Australian duo Narelle Pellow-Djukic (left) and Phonsy Mullan won the superboat class. Photo / Jeremy Ward-Shot360 Photography
Australian duo Narelle Pellow-Djukic (left) and Phonsy Mullan won the superboat class. Photo / Jeremy Ward-Shot360 Photography
Australian duo Phonsy Mullan and Narelle Pellow-Djukic emerged victorious in the Building King Superboat Class at the UIM World Jetsprint Championship in Whanganui.
The action at the Shelter View Jetsprint Track at Ūpokongaro over the weekend was the sequel to the previous weekend’s racing in Wānaka.
New Zealand Jetsprint Associationpresident Julia Murray said the entertainment was exhilarating.
“It was an awesome day of racing. It was so close that it was actually nail-biting watching these boats race – they were so close in times,” Murray said.
“The weather was good, the crowd [was] good; everything just flowed nicely.”
There was less than 0.6 seconds separating first and second place in the superboat class.
Reigning world champions Mullan and Pellow-Djukic followed up their success in Wānaka with another victory, finishing with a time of 43.262s.
Reigning world champions Narelle Pellow-Djukic (left) and Phonsy Mullan clocked a time of 43.262s. Photo / Jeremy Ward-Shot360 Photography
Bastian Mullan and navigator Tahleah Mullan won the title of MTW LS Class world champions, while Ollie Silverton and navigator Amanda Kittow won the A Class.