The BMW Oracle Racing organization won the 33rd America’s Cup yacht race in Valencia, Spain on February 18,2010. The BMW Oracle boat USA, backed by software billionaire. It’s always a spectacle when two billionaires go head-to-head for the prize. Lots and lots of money, world-class talent, and in this case, the best technologies and information systems in the world. In the end, the 114-foot USA won handily the first two races of a best-of-three series, reaching speeds over 35 miles an hour, three times faster than the wind. As far as experts can figure, USA is the fastest sailboat in history.