Marmons performance at Februarys eighth annual Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 named and held in honour of the late jet-ski endurance competitor was nothing short of sensational and sets him up superbly ahead of the 2012 AquaX season. Not only did he win the 4-stroke stock class of the 300 mile extreme test of skill, determination and fortitude at Lake Havasu in Arizona, he did so as a solo rider in an international field mainly comprising teams of two. Truly deserving of the Iron Man title, the British star also finished a magnificent second overall on his pure stock Kawasaki machine a remarkable achievement. America was such a great result, I was absolutely amazed when I came in to see the result, added Marmon, Id never done the Iron Man before so to finish second overall against two rider teams on modified skis was incredible. You really have to keep your concentration, at about 180 miles after about three hours of constant riding you really start hitting the wall. Its a major test. Its definitely one of the best things Ive done in recent years and I think I deserved the result. Each lap is 10 miles and you have to come in every four or five for refuelling. Normally, you change pilots at this point and they do 50 minute stints each as I was doing the race on my own though, I hardly had chance for any sustenance at the stops as my guys were so fast with the refuelling!
