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We were flat out the whole way. We knew we needed to keep pushing them (222 Offshore Australia). Like in Formula 1, if you keep pushing the car in front of you eventually one car is going to run their tyres out. They ran their tyres out before we did today. I can’t believe it.
Steve Curtis
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Cocoa Beach Grand Prix Provides a Dramatic Start to the 2023 UIM Class 1 Season as Huski Ice Spritz Overtake 222 Offshore Australia in final kilometre of the race.
Steve Curtis and Brit Lilly pulled off a remarkable last-gasp victory in Huski Ice Spritz after passing race leaders 222 Offshore on the run to the chequered flag to complete a sensational start to the defence of their World Title. “We were flat out the whole way. We knew we needed to keep pushing them (222 Offshore Australia). Like in Formula 1, if you keep pushing the car in front of you eventually one car is going to run their tyres out. They ran their tyres out before we did today. I can’t believe it,” said throttleman, Steve Curtis.
Despite having a 12 second lead when they started the final lap, 222 Offshore Australia could not finish what they started as they experienced a devastating technical problem in the last 800 metres of the race. As their cockpit filled with smoke, the boat was limited to 90mph, leaving the door open for Curtis and Lilly to sweep in and take the win. It was heartbreak for pole sitters Giovanni Carpitella and Darren Nicholson who led the race from the green flag. Nicholson comments, “Three times we’ve been to Cocoa Beach, three times we were in the lead and three times we couldn’t get it over the line. I am trying not to think about it too much.”
In third place was Carlos De Quesada and Johnny Tomlinson of Pothole Heroes who stepped up their game massively from qualifications yesterday. Despite sitting in P5 at the start line, by the end of the first lap Quesada and Tomlinson had climbed two places into third place and managed to hold that spot until the chequered flag.
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Three times we’ve been to Cocoa Beach, three times we were in the lead and three times we couldn’t get it over the line. I am trying not to think about it too much.
Darren Nicholson
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Team Defalco managed to finish the race in fourth, almost a lap behind the first three teams, having suffered from guardian issues throughout the race and bursting a hose on the last lap. Driver of Defalco, Chris Hanley said, “We finished, but it wasn’t the way we wanted to finish. It is frustrating.”
Monster Energy/M Con and dfYOUNG had to retire their boats today after both experiencing a hose blowing off their engine. Monster team’s Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil had some new-boat blues, as they failed to make it to the chequered flag in their first UIM Class 1 outing. “I feel heart broken. In the first lap we were doing better than we thought and we started to believe we could get a podium and then an alarm goes off and we had to shut it down. I feel upset.” said Coil.
The first stop of the UIM Class 1 World Championship series definitely delivered on all the thrill and spills that have become synonymous with offshore racing, setting the stage for an unpredictable and competitive season ahead. Join us in Sarasota 30th June - 2nd July as the race for the 2023 Class 1 World Title continues.
