Key West Poker Run 2019 Schedule For Today
Key West Poker Run 2019 Schedule 2020

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Born May 5, 1936 in Key West, Florida to Jane S. and John W. Carbonell Jr.

As a young boy John worked at the Strand Theater, where he developed a work ethic that followed him through the years.

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John graduated Key West High School in 1955. He served in the US Army, returning to Key West to work as a foreman for Southern Enterprises. He then became owner and president of AC Rug. During this time, he was also a little league basketball coach. His mentoring ability paved the way for many individuals to advance their life goals. John always said “If you can work for me, you can work for anyone“.

These skills followed John when he began his offshore powerboat racing career in 1976. John purchased his first boat from Reggie Fountain, The Installer. He joined the ranks of race icons Betty Cook, Rocky Aoki and Don Aronow, just to name a few. Trusted by leaders of the offshore racing community in 1989, he was approached to become a race promoter by Al Copeland and Don Jonhson. John’s ingenuity and expertise gave birth to the most professional offshore powerboat racing in the country. He worked with numerous race teams in the US and was the liaison for international teams from Japan, Qatar, Italy, Australia, Canada, Trinidad, Argentina and more. Through these associations, John was privileged to meet the current president, Donald J. Trump.

John was the Iron Fist that kept the teams running. Race producers from all over the world respected his desire to continually enhance powerboat racing. In his vision as president of SBI, John created a new format to the race course that provided an up close and personal arena keeping spectators on the edge of their seat.

Producing over 600 national and international races and 38 years of Key West World Championships. His love and great devotion for Key West, John Carbonell’s events nationally and internationally were always prefaced by “To be the best you have to win in Key West” ®.

His name and legacy will live on forever and he will be sadly missed.

He was met in Heaven by his beloved grandson Mando and his brothers Norman and Harold.

John is survived by his loving, devoted wife, Deana. His daughters Janet Carbonell and Lori Ryan. His son John W Carbonell IV (Diane). Grandchildren Jase and Jade Carbonell; Chandler and Jordan Ryan; Rachel Nadaskay, Grace Shaw, Mark, Noah, Jacob, Stephen and Christian Carbonell; Three great-grandchildren;

Three sisters, Gloria (Joe) Medina, Brenda (Felix) Otero and Jane Cormack. As well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and his entire SBI staff family.

Key west poker run 2019 schedule for today

Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 14th, 5:00pm to 7:00pm, at Dean-Lopez Funeral Home, 418 Simonton St.

A celebration of life will be held Thursday, October 15th 3:00pm, at Glad Tidings Church, 1209 United St.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the CTCnetwork.org memorial fund benefiting the “John Carbonell Key West Cemetery Beautification Fund”.

Stu Jones, leader of the Florida Powerboat Club, says he is “picking up all the pieces” following his epic Key West Poker Run that took well over 200 teams from Miami to the USA’s Southernmost city for six days of fun, sun and Race World Offshore‘s Key West Offshore World Championships. Jones also revealed his group’s 2020 schedule, which will closely mirror this year’s itinerary. (See below for the complete schedule.)

Jones said the 2019 poker run season outpaced previous years, and credited the strong economy for the growth.

“This year turned out to be really successful, in that we launched a lot of new events and we set records on some of our bigger events, like the Key West Poker Run,” he says. “I think it reflects the state of the economy being at a very high level. The sport continues to grow, just because it’s a great sport and a great way to enjoy performance boating. We’re getting more people coming into this sector, and that’s why these events have become more successful. Seeing Key West go to record numbers, and going off without a hitch, was a real highlight.”

It’s been just about a decade since Jones operated his ubiquitous pace boat, 39′ Nor-Tech King of Clubs, which was a familiar fixture on FPC’s numerous runs through the years. This year, Jones could be seen driving his Project 1080 Cigarette (showcased in the May issue of Speedboat Magazine) during nearly every one of his group’s events, which was another red-banner moment.

“We put in 150 hours on the boat from January to November,” he reports. “That was a highlight for sure. The fact that I could start enjoying these poker runs in my own boat put a different slant on it for me and made them more enjoyable. Certainly one of the reasons it made my Key West run more fun is that I was able to drive my own boat all the way there and all the way back, and I haven’t been able to do that for a long time.”

The Cigarette project boat celebrates the club’s 25th anniversary and perfectly captures the whole spirit of what the poker runs are for Jones. “It was truly special for me,” he says, “and I think it was one of the reasons I really enjoyed the 2019 Key West run.”

Jones says that the international participation at his club’s events continues to expand, “not only from Canada, which has always been strong, but European boaters are making transatlantic crossings, putting their boats on freighters and bringing them over here for the season to enjoy,” he says. “We had about 10 teams this year from European nations—all of them had brought their boats over for this event.”

Key West Poker Run 2019 Schedule For Today

With more participants than ever, the onus was on FPC to give away a colossal amount of shirts and other goodies. “It all goes bye-bye at Key West—we finish it off there,” he grins. “There might’ve been a few things left over. Smalls and mediums.”

Key West Poker Run 2019 Schedule For Today

Key West Poker Run 2019 Schedule 2020

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