Teague High Points Champion

Team AMSOIL traveled to Missouri to compete in the POPRA and OSS National Championships held at Lake of the Ozarks on September 29 and 30. An estimated 40,000 spectators on land and another 2,000 boats lining the perimeter of the race course had a ring side seat for the fierce offshore competition.

During the Saturday POPRA Championship race, Team AMSOIL drew the outside lane and had to fight their way through the fleet after being held wide on the first turn. While in the process of attempting an inside pass on Team All Jacked Up to take over first place, Bob Teague (throttleman) and Paul Whittier (driver) were forced into an extremely tight line at turn one. With three laps to go, the Team AMSOIL boat was carving the turn when it lost its grip on the water and spun into a 100 yard side slide, ripping the skegs off of both drives. Teague and Whittier were able to keep the boat from flipping and once the engines were restarted, they drove Team AMSOIL back into second place. Team AMSOIL would battle the third place Cat Lite boat, Reliable Carries for the net few laps, maintaining their second place position when the checkered flag fell. The podium helped Team AMSOIL secure its Pacific Offshore Series titles as both the 2007 Cat Lite Western Champion and 2007 High Points Champion.

After working all night to repair the broken drivers, Team AMSOIL entered Sunday's OSS Super Cat Lite race against eight of the series top teams. Team AMSOIL was running close in fourth place when the All Jacked Up boat flipped right in front of them, at the same place Team AMSOIL had its mishap the day before. Whittier and Teague were required to take evasive actions which left the door open for the fifth place boat, Popeye’s, to get by on the inside. Team AMSOIL battled back and passed Popeye’s a few laps later. At this point, Team AMSOIL was reeling in the second place Reliable Carriers. Feeling the pressure, Reliable hooked in turn two and ran over the turn buoy, resulting in a one minute penalty. Ultimately, Motley Crew finished first, Team AMSOIL second, and Popeye’s third.

Nine out of the ten races Team AMSOIL has completed this season were podium finishes, with five wins. Next on the schedule for Team AMSOIL will be in Chattanooga, Tenn. on October 10-14.

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


Jeremy Meyer
AMSOIL Race Program Manager