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Four points separated the top four racers heading into the tightest SuperBoat season finale ever held in New Zealand, and three of those racers are current or former world champions. The best in the world are never known for holding back, and Featherston’s tight and technical track was expected to make for a nail-biting finish.…

Peter Caughey is braced for a nail-biting final of the 2016 Suzuki SuperBoats season, with four points separating the top four – and four points to gain if he’s to claim his 10th New Zealand title. “There have been some crazy results,” Caughey says. “We’ve won three events – more than anyone so far this season – yet we’re sitting in third, and…

One round to go – and four points separate the front-runners A win by a back-marker and a $12 switch threw all predictions out the window at the penultimate round of the Suzuki SuperBoat championship at Whanganui at the weekend. Fourteenth-placed heading into the round, Richard Burt took the chequered flag while series leader Glen Head holed a piston…

Wanganui’s Shelterview jetsprint track is braced for a battle of the giants come Saturday, April 9, when the methanol-snorting SuperBoats come out to play. For the penultimate event of the 2016 championship season sees multiple-world SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey just two points behind Glen Head, relatively new to the class but determined to stay ahead. And with another two class acts –…

Peter Caughey took a hard-earned win at the Hastings round of the Suzuki SuperBoat championships, to haul in current points leader Glen Head. Head had mechanical problems in the top-five final – the motor shut down, and he ran aground, and Graeme Hill met a similar fate, the pair finishing fourth and fifth. With Richard…

It’s tight at the top in the Suzuki SuperBoat championship this year, with Peter Caughey and Leighton Minnell just six points from the leader, and Richard Murray and Rob Coley trailing by the same amount. “At this point in the championship, that means anyone could take the season,” Caughey says, “And the ENZED team is heading to Hastings and the fourth round…

After a nightmare first round of the Suzuki SuperBoat Championship series, Canterbury superboat ace Peter Caughey is back on form – topping the podium for the second time this season, and this time at the most technical track of the year. Points leader Glen Head had thrown down the gauntlet, with the two racers battling…

The Taranaki won’t know what’s hit it this weekend when the SuperBoats hit town. For there’s a new track, named for a new sponsor – Methanex – the supplier of the methanol that fuels these monster motors to insane speeds. Seven-time New Zealand SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey says it’s a fantastic association. “It’s a huge…

Defending World SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey is philosophical about handing the title trophy over to rival Glen Head. After all, at least a Kiwi won – and in a Sprintec boat Caughey built. “From where we started and where we were last night, with engine gremlins with the fuel pump and the boat not really dialled into the track, to where…

Defending world SuperBoat champion Peter Caughey is calling airlines and calling in favours in a bid to get a vital part to New Zealand before the flag drops on the final round of this year’s ENZED UIM World Jetsprint Championship at Baypark. A malfunctioning fuel pump sucked power from his boat at Meremere’s round last…