Arif Saif Al Zafein is making a return to Class One action alongside Nader Bin Hendi as World Champions Victory 1 start the defence of their crown with the opening round of the UIM WPPA 2009 World Offshore Powerboating Championship in Qatar later next month.
“Arif is back in the driver’s seat and he will be alongside Nader,” Victory Team manager Gianfranco Venturelli told Gulf News…. Details
After an action-packed race along the Napier foreshore last year, competitors in the Rayglass New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing Championship are preparing themselves for another intense battle in the Hawke’s Bay on Saturday 7 March.
‘The ocean off Napier’s Westshore can develop some massive swells,’ says Cary Gleeson, vice-president of the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association (NZOPA) and throttle-man for ‘Doosan’, current leader of the superboat lite class.
‘You can be racing side-by-side with another boat then it disappears from view into a swell…Â ….. DetailsÂ
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The #1 boat of the Maritimo Offshore race team, the Lamborghini-powered ‘Maritimo’, has cruised to a convincing win in the third round of the Offshore Superboat Championships off Williamstown, Victoria.
With experienced Ross Willaton on throttles instead of regular throttleman Pal Virik Nilsen, unable due to other commitments to make the trip out from Norway, driver Tom Barry-Cotter and the man they call ‘Roscoe’ proved a successful pairing.
Perhaps the major story to come out of the race was the performance of the ‘new kids on the block’, Mackay youngsters Brandon and Chris Frier. … Details and Pictures
The Douglas Skater ‘Fairview Windows and Doors’ has greeted the chequered flag to register its second 100-mile win in the 2009 Rayglass NZ Offshore Powerboat championships.
Competing in fine conditions at Maraetai, south-east of Auckland, ‘Fairview Windows and Doors’, with veteran driver Ted Taiatini making a comeback after a 10-year absence to join throttleman and co-owner Warren Lewis, enjoyed a relatively incident free race.
‘Cure Kids’ (Tony Coleman and Chris Handley) came in second with ‘A1 Homes’ (formerly ‘Fairview Windows and Doors’ in 2008) third with Scott Lewis and Murray Tuffin aboard.
In the hotly-contested 60-mile race… Details and pictures
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