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Pittsburgh
Regatta
F1 Champboat Series
July 4th, 2008
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The F1 Champboat
Series visited the Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta on July 4th, 2008.
The F1 tunnelboats competed on the Allegheny River near
Heinz Field and PNC Park.
Our camera captured photos of the competitors and
their colorful boats during the time trials in the afternoon. The
final 50-lap race took place Friday evening, and the race results
appear below.
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Shaun Torrente
extended his 1st Place points lead by
winning the Pittsburgh F1 Champboat Race July 4th
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Pittsburgh F1 Champboat Race Results
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Place |
Boat # |
Name |
Sponsors |
Time |
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1 |
42 |
Shaun Torrente |
Grand Prix Boats/GLBC |
53:52.20 |
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2 |
16 |
Tim Seebold |
Bud Light/Team Seebold |
53:53.39 |
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3 |
10 |
Terry Rinker |
Rinker Boats/Amsoil Racing |
53:56.05 |
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4 |
38 |
Jeff Shepherd |
Shepherd Construction |
53:59.68 |
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5 |
17 |
Brian Venton |
Jenkinson Telecom/Hancock Inc |
54:01.61 |
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6 |
41 |
Randy Rinker |
Rinker Boats/Amsoil Racing |
54:04.38 |
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7 |
72 |
Lynn Simburger |
Playcraft Boats |
54:09.44 |
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8 |
88 |
Bill Joule |
Maxi-Blast/Joule Marine Transport |
54:09.55 |
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9 |
1 |
Nithat Kunjeng |
Singha Beer/Visit Thailand |
54:09.94 |
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10 |
8 |
Mark Johnson |
Kustom Kolors/Pur
Sang Engineering |
54:10.20 |
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11 |
6 |
Matt Sadl |
XG-AD.COM/Massageluxe.com |
54:10.38 |
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POINT STANDINGS COMING INTO THE
PITTSBURGH F1 CHAMPBOAT RACE
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1st Place in Points
Shaun Torrente
(Finished 1st in Pittsburgh,
extending his points lead) |
2nd Place in Points
Lynn Simburger
(Finished 7th in Pittsburgh,
moving
down to 3rd in the point standings) |
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3rd Place in Points
Terry Rinker
(Finished 3rd in Pittsburgh,
moving
up to 2nd in the point standings) |
4th Place in Points
Jeff Shepherd
(Finished 4th in Pittsburgh,
holding
onto 4th place in point standings) |
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F1 Champboat
Point Standings
Following Pittsburgh Race
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Rank |
Boat # |
Driver |
Points |
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1 |
42 |
Shaun Torrente |
1711 |
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2 |
10 |
Terry Rinker |
1621 |
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3 |
72 |
Lynn Simburger |
1574 |
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4 |
38 |
Jeff Shepherd |
1518 |
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5 |
16 |
Tim Seebold |
1698 |
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6 |
17 |
Brian Venton |
1440 |
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7 |
41 |
Randy Rinker |
1393 |
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8 |
6 |
Matt Sadl |
1316 |
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9 |
1 |
Nithat Khunjeng |
1270 |
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10 |
2 |
Todd Beckman |
910 |
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11 |
45 |
Chuck Unkle |
836 |
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12 |
88 |
Bill Joule |
472 |
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13 |
62 |
Chris Fairchild |
467 |
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14 |
3 |
Jose Medana |
458 |
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15 |
8 |
Mark Johnson |
400 |
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16 |
26 |
Dennis Klepadlo |
374 |
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17 |
17 |
Michael Schubert |
367 |
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2008 Race Schedule |
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May 3-4 |
Pickwick,
Tennessee |
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June 21-22 |
Bay City,
Michigan |
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July 3-4 |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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Aug 2-3 |
St. Louis,
Missouri |
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Aug 16-17 |
Hartford,
Connecticut |
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Sep 20-21 |
TBA |
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Sep 27-28 |
Tempe,
Arizona |
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Nov 1-2 |
Naples,
Florida |
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