Whanganui's weekend of motorsport continued on Sunday, as more than 1000 people crammed into Whanganui's Shelter View Jetsprint Park near Upokongaro as the best of New Zealand's jetsprint racers tookto the water.
For Invercargill's Karen White, the Whanganui track is one of the best she's seen in her time in the sport.
"Me and my husband have been involved for quite a few years, and he's been here but I never have," the seasoned racer said.
"Awesome venue but terrible timing, for us anyway."
For the hordes of spectators at the ground, the afternoon's racing became an authentic experience.
Phil McRae said that as a keen but distant follower of jetsprints, it was awesome to see the races come to his backyard.
"It's pretty cool to see, especially when you've got this many people out here getting involved," McRae said.
"A shame the rain showed up, but I suppose it makes it a bit more real."
The sport originated in New Zealand in 1981, where competitors take to the jetsprint track one at a time and compete against the clock.
The sport could be most likened to rally car driving, where a driver and a navigator manoeuvre a high-powered boat around the track in a particular sequence.
The track, roughly the size of a rugby field, sees competitors attempt to complete a "rotation" which the drivers and navigators are given prior to race day to learn. The teams then must follow the numbers in the correct sequence to achieve a timed run.
