“I had thought we’d have a quieter season just because of the World Series last year but whether it has inspired people, I’m not sure,” she said.
“I’m not sure why it’s gone crazy this season but I’m not complaining.”
The last round was held at the new Mountain View Jetsprint Track in Taranaki on February 14.
That round has set up a tightly-contested event in Whanganui, with competition throughout the classes.
Murray said a “big battle” was going on between Reuben Hoeksema, navigated by Suzi Katavich, and Sam Newdick, navigated by Shama Putaranui, in the Southern Jet Superboats class.
Despite finishing outside the top three in the last round, Hoeksema and Katavich remain in first place on championship points.
Meanwhile, Newdick and Putaranui’s first-place finish in Taranaki, clocking in at 36.337s, has narrowed down the points differential and applied further pressure.
In the Group A class, Matt Hareb and Hayden George have performed well, winning the first three rounds before reigning champions Ollie Silverton and Amanda Kittow won round four.
If Silverton and Kittow won the Whanganui event, it would set up a grandstand finish in the final round, Murray said.
The MTW Group B class would be interesting, with Gemma Johnson and Richard Currie winning two rounds and Hamish Clarke and Lisa Seator winning the other two, she said.
Murray hoped round five would set up an enthralling finish in round six, back in Taranaki, on March 21.
“Hopefully the weather is good and we can get through it,” she said.
Qualifying runs will begin from 8am and racing from 9am.
The event day schedule and tickets for the UIM World Jetsprints Championship in Whanganui can be found on the New Zealand Jetsprint Championship website.
Fin Ocheduszko Brown is a multimedia journalist based in Whanganui.
