The Grand Prix of Watercross in Racine, WI kicked off with the big boats of the Runabout Open class and Dustin Farthing continued his dominance aboard his Monster Energy Mountain Motorsports Yamaha, notching his 7 consecutive moto win in a row. Behind him, Brian Baldwin, on his Champion Powersports Sea-Doo, built a considerable advantage over the number three boat of Erminio Iantosca. Iantosca overcame a slow start on his Riva Racing, Hydro-Turf Sea-Doo to finish solidly in third position. The Pro Ski GP class saw Monster Energy rider Chris MacClugage dart out to an early lead on his MACC Racing boat, but the GOAT relinquished the lead at about the halfway mark to the Rockstar Energy Bullet Racing rider Rob Flores. Mac Clugage was able to regain the lead a three laps later when Flores had a water line come loose and had to lift the cover on his boat for some on course repairs. Flores was able to continue but had to settle for a third place finish behind MacClugage and the Champion Powersports Weberpower.com rider Jim Cebulski. The freestyle division had a distinctly local field with all five pro riders hailing from the state of Illinois. Joe Eckert scratched his way to the win with a couple of nifty back flips on his Xscream Slippery Yamaha with Mike Hoffman finishing 2nd followed by Gary Burtka on his Freestyle Factory Twangled.com ride. Daniel Martin continued to shine in the amateur class and quite possible turned in the best ride of the day on his Xscream, Jet Pilot, Hydro-Turf Yamaha. In the hotly contested Pro-Am Runabout Stock class Chris MacClugage jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on his Monster Energy, MACC Racing Sea-Doo to take the Moto 1 win. Erminio Iantosca ran well on his Riva Racing Red Bull Sea-Doo to finish in second position and Eric Francis dialed up his Daves Auto Body Kawasaki for a third.
