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Russian Yury Ryabko took the early lead for a while then, Mike Klippenstein who was racing an R&D Turbocharged Yamaha FX SVHO past him and lead the race. Later on Klippenstein ran out of gas trying to make 5 laps on a tank. He had to snip the boat 200 yards to gas therefore he lost about 1.5 laps. Then he lost another five minutes in the pits looking for a cause of a vibration. Ended up being the driveline rubber damper was chunking apart. At this point Craig Warner of Team Kawasaki who also run an R&D turbocharged set up had taken the lead. He pitted and then the boat would not start. They changed the battery from another boat and lost a lap or two there, before got going. The top guys all had some trouble and Pastorello never was near the front leader. With about 50min to go Pastorello inherited the lead and held on for a narrow victory. The Stock Runabout class was won by Christophe Girello who also racing a Yamaha FX SVHO with R&D reprogrammed ECU for 2015 and R&D scoop, sponson, etc. Officially the first three runners were Pastorello 1st, Klipper 2nd and Warner 3rd, however Klippenstein and Warner made the 1-2 in F1 or Iron Man class. As many riders stated there was a real mess in the announcement of the final results at the end of the race. Dustin Motzouris and Sante Buke finished 3rd in Runabout Stock class having done 26 laps although Dustin mentioned that they have completed 28 laps. Photo courtesy: Sebou Girello

Russian Yury Ryabko is leading the race on his turbo charged race craft ahead of Mike Klippenstein and Craig Warner is in third spot. The turbocharged racecrafts seems to be doing the job until now since they have smoked the field. Klipper and Warner are in the 1-2 spot of the F1 Class.

Who is going to win this year? Will the turbocharged race crafts set the benchmark this year against the Supercharged? Mike Klippenstein is on fast R&D Turbocharged Yamaha, Craig Warner is also on a very good R&D Turbocharged Kawasaki, Gerry Wong riders for Klipper Racing on a fast Turbocharged Yamaha too. Pastorello is riding with Botti on a Supercharged Kawasaki and the list goes on. Are we gonna see any newcomers getting to the podium. It is a 300mile race. Photo courtesy:Mark Hahn 300 on FB

Jean-Bruno Pastorello teamed up with Jean-Baptiste Botti to race on a Kawasaki Ultra 310 Supercharged in this year’s Mark Hahn 300. As we have tested many of Pastorello’s Ultra race crafts we know that the top speed of his boats usually do not exceed the 75-76mph margin. Will the two riders be able to coupe with the fast turbocharged race crafts? The turbocharged boats also have better fuel consumption which is very crucial on how many pit stops you are making during the race. Botti proved to be the fastest rider at the World Finals and at King’s Cup too, so the action will be astonishing at this year’s Mark Hahn race.

Canadian superstar of Jet Ski Racing Mike Klippenstein looks to be the favorite for this year’s win at the Mark Hahn 300 that takes place this Saterday in Lake Havasu City. Mike Klippenstein will be racing a brand new Yamaha FZ SVHO equipped with an all new R&D Turbo kit. Until now testing has been very good and Klipper’s Yamaha runs consistently at 85mph. This is a very promising set up and his race boat has been fine tuned by Bill Chapin. According to Chapin a new impeller provided more top speed at the same rpm. Mike Klippenstein looks forward to this race and he is ready to raise his Canadian flag…

The Memorial Race of Mark Hahn 300 is just round the corner and Team Kawasaki has worked hard since last summer with the scope to improve the performance and reliability of the Turbo set up on Craig Warner’s Ultra. Team Kawasaki engineer Minoru Kanamori has been working extensively with Bill Chapin of R&D on this turbo set up. Warner’s boat is being equipped with R&D’s Turbo kit and its top speed has been improved by 3-4mph than last year’s set up. Last year’s Ultra which was tested exclusively by Jetskiworld.gr was running at 75-76mph at 7.900rpm. Therefore, this year Warner’s Kawasaki is clocking 79.5mph consistently.

Jetskiworld.gr was informed by Hajime Isahai that at the moment his racing plans for 2015 are unknown. Which means that he does not know yet whether he will be still riding for HKS Team. Hajime Isahai had an exceptional 2014 race season, with great results in Japan, in Havasu at the World Finals and at King’s Cup. Will HKS continue the research and development this year even with other riders or will they ditch the Marine/PWC Supercharged project?