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Triumph as Caughey takes win and championship at Wanaka

Apr 19, 2014

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…

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Caughey leaps into championship lead at SuperBoat Champs

Apr 6, 2014

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…

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Drama for Caughey at SuperBoat Champs

Mar 16, 2014

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…

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Tight at the top for SuperBoat Champs

Mar 12, 2014

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…

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Caughey back in front at SuperBoat champs

Feb 9, 2014

“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…

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Caughey title defence gets second wind

Feb 6, 2014

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…

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Highs and lows for Caughey, but jetsprinting takes a win

Jan 25, 2014

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…

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Stadium jetsprinting launches with a roar at Baypark

Jan 22, 2014

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…

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Drama aplenty at SuperBoat champs opener

Dec 27, 2013

  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…

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ENZED gets methanol-powered

Dec 4, 2013

ENZED has announced it will step up to the jetsprint plate this year, sponsoring both the ENZED V8 Jetsprints at ASB Baypark stadium, Mt Maunganui, for round two of the jetsprint championship series on January 25, and national Superboat champion Peter Caughey’s team as he makes the push for another NZ title, heading into the 2014 World Championship rounds. Peter’s really fired…

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Team Results

Seven times World Champion
1990*, 1992*, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2014

12 times New Zealand Champion
1990*, 1991*, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018

ENZED Bay Park Stadium Cup
2018

*Open B Class
SuperBoat Class

 

The close knit team, based in North Canterbury, has competed very successfully both in National and International events and is proud to be associated with the following sponsors.

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The Sport

Jetsprinting was first developed in Canterbury, New Zealand during the early 1980’s.  From humble beginnings competing on courses excavated in gravel river beds the sport has quickly developed into purpose built stadium type venues.  A jetsprint course consists of a series of channels about 5 metres wide with water barely ½ metre deep.

The boats make approx. 30 directional changes taking anything from about 50 seconds to 60 seconds to complete the course and have a two person crew, driver and navigator running individually against the clock.  Spectators love the action, they also love the spectacular crashes when boats hit the bank at high speed and get tossed,  sometimes spinning in the air before crashing back on the islands built between the channels of the course.

The PCR team compete in Superboat class, there are two other classes in which competitors can race. For information about the classes visit www.jetsprint.co.nz.