Kebin Kinsley is a fifteen time world champion drag boat racer from Top Fuel Hydro. Kebin's accomplishments include building the first totally enclosed drag boat capsule for the Coors Light Silver Bullet Top Fuel Hydro. While Kebin currently performs capsule updates and custom fits the capsulized drag boats that currently have the highest success rate on the market.
1980 - High Points Champion Runner Up in the Pro Hydro category of the Southern Drag Boat Association (SDBA)
1981 - High Points Champion in Competition Hydro Set 2 MPH records in the SDBA, High Points Champion Runner Up and set the MPH record in the American Drag Boat Association (ADBA)
1982 - High Points Champion Hydro (SDBA) and set the MPH record for the fastes MPH in an unblown hydro at that time
1984 - Sold the boat and proceeded to drive for the purchaser. Since they were not serious racers, Kebin left to pursue his race car interests.
1987 - Received Top Fuel Hydro license with the 1st pass at 210 MPH in the open cockpit boat of Freddy Bray's Coors Light Silver Bullet. Was the co-driver for this boat and won the TFH High Points Championship in the SDBA.
1988 - Captured a full time driving opportunity with a Blown Gas Hydro team and continued the role of backup driver for the Coors Light Team. The Blown Gas Hydro (BGH) crashed after hitting an unknown object in the water. Two months later Kebin was hired by Gary Ewing's Mastercharged BGH team from Los Angeles.
1989 - Drove for 3 different teams, one in each circuit: the BGH Mastercharge team on the West Coast, a Blown Alcohol Hydro (BAH) for Kenny Sayers which won the BAH High Points Championship in the SDBA, and a Top Fuel Jet (TFJ) and BAH for Dick Edwards Alabama Express on the East Coast.
1990 - Began racing for Dick Edwards full time. Won the BAH High Points Championship and set ET and MPH records in the ADBA. Was High Points runner up in the United States Drag Boat Association (USDBA).
1991 - Continued driving for Dick Edwards and the BAH team won 11 out of 14 events, 9 of them consecutively. Again earned High Points Championship for ADBA and USDBA and recognized as Boat of the Year in ADBA. Also drove for Bob McIntire's TFH team at a few select races.
1992 - Due to a sudden illness of the owner, Dick Edwards, racing for the Alabama Express ended. With the insistence of Ralph Gorr, Kebin was hired by Mike Vigil of San Dimas, CA drive the Dirty Deeds BAH at the World Finals in Phoenix, AZ.
1993 - Due to a steering malfunction, the Dirty Deeds crashed at Castaic Lake in CA. The following weekend, Kebin drove a Pro Gas Hydro (PGH) in Freeport, TX. In July Karl Petrik crashed his TFH and hired Kebin to drive for the remainder of the year. Won several races and the High Points Championship in ADBA. Mike Vigil and team assembled a new boat that was completed in September. The first run off the trailer at Bakersfield, CA experimented with a newly designed scoop positioned in front of the injector which caused the throttle to hang wide open. After shutting off the kill switch and being on such a short course, the boat hit the beach at 140+ MPH and received sever hull damage. Kebin repaired the hull and hardware and the following weekend won the BAH class at Puddingstone, CA.
1994 - Continued to drive for Dirty Deeds BAH team until the end of the season. Drove for Kenny Sayers BAH and won the BAH High Points Championship SDBA. Drove Greg Gilbert and Mark Kinsella's TFJ and was High Points runner up SDBA.
1995 - Drove the new Top Fuel Hydro for Bob McIntire at 5 races after which the boat wasw retired for being overweight. Drove the Dirty Deeds boat then the Randy Liles BAH Thumper. Campaigned Clinton Anderson's TFH Fatal Attraction for the rest of the season (boat was rebuilt after a crash in 1994). At the World Finals a new experimental prop which developed the speeds at half track of a World Record pace. As the Automan shifted into third gear, the boat prop walked around causing the barrel roll and the right-side-up landing, with minor damage to the hull and steering. Kebin disassembled the boat on Friday and repaired the damage to run again and qualify the next morning. Finished out the weekend with an ET of 5.64 and 218 MPH.
1996 - Clinton Anderson's Fatal Attraction was retired. Drove the Dirty Deeds boat at selective races.
1997 - Began racing the ADBA circuit with Karl Petrik's Sundown Top Fuel Hydro team. Bob McIntire's G-Force team also introduced their new Top Fuel Hydro in the IHBA circuit, and since the two Associations had different race schedules, Kebin drove for both teams.
1998 - Raced for both the Sundown and G-Force Top Fuel Hydro teams. Able to finish out the season for both teams with the Sundown team winning the Top Fuel Hydro High Points Championship in ADBA. The G-Force team attended selective races for an indefinite period. Drove two boats at one race which had not been done since 1970. Began driving full time for Tommy Thompson's Blown Alcohol Hydro and went on to win the SDBA and CSDBA High Points Championship in that category.
1999 - Became the IHBA Top Alcohol Hydro World Champion in Tommy Thompson's "A Few Dollars More".
2000 - Repeated as the IHBA Top Alcohol Hydro World Champion in "A Few Dollars More".
2001 - Drove Lou Osman's Top Fuel Hydro "Speed Sports Special" at selected races.
2002 - Lou Osman's team finished #2 in the IHRA Top Fuel points chase in the Speed Sports Top Fuel Hydro with Kebin's help. They ran the fastest MPH and ET of 5.12 and 234 MPH at the World Finals in Phoenix, AZ.
2003 - Kebin was acclaimed to have become the first driver to achieve over 235 MPH on both land and water.
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