Tag: Racing
Four classes to contest the Redcliffe 100
on 10/08/2008
Four offshore race classes, including the current Australian champions in each, will be lining up for the opening round of the 2008/09 Australian Offshore Powerboat championships off Redcliffe, Queensland, on September 21…
Bad weather forces cancellation Edox Pole Position
on 21/07/2008
Torrential downpours and poor visibility forced race officials to cancel today’s Edox Pole Position, announcing that the times set by the teams in tomorrow’s one and a half hour morning practice session will determine the line-up for the 17-lap, 96.70Nm BMW Norwegian Grand Prix…
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Australian Offshore Challenge - rescheduled to 2009
on 21/07/2008
With only 48 days to go to the start of the Queensland edition of the Australian Offshore Challenge, the promoters, Geographica, have reluctantly had to acknowledge that in the current climate, it is not feasible to conduct a powerboating event of this scale. So the decision has been made to postpone the running of the Challenge for 2008…
Related Tags: qld, racing, sport
Miss Geico: The Fastest Powerboat in the World
on 09/07/2008
Spectators cluttered Lido Beach on Sunday, decorating the nearshore waters with their numerous rafts and swimsuits or, in the case of V.I.P viewers, sprinkling The Sandollar Rooftop Restaurant. They didn’t just come to watch the 24th annual Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix powerboat races, bob around in the Gulf or toast in the sun. They also came to witness two boats - Bud Light and Miss Geico…
Australian F1 Superboat - Port Macquarie cancelled
on 07/07/2008
A very successful round of the 2008 Australia XLR8 Home Loans F1 Superboat series was completed in Newcastle on June 15th but this has been followed by a disappointing cancellation of Round 4 in Port Macquarie…
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Maritimo 11 takes Offshore Superboat titles
on 06/07/2008
Maritimo 11’s Tom Barry-Cotter and Pal Virik Nilson have officially been announced Australia’s 2008 Class One Offshore Superboat Champions and awarded The Mark Lee Trophy, despite being unable to finish in the final round of the Offshore Superboat Championships held in Townsville…
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Townsville turns out for Offshore Superboat final
on 24/06/2008
Over 15,000 spectators turned out for the final round of the Offshore Superboat Championships in Townsville yesterday. Perfect conditions off The Strand saw Class One Superboat Simrad blitz the field and take out the 2008 Townsville Offshore Superboat Classic. Simrad’s Luke Durman and co-driver Peter McGrath raced to victory, completing 15 laps of the 16.4km circuit…
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F1 Superboats fly in Newcastle - Race Call
on 16/06/2008
A year ago the Newcastle round of the XLR8 Home Loans Australian F1 Superboat Series was blown off the water,as a savage storm from a winter east coast low blew the Pasha Bulker onto Nobbys Beach…
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F1 Superboats To Heat Up Round 3 at Newcastle
on 15/06/2008
Blowy, overcast and air temperatures that would make a penguin freeze; that’s what greeted the XlLR8 Home Loans Australian F1 Superboat Series at Newcastle for Round 3 of the Series…
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F1 Superboats To Heat Up Round 3 at Newcastle
on 15/06/2008
Blowy, overcast and air temperatures that would make a penguin freeze; that’s what greeted the XlLR8 Home Loans Australian F1 Superboat Series at Newcastle for Round 3 of the Series…
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