5th August 2021
Circuit and Offshore Powerboat Racing News
The Cabarita round of the Penrite Australian V8 Superboats Championship provided plenty of surprises across the two days of competition.
Arguably the greatest of those surprises came in Unlimited Superboat, with runaway points leader and reigning champion Slade Stanley coming unstuck for the first time since the debut of his new package at the World Series in 2018.
The ‘Hazardous’ driver inverted his boat whilst holding a comfortable advantage over title rival Phonsy Mullan in the second final.
The 2021 Penrite Australian V8 Superboats Championship returns to the Tweed Valley on June 19-20 after more than 18-months away, the after-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic very nearly forcing another postponement after a recent Melbourne outbreak would have left many of the leading contenders caught up in lockdown.
It was no surprise that the annual ‘Colin Parish Memorial’ event saw perhaps the biggest crowd in the history of V8 Superboats at Kennards Hire Park in Temora, the local region - like much of Australia - starved of entertainment over the last 12 challenging months, however they were more than entertained by some outstanding racing, with some epic battles that ran well into the night.
After a dramatic opening round to the return season of Penrite V8 Superboats at Keith at the end of March, the series returns to Temora in the New South Wales Riverina for the annual ‘Colin Parish Memorial’ this weekend with a record entry that will be sure to keep the fans on their feet.
After a 12-month sabbatical to address the issues around the Covid-19 pandemic, the Penrite Australian V8 Superboats Championship returned to action at arguably the best facility in the world.
After a 13 month sabbatical to negotiate the pandemic, the Penrite Australian V8 Superboats Championship finally makes a return to the water with the opening round of the new season set for the popular Spitwater Arena circuit at Keith in South Australia with a stellar list of entries.
Unlike many sports around Australia, V8 Superboats were fortunate to begin their 2020 campaign before things changed, but despite some windows of opportunity to continue the season, ultimately all plans were shelved until 2021.
The opening round of the 2020 Penrite Australian V8 Superboats season in front of a big, passionate, Temora crowd saw fantastic racing across all three classes with some standout rookie performances, but under lights no-one could stop local star Slade Stanley from amassing his seventh consecutive Unlimited finals victory, whilst in 400-Class, Justin Roylance weathered an all-out assault from current NZ#2 Sean Rice to claim his second ever outright victory.
