Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Teague Wins Class in Long Beach

AMSOIL off-shore powerboat driver Bob Teague found his first win of the season at the Pacific Offshore Powerboat Racing Association sanctioned event, the 96th Annual Long Beach Sea Fest.

Teague, racing in his AMSOIL SuperCat Lite boat, took part in Sunday's "Rum Run", a traditional endurance race in the open ocean. The event covered 78-miles, much of it on the rough waters of the Pacific Ocean. The slower boats are in the first start and the faster boats are in the second start (about five minutes later). Altogether, there were 25 boats racing at the same time. The AMSOIL SuperCat Lite boat was in the second start. Despite waves racing four feet, the AMSOIL SuperCat Lite was the first boat to the first turn heading out to sea.

"We maintained great speed with perfect navigation for the entire 78 mile course passing all of the competitors except one that is in the senior Extreme Unlimited Cat Class (CRC)," said Teague. Ultimately, the CRC boat finished the race in a time of 44:36, and we finished second overall (first in class) just 19 seconds behind the 2400 plus horsepower CRC boat with an elapsed time of 44:55."

The AMSOIL #77 boat and rig are back on the road, headed for St. Clair, Michigan this weekend.

Until then, we'll see you at the races,

Jeremy Meyer
AMSOIL Racing Coordinator