2014 LOTO Shootout - Spirit of Qatar 244 MPH run. New Top Gun Record!!

Team Spirit of Qatar runs 244 MPH during the 2014 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout. Sets new Top Gun Record beating My Way's previous 224 MPH previous record.
This video was taken on a camera viewing a TV screen. Not the best quality, I know.

[@toddrisinger3623]

brought to you in glorious 40p

[@doapSauce]

I watched in 1080 and the logo in the corner was very clear. Idk what youre talking about. Haha

[@nofaithjusthope8714]

@@doapSauce ...Me too, BUT, probably the worst 1080p I've seeing quit awhile. The camera was a little? out of focus maybe.

[@Trialnerror]

With all 4 pixels you can really feel the speed.

[@michaelleelockwoodiii]

lol yeah... I was using an old phone videoing the livestream on my TV screen.

[@tlfreek]

OMG that was funny - still laughing!!

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

I could taste the Raw Sewage, in the Lake, again.

[@jms21y]

AWESOME run! Thank you for coming out to the lake amd showing them what you got!

[@joshmodeernaplesfl557]

Niiice!!!! Saw you guys run in Key West in 2013 for the finals. This is the first shootout at the Lake of the ozarks that I have missed. Great job!!!!!!!!

[@larrygreenwalt9405]

I had to listen to my 56k modem dial up to watch this video

[@hotdog8214]

If all Arabs were cool like this guy the world would be awesome..bet he isn't religious or fanatical

[@jeffiles7953]

Steve Curtis is the best.

[@poker_18rs92]

The good ole days.... No one will ever come remotely close to that speed nowadays..... Especially on a 3/4 course. Anyone know where that boat is today? I haven't seen it in a shootout since....

[@IAmFastXSonic]

It’s retired

[@johnvanhasselt3580]

hi

[@UkrainianBazooka]

@@johnvanhasselt3580 where have you been, jim

[@strata114]

Until it stopped porpoising I thought the run would end in disaster. Then it settled and achieved an amazing top speed.

[@MadTrax572]

About mid run looked like I saw a little bit of chine walking, I could be wrong tho

[@michellariviere4911]

Filmed with a George Foreman grill!

[@fishingwcp]

Ben to 10 shootouts in a row!!

[@whitelightning4031]

Steve Curtis being the driver… no wonder it went that fast, the Sheik had a driver mod

[@mypronounismaster4450]

can I put a live well on that?

[@zzz7zzz9]

how many rods was he running?

[@mojoriden]

was this drawn and then animated?

[@IAmFastXSonic]

NO real

[@Googleaccount-sf7ir]

Okay so much for that

[@baleycasady7438]

... All that say's is guess Lake of the Ozarks doesn't have anyone Rich enough to beat this guy yet !

[@stihlguessin210]

Let's talk about the fuel bill just for that run.

[@nowthatsfunny1]

Their Saudis so gas is free.

[@workingclassmf]

Powered by oppressed souls!

[@95TurboSol]

I though that lake looked familiar, I grew up there!

[@95TurboSol]

@ The lake of the ozarks in Missouri, (this would be in the city of Osage Beach). It's an absolutely beautiful place to live but I had to move in 2009 when the market crashed, the lake is heavily dependant on tourism and our painting company business dropped about 75% basically overnight so I moved to Tulsa.

[@95TurboSol]

@ Yeah it was a shock, we sold our house and almost everything we owned except for essentials and moved here without even having a place rented yet, I've never done something so spontaneous or risky before but luckily it worked out super well. I miss the beauty of the lake but business and the people in Tulsa are fantastic so it was a good move.

[@soulerflare7]

Qatar is pronounced "Cutter".

[@johnconnor6725]

So about 70 mph Short

[@jameslane8364]

Nice-looking hydroplane isn't it Mike

[@mike-xn1qj]

Yes it is.

[@geraldhaller9906]

Über 390 Km/h schnell oder anders gesagt pro Sekunde 109 Meter das ist schneller als sehr viele sehr schnelle Autos fahren können ja sogar schneller als viele Hubschrauber fliegen können.

[@jamesisthemanevaro1301]

SIKKKKK

[@Crazystuffyousee]

Thats what loads of middle eastern money will get ya..... It should have been more appropriately named, "Spirit of Americans filling up their cars"

[@scottwins2]

I bought a gallon of gas to help pay for this

[@ThePowerfulMach5]

probably would have gone faster if he wasn't trolling with that spinner-bait.....

[@collinwood6496]

There is a better video of it on board.

[@ChimeraActual]

You know how this works, right? The owner, who probably enjoys carnival rides, but knows little about boat at speed, gets to "drive" the boat, that is he sits behind the low speed only wheel, while the throttle man accelerates and steers the boat with the throttles.

[@dieseldog00]

What a dickhead. I won't try to defend Sheikh Hassan from your scurrilous taunts except to say he's been racing Class1 for years. Steve Curtis wouldn't have agreed to throttling QATAR if he didn't think Hassan could drive the boat. Hassan loves racing boats and he loves boating. That's good enough for me.

[@johngnipper8768]

This guy is a legend around Boatsman...

[@Dg-zj6jo]

no sonic boom

[@CrowT]

Were you expecting one?

[@Dg-zj6jo]

yes a double boom great run sir

[@CrowT]

@@Dg-zj6jo That is strange

[@Dg-zj6jo]

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[@Dg-zj6jo]

got me sonic boom ha

[@christaylor3879]

#invalidlife

[@rz4745]

Hes never from qatar... hes an indogenic florida man

[@spasticnapjerk]

That was the most worthless cut ever at 37 seconds.

[@IceTTom]

Sure don't look like 224mph. Looks more like 80-100mph. I hate how the dumb ass camera man zooms in on the pass.. rendering it impossible to compare it to anything around it.

[@montanaplease]

I was about to post the same thing. Well at least it's not a wide angle gopro were it looks like someone is doing 120 when they are doing 75mph

[@IAmFastXSonic]

Dude it went 244 mph It’s just that the boat IS HUGE watch the bakc view and see how fast the land is passing

[@AmericanFreedomPatriot]

That boat took that long to hit 244. Top fuel drag hydro boats hit, & pass that speed in less than 5 seconds & under 100 feet from a standing dead stop start.

[@talusranch990]

Do it for 20 minutes and see who is still running

[@AmericanFreedomPatriot]

@@talusranch990 Its NOT about how long its about achieving the record speed.

[@talusranch990]

@@AmericanFreedomPatriot over a fixed distance. That Qatar boat has 9000+ hp and can do that in the ocean. Different universe

[@AdventureintheOzarks]

​@@AmericanFreedomPatriotthey have to be at that speed at the finish line for it to count. So unless a top fuel hydro can run that far, I say good luck.

[@mjethier]

Missouri only had Obama phones at this point...and I don't know a single Obama phone holder who would watch sport boat racing.

[@nowthatsfunny1]

Thats funny.

[@baleycasady7438]

Huh ?

[@mjethier]

@@baleycasady7438 was a comment on the potato resolution...over your head.

[@baleycasady7438]

" never herd of an Obama phone ! I have herd of an Obama coffee !

[@baleycasady7438]

that's no cream no sugar

[@itsruf1]

observation: "Spirit of Qatar" ? The religion of peace? Shouldn't they try sand drags?

[@itsruf1]

@Pete Mason Ever seen them in water? In swim trunks or bikinis or tanning? Jerk

[@dakotaautosales9673]

They do sand drags

[@dannyb6968]

Qatar, I'm not really familiar with this term. Is it like a new gay term or something? Or is it like a fish dipping sauce? You know , like tartar.

[@martinsegerqvist6496]

Bad video, horrible pixelization