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The 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championships roar to life
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Lake Macquarie hosts the season opener for the Australian Offshore Superboat Championships 2025/26, ...
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Full throttle: Australian Offshore Superboats hit Lake Macquarie for season opener
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The 2025/26 Australian Offshore Superboat Championship bursts back into life as part of the Lake Mac...
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Roar across Hobbs Bay: NZ Offshore Powerboat Championship blasts into Gulf Harbour
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The 2025–26 New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Championship opened with high-speed racing and early-seas...
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Tomorrow’s the day — and your chance to compete in a landmark Auckland offshore powerboating e...
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Tomorrow’s the day — and this is your last chance
It’s the night before the historic 2026 NZ Offs...
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Team Brazil storms to victory as Lagos makes history with Africa’s first E1 race
Team Brazil by Claure Group claims a historic victory at the E1 Lagos GP — the first-ever African ro...
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Scrutineering day kicks off New Zealand offshore powerboat season
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Scrutineering day clears offshore powerboats for racing, with safety checks and a community BBQ befo...
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Championship battle on a knife-edge as E1 makes African debut in Lagos
Lagos hosts the historic African debut of E1 this weekend, with one point splitting the championship...
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Clearwater Nationals crowns new winners as season heats up
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Clearwater Offshore Nationals 2025 ended with M•CON on top, GC Racing strong, and Graydel, Nautical ...
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Clearwater Nationals opens with GC Racing breaking XINSURANCE streak
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GC Racing broke XINSURANCE South’s winning streak as Clearwater delivered high drama in the 2025 Off...
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Ken Lupton claims back-to-back HRL titles
Ken Lupton secures back-to-back HRL titles after a consistent 2025 campaign across North America.
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Race World Offshore heads to Clearwater as 2025 season heats up
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Race World Offshore turns south as Clearwater sets the stage before the Key West World Championship ...
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Superboats roar back at Lake Macquarie for 2025/26 season opener
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The Australian Offshore Superboat Championship launches at Lake Macquarie, 18–19 October 2025, with ...
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Offshore powerboat racing roars back to Auckland
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Offshore powerboat racing roars back to Auckland with new boats, family racing, and the return of th...
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Powerboat racing season launches: NZPBA 2025/26 race calendar revealed
The NZPBA 2025/26 season spans Hydro Thunder, nationals, and classic regattas, promising high-speed ...
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Wanganui Motor Boat Club announces 2026 King of the River Regatta
The iconic King of the River Regatta will return to the Whanganui River on 10–11 January 2026, featu...
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Offshore powerboat racing celebrates 2025 season in style
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The New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Racing community came together last weekend for its annual prizeg...
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Cowes Torquay Cowes Offshore Powerboat Race 2025: Good Boy Vodka claims breakthrough victory
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Good Boy Vodka triumphed in the Cowes Torquay Cowes Offshore Powerboat Race 2025, ending Silverline’...
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HRL GP 2025 Final: Warwick Lupton seals title for Lucas Oil
The HRL GP 2025 Final at Beauharnois saw Warwick Lupton step in for son Ken and deliver Lucas Oil ba...
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Cowes Torquay Cowes offshore powerboat race: timeless endurance
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The Cowes Torquay Cowes Offshore Powerboat Race 2025 returns, testing crews with endurance, speed, a...
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Warwick Lupton returns to the wheel for HRL finale in Beauharnois
A New Zealand legend of hydroplane racing, Warwick Lupton, steps in for the championship-leading GP5...
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Australian Offshore Superboat Championship 2025/26 season calendar announced
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Australia’s premier offshore powerboat series returns with four action-packed rounds, building on mo...
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Ken Lupton takes on the Top O’ Michigan Marathon Nationals
From Tonawanda to Northern Michigan, New Zealand’s GP champion proves his grit on the marathon circu...
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Grand Prix America points and San Diego Bayfair preview
After four rounds, the GP hydroplane season heads for San Diego Bayfair, a festival with a touch ove...
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Mercury Racing updates the 300R and introduces the 300 ROS into the same race-ready league
Two V8s, one DNA – but very different personalities.
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Lymington Challenge cut short as Solent seas turn wild
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The Lymington Challenge has long been one of the UK offshore powerboat season’s most spectator-frien...
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Origins of offshore powerboat racing
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From riverside wagers to open-sea warfare — the wild ride to the world’s first offshore race.
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Offshore powerboating: from timber testbeds to carbon speed machines
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The story of how a six-metre wooden boat called Rems sparked a marine revolution that still echoes i...
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From farm to first: Ken Lupton claims victory at Thunder on the Niagara
Ken Lupton wins Thunder on the Niagara, extending his HRL lead with a gritty, high-speed performance...
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EXCLUSIVE: Flying the flag. Ken Lupton’s high-speed life between farm and finish line
Exclusive interview: Ken Lupton talks to Boating New Zealand about chasing the HRL title and jugglin...
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New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association launches 2025/2026 race season calendar
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NZOPA’s 2025/26 season brings offshore powerboat racing back to Auckland, adds new classes, and prom...
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Kennedy crowned champion as Grand Prix Hydroplane Series wraps for 2025
Final standings revealed after dramatic end to Régates de Valleyfield
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Caroline Bay delivers tight racing as NZ Boat Marathon Series heats up
Following the alpine drama of Tekapo, the 2025 NZBMC series descended on Timaru’s Caroline Bay for R...
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Team Blue Rising stuns in Monaco as E1 Championship tightens
Electric drama on the Riviera as Virat Kohli’s team claims first win, and the leaderboard flips in t...
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Solent spectacle: newcomer stuns in 2025 UKOPRA Solent 80
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Newcomer Alexander Welham stuns the field with a Class 2 victory at the 2025 UKOPRA Solent 80 in Por...
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Flying Kiwis finish strong: storm-shortened finale wraps 2025 Régates de Valleyfield
A storm-shortened finale capped off a dramatic weekend for the Luptons at Régates de Valleyfield’s 3...
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Flying Kiwi battles on: drama for the Lupton brothers at Régates de Valleyfield 2025
Drama unfolds at Régates de Valleyfield 2025 as the Lupton brothers face mechanical setbacks and pen...
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The E1 Series hobnobs it with the Goodwood Festival of Speed before heading into Monaco
Team Brady storms back into title contention as the E1 Series heads to Monaco for a high-stakes elec...
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Flying Kiwi leads the charge: Ken Lupton tops time trials at Valleyfield
Ken Lupton, the 'Flying Kiwi,' tops Valleyfield time trials, setting the pace for a thrilling hydrop...
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Final showdown: Will Kiwis decide The GPA/HRL 3 Round Challenge 2025 at Valleyfield?
Kiwi contenders take the lead in 2025 Grand Prix American Hydroplane Championship
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Team Brady storms to victory at electric E1 showdown on Lake Maggiore
Tom Brady’s electric race team surges back into championship contention with thrilling win in Italy
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