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PRESS RELEASE - JANUARY 2009

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Kiwi Peter Caughey has clinched his third World Superboat Championship in his Motovated Superboat in drizzling conditions at Featherston today.

Cantabrian’s Caughey’s time of 45.52 seconds was enough to beat fellow Kiwi and Sprintec driver Leighton Minnell (47.18 seconds), who was racing in his third only Superboat race, and ironically in the Sprintec boat Caughey built and won the 2004 and 2005 New Zealand Championships in.

Today’s result backed up Caughey’s win in the first round of the World Championship at Meremere last weekend.

Pumping out 1000 horse-power and reaching speeds of up to 140 kilometres per hour, the superboats complete 3 laps of a tight, twisty circuit around shallow channels in less than a minute with no brakes.

“This fantastic result hasn’t come easy – we’ve been working hard on the boat and I have to pay tribute to my navigator Karen Marshall and our team of sponsors and supporters, especially Motovated Design Analysis, whose sponsorship has made competing in this Championship possible,” said an elated Caughey.

“Today’s bumper crowd at the Hire Company-sponsored event were treated to some of the best sprintboat racing you could ever ask for,” continued the 5-time New Zealand and now 3-time World Champion.

In the 650 horsepower Group A boats, it was an all-Australian and all-Sprintec affair in which occasional V8 Supercar driver Nathan Pretty edged out Victoria’s Ted Sygidous to win the World Championship ahead of another Australian Slade Stanley, also in a Sprintec.

“Lower Hutt’s Ray Ferguson was looking good for a strong result before he chucked a conrod out of the side of the block of one the largest engines in the sport - a 700 cubic inch Chevy,” said Caughey.

‘Overall it was a sensational weekend – to clinch the World Championship is one thing and to see the Sprintec boats I’ve built and prepared go 1-2 in the Superboat and Group A categories is just amazing.”

After a hectic few months of preparing boats and securing sponsorship, Caughey is looking forward to some family time camping in the South Island.

“Then the next challenge will be to capitalise on these fantastic results and entice a major sponsor for the 2010 World Superboat Championships in Australia,” said Caughey.

UIM World Superboat Championships
Round 2 results, 11th January, Featherston

1. Peter Caughey, Sprintec
2. Leighton Minnell, Sprintec

UIM World Superboat Championships
Overall results

1. Peter Caughey, Sprintec
2. Richard Burt
3. Leighton Minnell, Sprintec

International Group A class of UIM World Championship
Round 2 results, 11th January, Featherston

1. Nathan Pretty, Sprintec
2. Ted Sygidous, Sprintec
3. Rex Briant
4. Slade Stanley, Sprintec

International Group A class of UIM World Championship
Overall results

1. Nathan Pretty, Sprintec
2. Slade Stanley, Sprintec
3. Peter Briant

For media interviews and further information, please contact Peter Caughey on 0274 326 845