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Kevin Reiterer to compete. The IJSBA is proud to release the following flyers from the Australian Jet Sports Boating Association. HSR-Benelli shall be the title sponsor for the 2010 Watercross Championships held in Queensland on May 7-9. The AJSBA Watercross Nationals in Australia are some of the best produced closed course races in the world and feature World Champions like Anthony Antees and Tony Grey. Now, 2009 IJSBA World Finals Pro Ski Champion, Kevin Reiterer will join the event to showcase the HSR-Benelli S8.

Seventh Annual Hot Products APBA Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 Set for February 26th in Lake Havasu. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA - March 23, 2010: The seventh Annual “World’s Longest Continuous PWC Race” was announced today by the event promoter Jim Russell, DSM Events owner, and Executive PR producer Mike Follmer. The 2011 Hot Products APBA Mark Hahn Memorial, Havasu 300 Mile National Team Endurance Race is all set to launch on February 26, 2011 from Crazy Horse Campground in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The event will once again be sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association (APBA), and it is expected to draw a record number teams from around the globe as well as all of the top PWC racers. The Teams will be competing against each other while trying to break the 300 mile record of 4 hours 33.31 minutes set by the 2010 Mark Hahn Memorial Overall winners Craig Warner and Victor Sheldon of Team Kawasaki. The race is being held again in the memory of endurance racer Mark Hahn who was instrumental in providing the momentum to keep endurance racing going strong and growing across the country before his untimely death during a PWC race in 2004.

T KARUJET continues and in this second stage Dustin Farthing won on his Kawasaki followed by Barret (pictured) from Pastorello Team. Jean-Bruno Pastorello finished 5th on this 2nd stage though he is still on top of the classification. Craig Warner was lost out in the coast and Spanish riders Ferrer and Polo remain in top 20.

Last year’s winner American Dustin Farthing is very skeptical for Karujet race since the weather predictions give big waves up to 2 meters. That means that both riders and crafts are gonna have a tough time out there especially on the first day that they have to cover 160km. According to Farthing “Most of the racers will face mechanic breakdowns”.

Jean Bruno Pastorello, winner of 2009 Jet Raid, won the first stage of the Karujet covering 160km and big waves in a class of his own. The Frenchman proved that he is the master of Offshore performance and finished ahead of Jean-Christophe Prayas, Alexandre Barret, Jean-Baptiste Botti and and Teddy Pons. American riders faced mechanical issues but the biggest problem was raised on the Sea Doo front since no Sea Doo rider saw the finish line.

Although Cyrille Lemoine has been scared when he found his container cut in to pieces at the airport by customs authorities, the tests of his RXT-X RS has been very positive and the French rider is very optimistic and confident for the Karujet race. The fact is that Lemoine is using the new S3 hull though he has put a factory Rotax engine in it and looks to be the favourite winner of this race.

We are talking about the F1 pilots Al Hameli and Thani Al Qamzi that when they do not drive their powerful F1 boats they race Runabouts for fun... Ahmad Al Hameli (pictured by Gulf Motorsport) is the closest rival of Nadir Binhendi (Class 1 pilot), from the Abu Dhabi Racing Team at the 4rth race of the UAE Jet Ski Championship. Off from a season of F1 Powerboat racing, Ahmad and his Kawasaki ran strong and consistently in the race but was simply outpaced by Nader. His team mate, Thani Al Qamzi wasn't quite as lucky. His runabout was suffering from some electrical gremlins and he had to drop out before the end of the moto. He was already having trouble with his Kawasaki during practise and the mechanics tried to do their best to fix it out though luck was not on his side.