Three rounds into the 2022 V8 Superboats season, a pattern had started to emerge with respect to the likely outcome of the Championship, but typically, a day-night event can throw a curve-ball into the equation, and Temora provided just that for a couple of title contenders in a night that saw the Series back in front of a big supportive crowd at the popular Riverina venue for the first time in 18-months.
Ultimately experience counted, Phonsy Mullan [Unlimited] and son Bastian [LS-Class] claiming their fourth outright wins of the year, whilst reigning Junior Development champion Koby Bourke made a return to the winners dais after missing the Keith event in early October to claim his third victory. It was the 400-Class title battle however that provided the biggest upset, points leader Jody Ely making a rare navigational error whilst on track for his third win of the year, handing Keith winner Brendan Doyle his second outright victory, and with it, the Championship points lead.
Ely wasn’t the only outright contender to fall foul of the testing rotation and the associated glare from the circuit’s spotlights, local hero Scott Krause, New Zealander Rob Coley, the returning Tyler Finch, 400-Class podium finisher Danny Knappick and Nate Mullan all failing to progress through to the final after setbacks late in the day, Krause the biggest upset after being sidelined by bad fuel, the three-time Colin Parish Memorial winner unable to make a start in the Top 12.
Ultimately that cruelled Krause’s opportunity to claim a third consecutive Colin Parish Memorial Trophy – delivered to the most consistent team across the three finals – Bastian Mullan capping off a fantastic title defence to claim the perpetual trophy over LS-Class title rivals Matt Malthouse and Kyle Elphinstone.
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Temora was buoyed by the return of a number of former drivers, along with the addition of a rookie entrant, providing a season-high nine boats to contest the first event of the season under lights.
Phonsy Mullan not surprisingly led the way, the reigning Champion and points-leader settling into a great battle with former rival Daryl Hutton who continued to campaign Slade Stanley’s impressive ‘Hazardous’ machine, whilst Scott Krause and Keith podium-finisher Rob Coley made their intentions felt, but it was the returning Tyler Finch that many were looking to, to make his presence felt after his return from a pre-season testing failure.
Finch spent time dialling himself in, whilst tuning the boat in what had been his first competitive laps since making the podium at Keith during the final round of the 2021 season, the second-generation driver making no predictions, but he revealed that despite their pre-season setbacks, they’d found a lot more performance from ‘Loose Cannon’ and were looking forward to closing down the points leaders’ advantage as the season goes on.
For Sam Everingham, the Cabarita local made a welcome return to competition having taken over the reigns of the mighty ‘Excalibur’ from the retiring Mick Carroll – who was in attendance to help Everingham get the best from the boat – the new owner admitting that he had always had a soft spot for the ex-Carroll/Tony Giustozzi/Peter Caughey Sprintec and was looking forward to seeing what he could do, as was rookie entrant Simon Doyle.
With his brother’s progression to outright 400-Class contender, Simon Doyle also started to develop a passion for the sport, ultimately taking on ‘The Girlfriend’ in its new 400-Class guise running with alloy heads and methanol fuel – the boat being used as a test bed by the sport this year to gauge a potential change for the category in season 2023. With plenty of data to work with from Tremayne Jukes’ opening rounds in the boat, the team decided it was time to move on.
Whilst still part of the family team, Simon will contest the Unlimited category in the boat for the remainder of the season and into the future, his debut at Temora a baptisim of fire, with the boat ‘detuned’ to meet the rookie regulations, but despite his maiden laps of competition and the addition of racing under lights, Doyle only made two early navigational errors, before improving his pace across the night to be classified seventh on debut.
He wasn’t the only one to make a navigational error, a number of teams struggling to get the rotation down, only Phonsy Mullan, Daryl Hutton, Sam Everingham and Glenn Roberts able to complete every timed lap, Roberts though battling to contain a fuel issue early, something which sidelined him during practice.
By the close of qualifying – perhaps predictably – Phonsy Mullan led the way from Daryl Hutton, the pair separated by just eight tenths of a second, Mullan setting his best lap – a 46.408 – in the second qualifier, Hutton – 47.256 – in the third, the fifth session interrupted by the setting sun, forcing an early dinner break, although neither boat went any faster prior to the finals.
Rob Coley was third fastest at the close of qualifying despite a navigational error in the third qualifier, the New Zealander setting a best of 49.117 in the final session to jump ahead of Scott Krause, the ‘KAOS’ driver though unfortunately sidelined with an unusual issue.
Having campaigned an E85 fuel that he’d used in the past, Krause tried to source the same fuel for his home race, however it wasn’t available and due to floodwaters across regional New South Wales, he was forced to use fuel from a secondary supplier. Having run the early qualifiers on his existing fuel, he used a mix of fuels to complete the final qualifier, but a miss in the engine forced him to miss the rotation and pull out of the lap. From that point on, the boat never started again despite their best efforts to manage the tune and change what they could, the local favourites ultimately failing to make a start in the opening elimination final – sidelining them for the night.
That moved Tyler Finch into fourth behind Mullan, Hutton and Coley, with Sam Everingham, Glenn Roberts, Chris Edmonds in the crowd-pleasing ‘Yippee Ki-Yay’ and Simon Doyle through to the opening elimination final.
Phonsy Mullan ensured a berth in the final six with the quickest time, although like his rivals, the change in lighting conditions saw his time fall more than a second slower than his qualifying best – with Hutton again second from Finch and Glenn Roberts who surprised even himself with his pace.
Campaigning his third navigator in as many events, James Parsons’ past experience in the second seat was proving a big bonus to Roberts who struggles under the spotlights in his battle with Usher Syndrome, but despite the setback, the veteran driver usurped Sam Everingham – who had four-time Australian Champion Mark Garlick alongside – and Rob Coley, to be fourth heading into the second final. Coley again struggled with the rotation, whilst Daryl Hutton’s boat owner Chris Edmonds finally put ‘Yippee Ki-Yay’ out of the water, much to the appreciation of his adoring fans who likewise were surprised at just how adept the expat New Zealander was in keeping the bucking 2200-horsepower supercharged ‘Stingray’ in the water..!
With teams continuing to search for the ideal setup and lines in the challenging conditions – cross-wash a big issue with boats driving back into their own wash two or three times per lap – the times in the second final continued to be off their qualifying best, although Daryl Hutton managed to find something a little bit extra to be just two tenths of a second shy of Mullan heading into the final three, the pair joined by Tyler Finch after another setback for Rob Coley.
Renowned for his all-or-nothing efforts behind the wheel, Coley knew he needed to extract the best from ‘Poison Ivy’ and he charged, but he pushed just a little bit too hard and ran wide, putting the boat up the bank and into retirement, fortunately with no physical damage to the boat, the result all but ending his chance to attack for the title, the New Zealander forced to miss the coming round with a date clash with their domestic series.
Ultimately Sam Everingham found some additional pace to jump ahead of Glenn Roberts, the ‘Blown Budget’ team also finding improvement, their fifth placed finish though handing them third overall in the Championship points thanks to their consistency this season, a season which has seen the popular Victorian make the podium twice so far this year.
And that left three..
Tyler Finch was first out on the water and almost immediately he was back into the pit pool, a navigational error early in the run bringing his night to a premature end..
That left Daryl Hutton to take the fight to Phonsy Mullan, the expat New Zealander battling with a less than ideal setup after the team discovered a split in their jet unit during engine warmup to start the day, ultimately working with other teams to build a replacement unit, Jody Ely one of those to provide vital parts, but despite that, and Slade Stanley’s help in the pits, Hutton was able to pull out a stunning 47.066, his quickest of the day.
Typically though, Mullan held plenty in reserve, turning in a 45.901 to shave half a second off his best to take the victory by more than a second, giving him an almost insurmountable lead in the race to his ninth Australian Championship title.
“It was a pretty good event, but there’s always something to contend with,” Phonsy Mullan admitted. “We broke a starter motor, we had a few little jet unit problems, but we got all those things fixed, our team is experienced and they can handle those situations pretty well, so all up it was a good result.”
400-CLASS (GROUP A)
The loss of reigning Champion Justin Roylance – who was still recovering from his big off at Keith, and the rising floodwaters around his home-town of Forbes – and 2019 Champion Paul Kelly, who was delayed by work commitments, then the late withdrawal of Daniel Warburton, there were just six 400-Class boats in attendance for the opening day-night event, but despite the setbacks, there was no shortage of action.
Not surprisingly the early pace was set by points leader Jody Ely, the two-time Temora winner expected to add to his winning tally, although it was clear very early that Brendan Doyle’s win at Keith last time out was having a big impact on his confidence, the Balranald local going toe-to-toe with Ely up until the final qualifier, mere hundredths separating them until Q5 where Doyle threw down a 50.0 to be nine tenths of a second faster than his rival. Game on!
Behind them Danny Knappick comfortably held onto third, but the two-time 2022 podium finisher was struggling to perfect the rotation, finally landing a competitive time in the final two qualifiers to lead Greg Harriman, Darrin Kesper and Hugh Gilchrist into the finals.
Perhaps surprisingly, Ely was unable to find wholesale improvement in the opening final, his 50.751 though becoming the pace after a hiccup during Doyle’s lap saw him card just a 56.9 – although that was still good enough for second as their rivals faltered.
Greg Harriman was perhaps the biggest surprise of qualifying, the veteran competitor carding just one time in his six laps ahead of the finals, although he knew that with just six boats in the first final, he would be guaranteed a start in the second final, his 59.6 good enough for third with Darren Kesper and Hugh Gilchrist fourth and fifth, but the big news for the second elimination final was the DNF recorded by Danny Knappick.
Comfortable and consistent, the former ski racing competitor was completely out of sorts in the second final, getting just a few turns into the rotation before second-guessing a decision and putting himself up the bank – no damage, but an almost certain return to the podium gone wanting.
Sadly, he wasn’t the only one, points leader Jody Ely making his own error of judgement mid run during the second elimination final, the experienced Victorian though throwing the boat into a complete 180 to re-route the navigation and recover his error, his time, a devastating 68.150, but as his rivals were continuing to make errors, there was no guarantee he wouldn’t qualify.
It was nervous moments down in the ‘Rampage’ camp as one by one the teams recorded their times.. Greg Harriman fell marginally short of his best to card a 63.1, before Darrin Kesper went better again with a 61.3, Hugh Gilchrist ultimately overcoming his demons – thanks in part to the support of Tremayne Jukes – to go top with a 59.2 putting Ely back onto the trailer, Brendan Doyle’s stunning 50.4 only sealing his fate.
And that left the final, although it too delivered its own drama after Brendan Doyle’s timing transponder failed to record the lap electronically. He sat on the trailer waiting for Kesper and Gilchrist to complete their laps, expecting his next lap to be with the chequered flag, however instead, he was asked to go back to record a second lap.
By that stage Gilchrist had improved again to set the benchmark at a 58.536 with Kesper second on a 63.344. With his heart in his mouth – such were the conditions under lights – Doyle completed his second lap, although at a slower rate than his original, to record a 52.202 and with it his second win of the season, a result which put him to the top of the championship points.
As for his fellow podium finishers, there was much celebration. Hugh Gilchrist rewarded after a number of challenging seasons to claim his maiden second-placed finish in just his second event with his own boat, whilst for Darrin Kesper – one of the real die-hard competitors in the sport – his maiden podium finish in ‘Let’s Boogie’ was testament to the old adage that you should never give up. His result came off a tough start to the season that saw the boat sink in the spinout pool at Cabarita during round two, before suffering what appeared to be an oil pressure issue at Keith, sidelining him before the weekend had begun.
“That was a crazy day,” Brendan Doyle said afterwards. “I feel really bad for Jody [Ely] because I think he would have had me in the final. In daylight I probably had the measure of him, but it’s that little bit harder under lights and I think he would have done it, but here we are, it’s a level playing field in the Championship now with three rounds to go, so we’re certainly in it, I just can’t wait for Justin [Roylance] and PK [Kelly] to come back, because it’s going to be a great battle to close out the year!”
LS-CLASS
With three consecutive outright wins and a pace that at times would see him on the podium in the Unlimited category, you could be forgiven for thinking the LS-Class has been pretty much a one-horse race in season 2022, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
He may have continued on with his winning ways from season 2021, but Bastian Mullan – whilst continuing to set the pace in the 17-strong LS-Class field – has perhaps come under the greatest pressure he’s experienced during his title defence, such has been the pace of rivals Kyle Elphinstone and Matt Malthouse, the two of them rarely too far from Mullan’s times.
Predictably the same thing happened again at Temora, Bastian setting the benchmark with a best of 49.028 in qualifying to lead Elphinstone (50.261) and Malthouse (50.836) into the finals.. The bad news for the two challengers though was that there was a backup Mullan in the wings, fourth fastest qualifier Nate Mullan with a best of 51.274..
Cabarita podium regular Paul Hill qualified fifth (53.876), ahead of Jim Beaman (54.404), Lawrie Howlett (54.969), Tyler O’Day (55.252), and impressive Temora rookies Lance Edmonds (55.795) and Noel Verning (56.194), Mike Hessell (56.245) and Ron O’Day (57.561).
With only 12 boats qualifying through to the opening elimination final, Rob Johnston, Jade Atchison, Luke Walters and debutantes Mitch Malthouse and James Machan were eliminated, Malthouse and Machan both improving across the day to record their best laps in their final rotations, Atchison overcoming her demons to return to the scene of her big testing crash earlier in the year and just miss out on a place in the finals.
For Nate Mullan – who had been on his own journey of recovery after his dramatic off at Temora during the final at round two last season – his return to form saw him as a potential podium finisher, but a late error in navigation ended his night during the first elimination final, joining Noel Verning back on the trailer, both teams frustrated not to have progressed to the Top 6.
Ultimately Bastian Mullan topped the card with a best of 49.136, Matt Malthouse moving into second with a 51.296 to usurp Kyle Elphinstone’s 51.430 – Tyler O’Day, Paul Hill and Jim Beaman joining them in the six, the final three separated by just two tenths of a second, O’Day’s lap particularly impressive after finding almost 1.3-seconds over his best qualifying lap.
At just over a second off the pace of the drivers battling for fourth, Lawrie Howlett was eliminated, as was Mike Hessell, Lance Edmonds and Ron O’Day.
Six then became three, Tyler O’Day again stunning to find more than a second again on his best to record a 52.668, elevating him to fourth, with Paul Hill carding his best of the day for fifth, Jim Beaman sadly making a late navigational error to be classified sixth.
Up front, Bastian Mullan recorded a consistent 49.122, with Kyle Elphinstone (50.288) moving past Matt Malthouse (50.957) for second putting the title rivals back into the final once more.
Malthouse was first out, and with memories of his early retirement at Keith still in his mind, he knew he needed to be quick, but careful. Ultimately he proved both to not just complete the lap cleanly, but find another seven tenths of a second on his best to record a 50.252.
Elphinstone was next out, the former champion turning in another tidy lap, but he dropped almost four tenths of a second to Malthouse on the first split, ultimately falling half a second shy of his rival with a best of 50.721..and then it was Mullan.
From the outset you could see he wanted to make a statement, and after four laps within four tenths of a second, he found a stunning 83 one hundredths of a second to record a 48.286, a time just over a second shy of Daryl Hutton’s best in the Unlimited final. It was an epic lap.
“That lap was probably one of the craziest laps I’ve done,” Bastian Mullan admitted afterwards. Under lights with this track direction, it got pretty wild in the Top 6 for me and I was contemplating how hard I was going to go in the Top 3 but once I’m in that seat, nothing’s really stopping how hard I go.”
JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
After his absence from Keith thanks to flight delays, Koby Bourke was back in the saddle for Temora, although this time facing a different kind of opponent to what he saw with Connor Smith at round two, the new points leader now sharing equivalent power to the reigning champion, Smith off the Rotax ‘starter-key’ for the first time since joining the Series at round one.
With round three winner Eliza Roylance absent due to the flooding around her home-town in Forbes, the two boys battled hard across the five qualifiers, Koby making a couple of errors in his run leaving his fastest lap of the day to come in just the first qualifier. Connor meanwhile took the new ‘open key’ in his stride, slowly improving his pace to record his best during the final qualifier ahead of the final.
With one last chance to make an assault on outright victory, Smith recorded an impressive 52.202 having shaved 1.2-seconds off his qualifying best, whilst Bourke knew he had his work cut out for him, the reigning Champion digging deep to find a 51.615 – still down on his best, but good enough for his third win of the year.
For the Australian V8 Superboats Championship presented by Penrite the teams prepare to head back to Temora for the fifth round of the season on December 3 for the second of the day/night events, this time with some expectation of what to be prepared for.
For fans of the Penrite Australian V8 Superboats Championship, they can catch all the action on 7mate and 7+ (Rnd#3 airs on Saturday, 03 December on 7mate). Updates will be posted on social media channels with respect to on air times. Episodes one and two are also available free-to-air on 7+ (search V8 Superboats).
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Rnd#4 2022 Australian V8 Superboats Championship presented by Penrite
Kennards Hire Park, Lake Centenary, Temora, New South Wales
05 November, 2022
FINAL RESULTS
TOP 3 FINAL
Unlimited Superboat
1. 1. Phonsy Mullan/Leigh Stuart (RAMJET) – 45.901
2. 28. Daryl Hutton/Mick Parry (Hazardous) – 47.066
3. 32. Tyler Finch/Jarrod Ballard (Loose Cannon) – ww
400-Class (Group A)
1. 4. Brendan Doyle/Rory Doyle (PULSE) – 52.202
2. 863. Hugh Gilchrist/Narelle Pellow-Djukic (MATTRIX) – 58.536
3. 43. Darrin Kesper/Kayle Foote (Let’s Boogie) – 63.344
LS-Class
1. 1A. Bastian Mullan/Tahleah James (RIPSHIFT) – 48.286
2. 69. Matt Malthouse/Leighton Collins (NoodNutz Racing) – 50.252
3. 219. Kyle Elphinstone/Jacob Bellamy (Blackout Racing) – 50.721
Junior Development*
1. 97A. Koby Bourke (Lil Pyscho) – 51.615
2. 97B. Connor Smith (Lil Pyscho) – 52.202
* different circuit rotation to other classes
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TOP 6 FINAL
Unlimited Superboat
1. 1. Phonsy Mullan/Leigh Stuart (RAMJET) – 47.855
2. 28. Daryl Hutton/Mick Parry (Hazardous) – 48.058
3. 32. Tyler Finch/Jarrod Ballard (Loose Cannon) – 50.108
4. 93. Sam Everingham/Mark Garlick (Excalibur) – 52.450
5. 888. Glenn Roberts/James Parsons (Blown Budget) – 55.132
6. 111. Rob Coley/Scott Munro (Poison Ivy) – DNF
400-Class (Group A)
1. 4. Brendan Doyle/Rory Doyle (PULSE) – 50.416
2. 863. Hugh Gilchrist/Narelle Pellow-Djukic (MATTRIX) – 59.239
3. 43. Darrin Kesper/Kayle Foote (Let’s Boogie) – 61.317
4. 360. Greg Harriman/Wendy Wheelhouse (Apache) – 63.144
5. 33. Jody Ely/Jessica Webb (Rampage) – 68.150
LS-Class
1. 1A. Bastian Mullan/Tahleah James (RIPSHIFT) – 49.122
2. 219. Kyle Elphinstone/Jacob Bellamy (Blackout Racing) – 50.288
3. 69. Matt Malthouse/Leighton Collins (NoodNutz Racing) – 50.957
4. 29B. Tyler O’Day/Xavier Jackson (Agro-Vation) – 52.668
5. 512. Paul Hill/Alex Singleton (Slicer) – 53.584
6. 46. Jim Beaman/Erin Collins (JB Racing) – ww
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TOP 12 FINAL
Unlimited Superboat
1. 1. Phonsy Mullan/Leigh Stuart (RAMJET) – 47.537
2. 28. Daryl Hutton/Mick Parry (Hazardous) – 48.754
3. 32. Tyler Finch/Jarrod Ballard (Loose Cannon) – 51.460
4. 888. Glenn Roberts/James Parsons (Blown Budget) – 55.499
5. 93. Sam Everingham/Mark Garlick (Excalibur) – 56.078
6. 111. Rob Coley/Scott Munro (Poison Ivy) – 57.544
7. 214. Simon Doyle/Xander Doyle (The Girlfriend) – 82.125
8. 169. Chris Edmonds/Jamie Maroney (Yippee Ki-Yay) – DNF
9. 37. Scott Krause/Rachel Parsons (KAOS) – DNS
400-Class (Group A)
1. 33. Jody Ely/Jessica Webb (Rampage) – 50.751
2. 4. Brendan Doyle/Rory Doyle (PULSE) – 56.993
3. 360. Greg Harriman/Wendy Wheelhouse (Apache) – 59.684
4. 43. Darrin Kesper/Kayle Foote (Let’s Boogie) – 62.964
5. 863. Hugh Gilchrist/Narelle Pellow-Djukic (MATTRIX) – 73.425
6. 45. Danny Knappick/Darren Tickell (Tuff’n Up) – DNF
LS-Class
1. 1A. Bastian Mullan/Tahleah James (RIPSHIFT) – 49.136
2. 69. Matt Malthouse/Leighton Collins (Nood Nutz) – 51.296
3. 219. Kyle Elphinstone/Jacob Bellamy (Blackout Racing) – 51.430
4. 29B. Tyler O’Day/Xavier Jackson (Agro-Vation) – 53.962
5. 512. Paul Hill/Alex Singleton (Slicer) – 54.033
6. 46. Jim Beaman/Erin Collins (JB Racing) – 54.155
7. 14. Lawrie Howlett/Karen Howlett (Drop Bear) – 55.307
8. 370. Mike Hessell/Ruairi Crilly (Borrowed Time) – 55.914
9. 212. Lance Edmonds/Peter Sendy (Solid Gold) – 56.626
10. 29A. Ron O’Day/Paris O’Day (Agro-Vation) – 60.052
11. 1B. Nate Mullan/Jayden Vella (RIPSHIFT) – ww
12. 269. Noel Verning/Nathan Garrett (Quiet Time) – ww
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2022 Australian V8 Superboats Championships presented by Penrite – Series Points
Unlimited Superboat (after round four of seven)
1. Phonsy Mullan (RAMJET) – 144-points, 2. Daryl Hutton (Phoenix Lubricants) – 120, 3. Glenn Roberts (Blown Budget) – 110, 4. Rob Coley (Poison Ivy) – 109, 5. Chris Edmonds (Non-Hazardous) – 90, 6. Scott Krause (KAOS) – 81, 7. Tremayne Jukes (The Girlfriend) – 54, 8. Tyler Finch (Loose Cannon) – 30, 9. Sam Everingham (Excalibur) – 28, 10. Simon Doyle (The Girlfriend) – 22
400-Class (Group A) (after round four of seven)
1. Brendan Doyle (PULSE) – 135-points, 2. Jody Ely (Rampage) – 131, 3. Danny Knappick (Tuff’n Up) – 112, 4. Justin Roylance (Outlaw67) – 81, 5. Darrin Kesper (Let’s Boogie) – 78, 6. Greg Harriman (Apache) – 56, 7. Paul Kelly (4Zero) – 52, 8. Daniel Warburton (Team Attitude) – 48, 9. Hugh Gilchrist (Mattrix) – 33, 10. Brett Thornton (Still Obsessed) – 24
LS-Class (after round four of seven)
1. Bastian Mullan (Ripshift) – 144-points, 2. Kyle Elphinstone (Blackout Racing) – 126, 3. Matt Malthouse (NoodNutz Racing) – 122, 4. Tyler O’Day (Agro-Vation) – 100, 5. Nate Mullan (Ripshift) – 98, 5. Paul Hill (Slicer) – 98, 7. Lawrie Howlett (Drop Bear) – 86, 8. Mike Hessell (Borrowed Time) – 78, 9. Noel Verning (Quiet Time) – 60, 10. Ron O’Day (Agro-Vation) – 50, 11. Lance Edmonds (Solid Gold) – 46, 12. Jim Beaman (JB Racing) – 40, 13. Jade Atchison (Twisted) – 28, 14. Luke Walters (The Spartan) – 26, 15. Rob Johnston (Almost There) – 24, 16. Matt Riley (Toe Cutter) – 18, 17. Darren Pollard (Disturbed) – 16, 18. Mitch Malthouse (NoodNutz Racing) – 4, 19. James Machan (Twisted) – 2
Junior Development (after round four of seven)
1. Connor Smith (Lil Psycho) – 132-points, 2. Koby Bourke (Lil Psycho) – 108, 3. Eliza Roylance (Lil Pyscho) – 36
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2022 Australian V8 Superboat Championships
Rnd#1 – Tweed Coast, NSW – 23-24 July, 2022
Rnd#2 – Tweed Coast, NSW – 27-28 August, 2022
Rnd#3 – Keith, SA – 8 October, 2022
Rnd#4 – Temora, NSW – 5 November, 2022 (Colin Parish Memorial)
Rnd#5 – Temora, NSW – 3 December, 2022
Rnd#6 – Griffith, NSW – 11 February, 2023
Rnd#7 [FINAL] – Keith, SA – 25 March, 2023
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