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Caughey takes out Superboats at Shelterview

Zaryd Wilson
By Zaryd Wilson
Editor - Whanganui Chronicle ·Whanganui Chronicle·
28 Dec, 2017 08:00 AM2 mins to read

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Shelter view Jetsprints,Whanganui

He was the fastest man on the water most of the day and Peter Caughey is now the man to catch in the Altherm Window Systems New Zealand Jetsprint Championship.

The Canterbury pilot took out the Mouthfresh Superboats Group in round 2 of the championship at Upokongaro yesterday after qualifying top and impressing in the eliminations.

Thousands packed into Shelterview Jetsprint Park as almost 50 drivers competed in three groups for what was the first racing in the championship since the opening round on the first weekend in November.

Round 2 was scheduled to be held in Wairarapa earlier this month but it was called off due to low water levels.

Caughey posted the fastest time in qualifying and then broke 48 seconds in the top 9 run, well over a second quicker than his rivals.

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With Shama Putaranui in the navigator's seat, the pair then breezed through the rest of the afternoon before beating Australian Ted Sygidus and Rotorua's Nick Berryman by almost two seconds in the final top 3 eliminator.

It was back-to-back victories for Caughey, who also stood on the podium in Wanaka and now extends his lead in the overall championship.

Whanganui's hopes in the Superboat group were Rob Coley and Richard Murray. Both qualified well but were eliminated in the top 6 round which, aside from Caughey, was separated by about 0.6 seconds.

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Ollie Silverton won Fowler Homes Group A to also record consecutive wins while Whanganui's Ross Travers, who was hot on his tail after round one, bowed out in the top 9 run, messing up the rotation after a long delay for the track to be cleared.

Usually about 3000 turn out at the Murray family farm which houses the Shelterview track and owner Julia Murray estimated about the same-sized crowd this year.

"It's a really hard one to estimate but I'd say we are around that," she said.

"It's looking like a good crowd anyway and, because we're finishing a bit later, people who are working can still come out after work and still have a couple of hours racing. So we could still have a bit of an influx."

Murray was pleased the weather had played its part.

"Especially when I heard the rain on the roof last night."

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