of the Ozarks! On Wednesday, Oct. 20, the Make-a-Wish Foundation received a whopping $53,500 donation from the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout. Twenty people gathered at OakStar Bank in Camdenton near the...

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A New Vision For Power: Electric Boats Rocketing Into The Mainstream

Only a few years ago, Tesla was proving for the first time that electric engines were the future of automobiles. This year, Vision Marine proved that the future of boating includes electric engines, too. Vision Marine Technologies (NASDAQ:VMAR)...

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Lake Of The Ozarks Shootout Sets Record With $445,000 Raised For Charity!

It was another record-breaking year for the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout. During a Sunday evening ceremony, the organizers of the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout were ecstatic to announce that the 33rd annual event raised a record-setting...

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Shootout! New Records, And American Ethanol Takes Top Gun With 193 MPH Run

American Ethanol climbed the ladder at the 33rd Annual Shootout this year, clinching the Top Gun trophy for the seventh year in a row. The 51-foot Mystic catamaran made five total runs across two days down the 3/4-mile race course, each one faster...

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Big Speeds, Massive Crowds, And A Colorful Air Show: Shootout Day 1

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — On the first day of the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, 71 boats laid down more than 100 runs, from pontoons to big catamarans, v-bottoms to surprisingly quick electric boats. Thirty of them hit triple-digit speeds...

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