MISS GEICO disappointed, VICTORY Team Dubai edged out the Aussies team 222 OFFSHORE in a tight contest to win the offshore race of the most powerful SUPERBOATS in the world in 'Class ONE' (formerly 'Class UNLIMITED') at the 2019 National Championship in Fort Myers Beach, FL.
The race in Class One ran 12 laps. The VICTORY Team fielded two 41-foot catamarans powered by Mercury Racing 1100 Comp engines, and they vied for top honors with the Australian team 222 OFFSHORE. Salem Al Adidi and Eisa Al Ali piloted the team’s primary boat VICTORY 3 to win the 2019 National Championship.
Running its own 41-foot Victory-built cat with 1,100-hp Mercury Racing engines, the 222 OFFSHORE team of driver Darren Nicholson and throttleman Giovanni Carpitella managed to get ahead of VICTORY 33 and chased VICTORY 3, where it made up ground on the outer section of the course but kept losing what it gained when it tackled the nearshore straightway. Despite several hard charges by 222 OFFSHORE that left it less than a boat length behind, VICTORY 3 team never gave up the lead and took the checkered flag just a few seconds ahead of the Aussies.
MISS GEICO raced for the first time after the crash in Sarasota in July but was clearly not ready to compete and trailed almost a full lap.
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13 окт 2019
