Powerboat racer John Hart, mostly known as "Jay" Hart, 37-year-old, of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, died on Sunday, 08 August 2021, while racing in the Sprint National Championships at Long Beach Marine Stadium, California.<br /><br />The crash happened shortly before 13h00, during the K class race on the last day of the Southern California Speedboat Club event. Two boats were side by side going around 110 mi/h (177 Km/h) when they glanced off each other after hitting a depression in the choppy water and Jay Hart's craft flipped multiple times. The driver was flung from his open-cockpit vessel and hit the water, suffering multiple injuries. The driver of the other boat, Duff Daily of Miami, Florida, was not injured.<br /><br />The emergency crews pulled Jay Hart from the water and rushed him to a local trauma center where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after admission.<br /><br />Jay Hart came from a boat-racing family from Salt Lake City, Utah, who settled near Lake Havasu, a prime venue for the sport. His father was a boat racer as well as Jay and his brother Fred, who mainly competed in drag boat racing.<br /><br />The Sprint Nationals first took place in 1946 at Long Beach Marine Stadium, which was built for rowing events in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.<br /><br />R.I.P
