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Billy Pointer

Second in Pro Runabout 785 at the 1996 World Finals on the class sheet, and a winner of national tour rounds in 1996 and 1997, first for Team Kawasaki and then for Greater Yamaha.

At a glance

Role
Racer
On the record
4 years, from 1996 to 1999
Disciplines
Closed course
Titles on the record
none read off a held results document yet
In the archive
1 history chapter and 2 events
  1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
  2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
  3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
  4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018
  5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

The eras this page's records fall in are drawn solid; the others are hollow.

How we know: Each bar runs the years printed on that era's panel, and which eras a page falls in is the archive's grouping of its records, not the length of anyone's career.

Years 1996 to 1999, one box each A single row of boxes, solid for a year printed above a fact and hollow for a year printed above none. 1996 1999
  • a year printed above a fact on this page

Printed above the facts, 1996 to 1999. 1 fact has no year printed above it and marks no box.

Every year from the first to the last year printed above a fact on this page, one box a year.

How we know: the year printed above each fact below; an honour carries no activity year, so it marks no box.

  • Confirmed 1

  • Likely 6

  • Contested 0

The grade word on each fact on this page, counted. It grades how firmly the documents tie each fact to this person, not the person.

How we know: the word printed above each fact below, counted on this page only.

Results

1996 · Confirmed

The class page posted by Aquascore for the 1996 Skat-Trak World Finals at Lake Havasu City lists BILL POINTER second of 31 registered riders, on a Kawasaki, with moto finishes of 4 and 5 after second place in his heat.

Sources: 1996 World Finals Pro Runabout 785 MOD

1996 · Likely

Personal Watercraft Illustrated's reports of the 1996 IJSBA Budweiser Jet Sports Tour call Billy Pointer a Team Kawasaki teammate of Minoru Kanamori in Pro Runabout 785, give him the overall win at the Chicago round with moto finishes of 4 and 1, his second of the season, and second place at the final round in Anaheim. Its final standings put Bill Pointer (Kaw) third in the class. Reading him as the BILL POINTER of the 1996 Finals sheet rests on the name, the Pro Runabout 785 class and the Kawasaki, an inference.

Sources: PWI 1996 tour rounds 6 to 8; PWI 1996 tour rounds 9 and 10

1997 · Likely

The magazine's report of round seven of the 1997 Big Red Racing Jet Sports Tour, at Des Moines, says Greater Yamaha's Bill Pointer won the Pro Runabout 1200 final on its last lap, his first win of that season, and its report of the last round says he ended the 1997 season second in the class standings.

Sources: PWI 1997 tour round 7 Des Moines; PWI 1997 tour round 11 Pittsburgh

1997 · Likely

The magazine's April 1998 profile says he won a Pro Runabout 1200 race on the last day of the 1997 Skat-Trak World Finals, before the race that decided the title, placed third overall in Runabout 785 with moto finishes of 3 and 4, and came away with the overall Pro Runabout 1200 world title. These are the magazine's words; no result sheet of the 1997 Finals is held (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).

Sources: PWI April 1998 Pointer profile

1998 · Likely

The magazine's Pro Files, its lineup for the 1998 tour, list him with the team Greater Yamaha in Pro Runabout 785 as number 11. The entry is joined to the Bill Pointer of the 1997 reports by the name and the Greater Yamaha team, an inference.

Sources: PWI Pro Files 1998

1999 · Likely

The overall results of the 1999 World Finals, a sheet from the IJSBA's own site, rank BILL POINTER nineteenth in Pro Runabout 785 SS with 6 points. That this is the same racer is the archive's reading, from the name and from the class he is listed in for 1996 and 1998, an inference.

Sources: 1999 World Finals results

Recognition

Likely

The hall of fame page of the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) and its announcement of June 2008 name Billy Pointer among the ten inductees of 2008. Both give names only, so the archive reads them as this racer from the name.

Sources: IJSBA hall of fame page; IJSBA 2008 hall of fame announcement

Names as printed

Bill Pointer (PWI 1997 tour round 7 Des Moines)

Elsewhere in the archive

What the archive has not read (1)

  • The magazine's 1998 lineup heads his entry "1200 World #1" but its note calls him the 1997 Pro Runabout 785 World Champion, while its April 1998 profile and the IJSBA's champions page give his 1997 world title in Pro Runabout 1200. No 1997 World Finals result sheet is held to settle the class, so no title is listed (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).

Documents cited on this page

  • 1996 World Finals Pro Runabout 785 MOD (web.archive.org): Aquascore results, Closed Course, Pro Runabout 785 MOD, 1996 Skat-Trak World Finals, Lake Havasu City, 10/11/96 (malls-ltd.com, Wayback capture of 10 November 1996), Aquascore, the results service of the 1996 Skat-Trak World Finals, 1996-10-11; sanctioning body, high. The scoring service's page for the 1996 World Finals class of 31 registered riders, giving for each the final place, the two motos, the heat or last-chance qualifier, make and sponsor lines. High.
  • PWI 1996 tour rounds 6 to 8 (web.archive.org): Racing: IJSBA Budweiser Jet Sports Tour, Rounds 6, 7 and 8, Des Moines, Pontiac, Chicago, Midwest Express, by Jeff Hain (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, 1996, online archive page, Wayback capture of 2 December 1996), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1996-11; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's report of three Midwest rounds of the 1996 national tour, class by class, with moto scores; medium, as a trade magazine's account of the racing. Dated by the month in its archive address. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • PWI 1996 tour rounds 9 and 10 (web.archive.org): Racing: IJSBA Budweiser Jet Sports Tour, Rounds 9 and 10, Richland, Washington; Anaheim, California, Last Roundup, by Keith Bush (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, December 1996, online archive page, Wayback capture of 24 June 1997), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1996-12; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's report of the last two rounds of the 1996 national tour and its table of final point standings for the pro classes. Medium as a period race report; the win counts printed beside the points do not always agree with the report's own text, so they are not used. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • PWI 1997 tour round 7 Des Moines (web.archive.org): Racing: Big Red Racing Jet Sports Tour, Round 7: Des Moines, Iowa, Mortal Combat, by Joel Johnson (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, October 1997, online archive page, Wayback capture of 15 January 1998), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1997-10; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's report of round seven of the 1997 national tour, with the point standings after seven of eleven rounds; medium as the magazine's own account of the round. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • PWI 1997 tour round 11 Pittsburgh (web.archive.org): Racing: Big Red Racing Jet Sports Tour, Round 11: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pitt Stop, by Keith Bush (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, November 1997, online archive page, Wayback capture of 15 January 1998), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1997-11; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's report of the last round of the eleven-round 1997 national tour, of the first weekend of August 1997, with a summary of each pro class's season. Medium, being a trade magazine's season review. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • PWI April 1998 Pointer profile (web.archive.org): Profile: Pro Runabout 1200 World Champion Billy Pointer, by Keith Bush (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, April 1998, online archive page, Wayback capture of 15 June 1998), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1998-04; enthusiast media, medium. A magazine profile of a Greater Yamaha runabout racer, held for its account of his 1997 tour season and of his races at that year's World Finals. Medium for the writer's own sentences; no result sheet of those races is held with it. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • PWI Pro Files 1998 (web.archive.org): The Pro Files: the Pro and Pro-Am lineup for the 1998 IJSBA Big Red Racing Jet Sports Tour, compiled by Keith Bush (Personal Watercraft Illustrated online, Wayback capture of 15 June 1998), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1998; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's lineup of the pro and pro-am riders for the 1998 national tour: each rider's classes and number, team and sponsors, with a short note in the magazine's words. Medium; a title in a note is the magazine's say-so, not a result sheet. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • 1999 World Finals results (web.archive.org): 1999 Skat-Trak World Finals, overall results by class (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 1999; sanctioning body, high. Overall results by class for the World Finals of 10 to 17 October 1999, extracted from the association's PDF. The extract lets the hometown and maker columns drift against the names in places, so only a name and the position printed on the same line are read as one row.
  • IJSBA hall of fame page (ijsba.com): The Jacobsen-Stjernstrom IJSBA Hall of Fame (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association; sanctioning body, high. The association's own roster, read on 22 September 2026, giving the hall's name, its creation and dedication in 2006, and inductees by year to 2014, names only. It publishes no selection criteria and no citation for anyone.
  • IJSBA 2008 hall of fame announcement (web.archive.org): IJSBA Announces 2008 Hall of Fame inductees (ijsba.com, 11 June 2008, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2008-06-11; sanctioning body, high. The association's announcement of its ten 2008 inductees and a Lifetime Achievement award, with the ceremony set for 11 October 2008 at the London Bridge Resort. It gives no reason for any induction. The association's telephone number is removed from the held copy.
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