The thousands of fans that lined the lake saw a perfect start for the AMSOIL/Rinker Racing veteran who came off the dock in pole position and held of local favorite Tim Seebold of the Bud Light Seebold Race Team and Torrente on the outside, making it a spectacular three boat run to the first commitment buoy with Rinker holding the inside and the
lead that he would not lose for the next 43 laps.
Torrente boat worked his way around the defending race champion Seebold in the first 1/3 of the race and took up the charge to catch Rinker, finally passing him briefly on the 44th lap. The cat and mouse game between the two drivers ended when Rinker finally used traffic to his advantage and took home his first victory of the season and his third in St. Louis in the last 5 years.
lead that he would not lose for the next 43 laps.Torrente boat worked his way around the defending race champion Seebold in the first 1/3 of the race and took up the charge to catch Rinker, finally passing him briefly on the 44th lap. The cat and mouse game between the two drivers ended when Rinker finally used traffic to his advantage and took home his first victory of the season and his third in St. Louis in the last 5 years.
“We did a great job on the setup since the moment we rolled into the paddock,” said Rinker. “We set fast lap in qualifying, won our heat race and then today's Grand Prix. So we went three for three and the sweep you can’t do anything better than that.”
Randy Rinker, the older brother of Terry, was fifth in the other AMSOIL/Rinker Racing Lee Craft.
The fifth round of the 2008 F1-ChampBoat Series is next weekend at Algonac, Michigan and the battle for the top two positions will only get hotter as the series moves into it’s second half of the season on the St. Clair River on August 9-10.
Until then, we'll see you at the races.
