California Gold’s Torrente & Bowden 2nd And 3rd
St. Louis, Missouri – August 5, 2007 – Local hero Tim Seebold played a conservative card, stayed out of trouble and came home with his 2nd straight victory of the season and his 3rd overall in his hometown to win the 36th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix the 3rd round of the 2007 F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series in front of thousands of race fans on Creve Coeur lake in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.
“I’d rather be lucky than good”, stated Tim. “Some days things go your way and other days they don’t and today it went our way. I’ll take the win.”
The eventful day wasn’t without controversy as “on the water” victor Todd Bowden of the California Gold Race Team thought he was the winner in the 43 lap event for the first time in St. Louis only to be docked a lap by the officials for taking out a buoy, losing a lap and eventually be classified in third place.
Teammate, Shaun Torrente of Miami, Florida, took 2nd overall when fellow Florida driver Terry Rinker of the Amsoil Racing Team was also docked for a driver infraction losing two spots and finishing 4th. Shaun had a great run coming up five positions from his 7th starting position off the pontoon.
Wyatt Nelson of Syracuse, New York came home in 5th position after starting 4th off the dock, with local driver Lynn Simburger taking 6th on a steady run after starting 13th. Series point leader Chris Fairchild ended his weekend in 2nd overall with 1552 points and now 47 points behind Tim Seebold who with his win moves to the top of the board with 1599 points.
Canadian driver Mark Major put in a good effort racing a very unfamiliar boat after crashing his main hull on Saturday and jumping into a Fred Bowden owned Gran Prix boat that was an extra hull loaned to him for the weekend finishing 8th.
Fellow Ontario driver Brian Venton came home a steady 9th in his older RAM designed boat, with Randy Rinker of Syracuse, Indiana finishing where he started in the 10th position in his Amsoil sponsored Leecraft designed hull.
Early on at the 6th lap Chris Fairchild got together with Terry Rinker down in the first turn stopping the race on the sixth lap. Both drivers were able to go back to the dock and restart with Chris going to the back of the field while Terry started back in his 2nd starting position.
Louisiana driver Brian Normand crashed out on the right hand turn on the restart forcing the second of three restarts with veteran and six time St. Louis winner Michael Seebold crashing at the same spot on the restart forcing the boats back to the start dock for the third time.
St. Louis native Todd Beckman, who had climbed up to as high as 3rd early in the race in a guest ride got caught up in a crash with another boat and barely made it back to the launch ramp ending his day.
Italian first timer Marco Gambi came home in a steady run to an 11th place finish with a series of teething problems all weekend one spot ahead of final race finisher Page Mihajlovic of Belgarde, Serbia and Florida in the 12th position.
In the Champ-2 Class Texan Glynn Mathews won the race here on the lake for the 2nd straight year by a commanding 20 seconds, with Michigan rookie Kevin Ladd taking second and Doug Young of Louisville, Kentucky 3rd in the 25 lap main.
In the Champ Lights division Colorado driver Scott Economy came home first from his 3rd starting position just ahead of Canadian teenager Dan Orchard and veteran Bud Nollman of Osage Beach, Missouri in the 30 lap event.
The 4th round of the 2007 F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series is in two weeks time to the lovely community of Warsaw, Kentucky with new points leader Tim Seebold looking for his third straight victory with young star Shaun Torrente and veteran Chris Fairchild hot on his heals just a few points back. It’s a long road to Savannah, Georgia and one that will have more drama before this season of excitement comes to a close on the Savannah River in early November.
St. Louis, Missouri – August 5, 2007 – Local hero Tim Seebold played a conservative card, stayed out of trouble and came home with his 2nd straight victory of the season and his 3rd overall in his hometown to win the 36th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix the 3rd round of the 2007 F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series in front of thousands of race fans on Creve Coeur lake in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.
“I’d rather be lucky than good”, stated Tim. “Some days things go your way and other days they don’t and today it went our way. I’ll take the win.”
The eventful day wasn’t without controversy as “on the water” victor Todd Bowden of the California Gold Race Team thought he was the winner in the 43 lap event for the first time in St. Louis only to be docked a lap by the officials for taking out a buoy, losing a lap and eventually be classified in third place.
Teammate, Shaun Torrente of Miami, Florida, took 2nd overall when fellow Florida driver Terry Rinker of the Amsoil Racing Team was also docked for a driver infraction losing two spots and finishing 4th. Shaun had a great run coming up five positions from his 7th starting position off the pontoon.
Wyatt Nelson of Syracuse, New York came home in 5th position after starting 4th off the dock, with local driver Lynn Simburger taking 6th on a steady run after starting 13th. Series point leader Chris Fairchild ended his weekend in 2nd overall with 1552 points and now 47 points behind Tim Seebold who with his win moves to the top of the board with 1599 points.
Canadian driver Mark Major put in a good effort racing a very unfamiliar boat after crashing his main hull on Saturday and jumping into a Fred Bowden owned Gran Prix boat that was an extra hull loaned to him for the weekend finishing 8th.
Fellow Ontario driver Brian Venton came home a steady 9th in his older RAM designed boat, with Randy Rinker of Syracuse, Indiana finishing where he started in the 10th position in his Amsoil sponsored Leecraft designed hull.
Early on at the 6th lap Chris Fairchild got together with Terry Rinker down in the first turn stopping the race on the sixth lap. Both drivers were able to go back to the dock and restart with Chris going to the back of the field while Terry started back in his 2nd starting position.
Louisiana driver Brian Normand crashed out on the right hand turn on the restart forcing the second of three restarts with veteran and six time St. Louis winner Michael Seebold crashing at the same spot on the restart forcing the boats back to the start dock for the third time.
St. Louis native Todd Beckman, who had climbed up to as high as 3rd early in the race in a guest ride got caught up in a crash with another boat and barely made it back to the launch ramp ending his day.
Italian first timer Marco Gambi came home in a steady run to an 11th place finish with a series of teething problems all weekend one spot ahead of final race finisher Page Mihajlovic of Belgarde, Serbia and Florida in the 12th position.
In the Champ-2 Class Texan Glynn Mathews won the race here on the lake for the 2nd straight year by a commanding 20 seconds, with Michigan rookie Kevin Ladd taking second and Doug Young of Louisville, Kentucky 3rd in the 25 lap main.
In the Champ Lights division Colorado driver Scott Economy came home first from his 3rd starting position just ahead of Canadian teenager Dan Orchard and veteran Bud Nollman of Osage Beach, Missouri in the 30 lap event.
The 4th round of the 2007 F1-ChampBoat Grand Prix Series is in two weeks time to the lovely community of Warsaw, Kentucky with new points leader Tim Seebold looking for his third straight victory with young star Shaun Torrente and veteran Chris Fairchild hot on his heals just a few points back. It’s a long road to Savannah, Georgia and one that will have more drama before this season of excitement comes to a close on the Savannah River in early November.
