G.O.A.T. of Boat Racing - Steve Curtis

There has never been an offshore powerboat racing throttleman like Steve Curtis, and there likely never will be. The son of famed United Kingdom-based Cougar Powerboats founder Clive Curtis and the current throttleman for the Class 1 Huski Ice Spritz team, Curtis claimed his first Class 1 world championship in Key West, Fla., when he was just 21 years old—making him the youngest racer to ever accomplish the feat. Curtis would go on to earn 20-plus world titles, the most recent of which was that of the 2022 Class 1 World Championship Series with driver/motorsports legend Travis Pastrana and the Huski team.

In 2014, Curtis tried his hand at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri and, alongside Sheik Hassan bin Jabor Al-Thani of Qatar, made a 244-mph pass on the mile-long course—a record unlikely to ever be approached, much less broken. The tip of the spear since the Powerboat P1-driven Class 1 resurgence began, Curtis, now 59 years old, has faced his share of challenges and even tragedy along his way to becoming offshore racing’s GOAT in a career spanning 35-plus years. This is his story. Buckle up, this is In The Lead with Steve Curtis.

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In The Lead Season 3 features include:
Ep 1: Jeff Harris, Fountain Powerboats
Ep 2: Steve Curtis, Offshore Racing Services

In The Lead Season 2 features include:
Ep 1: Peter Hledin, Skater Powerboats
Ep 2: Johnny Tomlinson, TNT Custom Marine
Ep 3: Randy Scism, Marine Technology Inc.
Ep 4: Tyler Miller, M CON Racing
Ep 5: Stephen Miles, Stephen Miles Design
Ep 6: Bob Teague, Teague Custom Marine

In The Lead Season 1 features include:
Ep 1: Grant Bruggemann, Grant's Signature Racing
Ep 2: Nils Johnsen & Trond Schou, Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats
Ep 3: Shaun Torrente, Shaun Torrente Racing
Ep 4: John Cosker, Mystic Powerboats
Ep 5: Mark Waddington & Brett Manire, Performance Boat Center
Ep 6: Tony Chiaramonte, DCB Performance Boats
Ep 7: Justin Wagner, Waves and Wheels

00:00 Intro
01:06 Childhood
02:27 First World Championship
04:00 Team Lamborghini
04:50 Team Cougar
05:22 Spirit of Norway
06:59 Spirit of Qatar
08:06 Qatar vs GEICO
09:55 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout Record Run
12:52 Working with Outerlimits
13:51 Team Miss GEICO
15:37 Team Huski
18:38 Credits/Sponsors