The Offshore Superboat Championships resume with the sixth round of the titles set for Townsville over the weekend of July 4 and 5.
Race director Russell Embleton expects a full field in all classes, with only the Melbourne entrant ‘Impact Steel’ looking unlikely.
Seven classes are likely to contest the event, Class 1, Supercat Outboard, Supercat Outboard Lite, Super Vee Lite, Cruiser, Production and Production Unlimited.
Class 1, Supercat Outboard, Supercat Outboard Lite and Super Vee will race as championship classes, while all others will race as non-championship classes.
Race control and dry pit area will be at Townsville’s Breakwater Marina, conveniently located on The Strand, facing Trinity Bay and the race circuit. The venue offers excellent spectator viewing… Details
Nine time World Champion Guido Cappellini charged from third to first on the opening lap and controlled the race winning by 3.98 seconds to win for the first time in 2009 and take his second straight victory on Lake Vesijarvi at the third round of the U.I.M. F1 World Championship for power boating in front of thousands of fans on a windswept and cloudy afternoon.
The lead driver for the Zepter Team pushed at the start and had the hole shot to move in front of pole sitter Massimo Roggiero of the Mad Croc F1 Racing Team who was enjoying his first pole since 2004, while also moving past defending World Champion Jay Price of the Qatar Team who struggled to find his way through traffic and never becoming a factor in the race eventually finishing 15th at days end.
“We have done a lot of testing with the new boat on Lake Como and feel we have find the right solution … Details
Once again the day dawned quiet and tranquil here on the magnificent Allegre Ballena campsite. However the morning calm was quickly replaced by a stiff southwest wind, giving testing side shore racing conditions. With gusts up to 20kts and lulls at around the 10kts mark it proved difficult even for the world’s best.
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Early round highlights and upsets
Race 1 continued as expected, with all of the top 20 seeds passing through to the quarterfinals without any troubles. Perhaps the only real surprise was …Â Details
The Offshore Superboat Championships resume with the sixth round of the titles set for Townsville over the weekend of July 4 and 5.
Nine time World Champion Guido Cappellini charged from third to first on the opening lap and controlled the race winning by 3.98 seconds to win for the first time in 2009 and take his second straight victory on Lake Vesijarvi at the third round of the U.I.M. F1 World Championship for power boating in front of thousands of fans on a windswept and cloudy afternoon.