News

9th July 2010

Maritimo wins Class 1 Townsville

Maritimo Win Class 1 at Townsville Offshore Superboat Race

Round 3 of the Offshore Superboat Championships was held at Townsville on 4^th July.

The 2 race format was again being used which has had a positive response from race crews and the public.

Missing from the days event were "The Good Guys” After the brothers rolled their Supercat in the pole position shoot out on Saturday, Chris & Brendan were fine but the Supercat would take no part in the races on the Sunday.

Class 1 with Qatar 96, Mustang, Trojan Steel, Maritimo & Acme all ready to battle for the first corner, but as the flag dropped Mustang raced to the lead and then slowed pulling off the course to take no further part in the event.

This left Maritimo and Qatar 96 in a close fight until 3 laps later Qatar 96 pulled out with Acme & Trojan Steel taking up the fight to Maritimo.

Maritimo 1^st, Trojan Steel 2^nd & Acme 3^rd in race1.

In race 2 Qatar 96 lead from start to finish with Maritimo in 2^nd, Trojan Steel & Acme failed to finish.

Supercat 1050hp had 2 close races with Global Racing leading the way with Team 3 close on their heels, coming in 3^rd Mazlin Electrical.

Supercat 600hp had Saracen take 1^st in the 2 races with SUV Dodge Ram & Kwozzy 2 Both Having a weekend they would like to forget with both teams not finishing each race.

Supercat 400hp saw what has become the "norm” with very close racing between the crews.

FGI held on for the win over Berwicks in the first race with Berwicks taking out the second race, Hogs Breath Racing hung on for 3^rd with Grumpy Mongrel 4^th.

Berwicks HF Marine took the overall win with FGI taking second overall even after the team "duffed” the boat and the batteries coming loose.

Class 1

1^st Maritimo, 2^nd Qatar 96, 3^rd Acme Racing

Supercat 1050hp

1^st Global Racing, 2^nd Team 3, 3^rd Mazlin Electrical

Supercat 600hp

1^st Saracen

Supercat 400hp

1^st Berwicks, 2^nd FGI, 3^rd Hogs Breath Racing

The Offshore Superboat Championships wish to thank the City of Townsville, The Watermark, FGI & the Breakwater Marina for their support for this event.

A special thank you to Sheikh Hassan Al-Thani and Steve Curtis from Qatar 96 for coming to compete in the Offshore Superboat Championships and to Maritimo for preparing the Qatar 96 craft.

Thank you to all the volunteeres that put up their time for this event.

The Offshore Superboat Championships now moves to Redcliffe, 18^th & 19^th September, 2010.