Archive for April 2016

Four points separated the top four racers heading into the tightest SuperBoat season finale ever held in New Zealand, and three of those racers are current or former world champions. The best in the world are never known for holding back, and Featherston’s tight and technical track was expected to make for a nail-biting finish.…

Peter Caughey is braced for a nail-biting final of the 2016 Suzuki SuperBoats season, with four points separating the top four – and four points to gain if he’s to claim his 10th New Zealand title. “There have been some crazy results,” Caughey says. “We’ve won three events – more than anyone so far this season – yet we’re sitting in third, and…

One round to go – and four points separate the front-runners A win by a back-marker and a $12 switch threw all predictions out the window at the penultimate round of the Suzuki SuperBoat championship at Whanganui at the weekend. Fourteenth-placed heading into the round, Richard Burt took the chequered flag while series leader Glen Head holed a piston…

Wanganui’s Shelterview jetsprint track is braced for a battle of the giants come Saturday, April 9, when the methanol-snorting SuperBoats come out to play. For the penultimate event of the 2016 championship season sees multiple-world SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey just two points behind Glen Head, relatively new to the class but determined to stay ahead. And with another two class acts –…