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Caughey battles mechanical gremlins to keep on fighting
Defending SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey is on his third boat in as many rounds, but sitting in third place after two rounds of the Suzuki Grand Vitara Superboat championship, the Canterbury battler is determined to keep racking up the points with his ENZED team, and he’ll be racing at Meremere on Sunday, February 15. His…
Read MoreCaughey’s ring-in boat keeps championship hopes alive
Defending New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey will keep his 2015 championship hopes alive thanks to the generosity of another racer, after his new craft’s mighty 570 engine broke a crankshaft at round one, in Wanganui. “At times of adversity people step up to the plate, and this time it’s Brent White, of Auckland, who…
Read MoreHighs and lows mark Caughey’s season opener
Sunday December 28, 2014 Highs and lows mark Caughey’s season opener Peter Caughey had the best and worst of days at today’s opening round of the Suzuki SuperBoat Series at Wanganui’s Shelterview track. The defending New Zealand and current World SuperBoat Champion has been tuning his Sprintec boat since the moment it returned from the…
Read MoreSuperBoat Champ on the attack at Jetsprint opener
New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey is as ready as he’ll ever be to defend his New Zealand title when the flag drops at Wanganui’s season-opener on December 27. The newly-crowned World champion has signed back on with naming sponsor ENZED and with Trojan and Total, and he’s in for the full eight-event season, six of them championship rounds – and two held…
Read MoreNew Zealand takes SuperBoat crown at World Jetsprint champs
New Zealander Peter Caughey sounds knackered on the phone from America’s West Coast, where he took his fifth World SuperBoat crown at the World Jetsprint Championships today, held in Lebanon, Oregon. He says his his head’s spinning a bit after months of work leading into the event focused on under a minute of high-speed racing. Caughey says this was a demanding track,…
Read MoreKiwi tops the leaderboard for World SuperBoat finals
New Zealander jetsprint SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey and his navigator for the world rounds have arrived in Lebanon, Oregon for the final round of the World Jetsprint Championship this weekend after a somewhat frustrating road trip. For while his tight-knit team have worked their way through America’s famous culinary excesses, Caughey and his navigator, Shama…
Read MoreCaughey tops leaderboard at first qualifier World SuperBoat champs get underway
New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey tops the leaderboard after the first qualifying round at the World SuperBoat championships being held in Missouri, USA this weekend. The seasoned racer was faced with a complex track at Bricks Offroad Park, with three laps each taking a different route around the seven-island course – with a total of…
Read MoreNZ to chase World SuperBoat crown with ParkerStore
New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey and his team flew to America today to race for his fifth World Superboat crown thanks to a deal struck with Parker Hannifin, parent company of America’s ParkerStore and of his New Zealand series sponsor, ENZED.And as soon as the ink was dry he’d packed up his Sprintec boat, and handed it over…
Read MoreChristchurch Earthquake reaches Superboat World Champs
Caughey says ‘it’s sorted’ The Christchurch Earthquake has had an unexpected after-effect on the World Jetsprint Championship, as New Zealand champion Peter Caughey will not be racing with his regular navigator, Karen Marshall. Ms Marshall, a clinical nurse manager at Christchurch’s Burwood Spinal Unit, has helped take Caughey’s ENZED SuperBoat team to two of his six World and five of his nine New Zealand…
Read MoreENZED and Caughey to campaign NZ champs
New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey is delighted to announce ENZED will again sponsor his successful team for the New Zealand Jetsprint championship season. Chairman ENZED EAC Roger McGarry says he had no hesitation in signing Caughey up to the ENZED banner for another year. “We have sponsored Peter and his team over many years because he is so professional in his…
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