Offshore powerboat racing is coming to Clearwater Beach for at least the next three Octobers.
The “Super Boat” series will hold its national championship races off Pier 60, starting October 2 through 4.
“It’s economic development for us,” said Mayor Frank Hibbard. “We want to make sure our restaurants are full, our hotels are full…once you get to October…tourism really drops.”
The largest class of offshore powerboats can be 50 feet long and approach 200 miles per hour…Â Details
The Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club is in full throttle mode for next Sunday’s Bright Print Bridge to Bridge powerboat classic, the 74th staging of the popular event.
Australia’s quickest boats and best drivers are ready to do battle over the winding 112 kilometre stretch of the Hawkesbury River in an event that often becomes a race of attrition as engines are ‘brutally punished’ at wide open throttle and maximum revolutions.
Such is the speed some of these racers can top that the race, despite its 112km length, has become known as a ‘drag race’, as some of the V8-powered racers can top 260km/hr (162mph).
Six-time winner Ricky Howard is the current race record holder, his fantastic 2008 victory stopping the clock at 29 minutes, 47 seconds and making him the first man in history to ‘crack’ the 30 minute mark… Details & PicturesÂ
A testing offshore race course out from the Gulf Harbour Marina at the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula awaits competitors in the final round of the 2009 Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship on Saturday 2 May.
Superboat Cure Kids went into the lead of the 100-mile championship during the last round at Whangarei’s Marsden Cove Marina and now has a 273 point advantage over closest rival Fairview Windows & Doors. With a race win worth 475 points and second place 375 points, a close-fought championship finish between these two top super boats is expected. But Cure Kids driver Tony Coleman, from Auckland, says he’s not counting his chickens just yet… Details
A testing offshore race course out from the Gulf Harbour Marina at the end of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula awaits competitors in the final round of the 2009 Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship on Saturday 2 May.
Superboat ‘Cure Kids’ went into the lead of the 100-mile championship during the last round at Whangarei’s Marsden Cove Marina and now has a 273 point advantage over closest rival ‘Fairview Windows & Doors’. With a race win worth 475 points and second place 375 points, a close-fought championship finish between these two top superboats is expected. But ‘Cure Kids’ driver Tony Coleman, from Auckland, says he’s not counting his chickens just yet… DetailsÂ