AFJSA Penrite Oils V8 Superboats Championship, Round 6, Temora, 2 May 2026
Temora’s Lake Centenary delivered everything a grand finale should. Glorious conditions, a packed field, and championship glory on the line, and when the dust settled on the 2025/2026 Penrite Oils V8 Superboats season, one family had written themselves into the history books.
The Mullans swept all three classes at the final round, with Phonsy Mullan taking Unlimited honours aboard Ramjet, Bastian Mullan claiming Group A victory in ASP, and Nate Mullan topping the LS class in Ripshift. One family, three classes, one extraordinary day.
Unlimited: Phonsy Mullan untouchable
Phonsy Mullan was in a league of his own from the opening qualifying session, posting the fastest time across all classes in every run. His best lap of 16.582 seconds in Qualifying 4, equating to 238.8 km/h around the 1.1 km Temora circuit, set the benchmark no one could answer. In the Top 3 Final he wound it back to 36.226 seconds, still more than 1.3 seconds clear of Tyler Finch in Loose Cannon (37.552), with Daryl Hutton rounding out the podium in R&J Batteries (38.488). The best speed of the entire day, 241.5 km/h, belonged to Mullan, recorded in that final run.
Group A: Bastian Mullan breaks through
While his father was dominating Unlimited, Bastian Mullan was carving out a day of his own in Group A. After finishing second to Danny Knappick in the opening two qualifying rounds, Bastian struck back with the fastest Group A time of the day in Qualifying 3, a 39.840 that put him on top. He backed it up with another pole in Qualifying 5, and when it mattered most in the Top 3 Final, he delivered a 39.631 to claim the round win. Knappick finished second aboard Tuff N Up (41.955), with Daniel Warburton completing the podium in Team Attitude (44.147).
LS: Nate Mullan dominant from lights to flag
The LS class was Nate Mullan’s to lose. Ripshift sat on top of the LS timing sheets in every qualifying session, and Nate confirmed the pace was real when it counted, winning the Top 6 Final and then the Top 3 Final with a 40.564. Jade Atchison pushed hard in Disturbed-B to finish second (42.265), and Jayden Myers completed the podium in Fired Up (42.378), just 0.113 seconds behind Atchison in a tight fight for the final step.
It was a fitting end to the season at one of the championship’s most iconic venues. Kennards Hire Park, the crowd, and the noise of full-noise V8 jet power made sure of that.
