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The 2014 Suzuki SuperBoat championship went right down to the wire, with any one of three racers in with a chance at the title. But it was Rangiora racer and defending champion Peter Caughey who took the chequered flag and the title in fine style, setting the fastest time of the day at 49.73 in…

Peter Caughey put on a commanding performance at the penultimate round of the Suzuki SuperBoat champs at Wanganui last night, setting fastest time of the day at 46.44 seconds and leaping into the championship lead in what he described as action that was “hot, fast and at times wild.” “Until now we’ve been pushing harder than we needed to test our…

Drama for defending SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey at the fourth round of the Suzuki SuperBoat champs today, after he set the fastest time in the top five – then spun out of the top three. The event had started with worries around the cyclone coming through and a need to set contingency plans, “We broke the drought for the Hawkes Bay,” Caughey…

Just four points separate the top three SuperBoat racers heading into round four of the Suzuki SuerBoat Champs at Hastings on March 16, with defending champion Peter Caughey just three points adrift. The Hastings track is a unique blend of Kiwiana, styled on the tight technical river track designs of yesteryear, and it’s sure to produce exciting racing from these high-powered nimble…

“We’re back!” Says an obviously relieved Peter Caughey, after the defending SuperBoat champion set the fastest time at every qualifier and elimination round at the Jetsprint championships run at Meremere today. “It’s nice to put an emphatic end to a run of navigational errors at the previous two events,” Caughey said. “Navigator Karen Marshall and I were both very focused on…

Defending superboat champion Peter Caughey heads into the third round of the New Zealand SuperBoat championship in joint third, and determined to turn his back on navigational errors that dogged his first two rounds. “It’s fair to say there’s a bit of unfinished business for my ENZED team,” says the six-time New Zealand and four-time…

Defending New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey had the best and worst of days, setting a blinding time in the top-12 eliminations at round two of the NZ SuperBoat champs, then DNFing from the top eight after a navigational error. But the super-competitive Caughey remains upbeat, and not just because he still netted fourth after…

The world’s first stadium jetsprint event will launch with a roar on Saturday 25th, with 18 superboats entered for the ENZED V8 Jetsprints at ASB Baypark, the biggest field in memory and one that includes trans-Tasman contenders, and up to 50 boats among the three classes competing on the day. Six-time New Zealand and four-time…

  The New Zealand Jetsprint Championship season opened with plenty of drama, and a tricky track that saw some of the world’s top racers crash out of contention, or drop out after navigational errors – with the headliner Suzuki SuperBoat class opener going to an Australian. Defending champion Peter Caughey had been swapping fastest times…