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P1 - Hits for Brits
Another superb tactical performance from Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton in
Extremeboat, secured an emphatic victory, and with it the British Grand
Prix SuperSport title for the husband and wife paring. It was the second
consecutive year that Hunt and Shelton have won their home event and
they now move on to the season's penultimate Grand Prix as championship
leaders.
From "World of
Powerboats" September/October 2007
- On the crest of a wave
There aren't many world champions in Britain, let alone Hampshire, but
Jackie Hunt is one - our own pint-sized, power-packed powerboat world
champion. Emma Caulton found out what it takes to reach the top in a
man's world.
From "Hampshire Life" October 2007
- Powerboat pair in fight to
keep title
Powerboat P1 husband-and-wife team Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton are
battling to get their hands back on their world crown after the title
slipped from their grasp in controversial circumstances.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" 4th October 2007
- Wave Power
Offshore powerboating is usually associated with reckless billionaire
playboys with nicknames such as Iceman and Exocet. Rory Ross meets three
British World champions who haven't given up their day jobs.
From "Telegraph
Magazine" 29th September 2007
- Boat champs eye another
winning year
Powerboat world champions husband-and-wife team Jackie Hunt and Mike
Shelton are just two races away from retaining their crown.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" 27th September 2007
- Put up or shut up, Jennings
Powerboating's battle of the sexes took another twist this week as
Britain's Jackie Hunt and Miles Jennings went head to head in a light
hearted war of words
From "Daily Express"
8th September 2007
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Chasing the Buoy racers!
I want your job: Jackie Hunt,
37, is the only woman among the elite breed who race these superboats at
up to 100mph
From "The Independent
(www.londoncareers.net)"
3rd-9th September 2007
- Powerboat P1 SuperSport
Mike Shelton & Jackie Hunt are the reigning Powerboat P1 SuperSport
World Champions. Racing a US-built Dragon powerboat called Extremeboat,
Mike Shelton gives an update on the team's quest to retain the 2007
title ...
From "Leading Light"
Summer 2007
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Putting the brakes on
It was the first time the Powerboat P1 Grand Prix had raced around the
Isle of Wight, but race rules made a farce of the finish. Jackie Hunt
explains why she refused to take the podium.
From "Boat News"
September 2007
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British crew set for the title
Extremeboat, the British Dragon boat of Mike Shelton and Jackie Hunt
repeated its victory on Saturday by winning the second round of the
Powerboat P1 SuperSport class at the Belgian Grand Prix of the Sea on
Sunday. The result moves the team into a commanding position in the
SuperSport World Championship with just the Portuguese Grand Prix
remaining.
From "Motor Boat and
Yachting"
10th September 2007
- Power Games
Watching out for a 39ft boat landing on your head is all part of the
powerboat experience for reigning world champion Jackie Hunt. And, as
she tells Sport, you really don’t want to ‘stuff it’
From "Sport Magazine"
24th August 2007
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Making a splash
"Imagine sitting in a car and
being dropped from a great height onto solid concrete", says Jackie
Hunt, the 5-foot-2-inch feisty blonde 2006 SuperSport P1 powerboating
world champion, and the only woman in the history of the sport to hold a
world title. "That's the pounding you endure for over one hour. The
boats can jump ten feet in the air".
From "Four Seasons
Magazine" Summer 2007
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Champs Top Title Standings
Reigning world champions
Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton soared back to the top of the Powerboat P1
SuperSport standings after a double victory in the British Grand Prix
off the Isle of Wight last weekend.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette"
30th August 2007
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A
feast of Powerboating in Cowes
A
video summary from the racing over the weekend including Honda, P1. It also included an interview
with the P1 British Grand Prix winners Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton
From "Cowes Online"
28th August 2007
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Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton dominate in Cowes
The local husband and wife team, Jackie Hunt and Mike
Shelton, put in a dominant performance in Extremeboat,
to secure an emphatic victory and win the British Grand
Prix SuperSport title in Cowes at the weekend.
From "Cowes Online"
27th August 2007
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Making a Splash
They cherish the privilege like the guardians of free spirit; cavaliers
riding against the winds of change. "There aren't many things you can do
in public any more, and to race 2,000hp boats on public water is
criminally insane, but we are thank god, still allowed to do it".
From "The Sunday Times"
26th August 2007
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Cowes Round Up
A selection or articles from
The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Express and others
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Turner makes waves in a P1 SuperSport powerboat
SEAT Sport UK British Touring Car driver Darren Turner
proved that he’s as quick on water as he is on land,
when he tested Jackie Hunt’s P1 SuperSport World
Championship winning powerboat on the Solent.
From "SEAT Sport UK" 19th August 2007
Hunt chases down
buoy racers to prove she's got the power
Somewhere on the Solent. Difficult to say where.
Visibility is so poor. Ghostly apparitions slide past in
the distance, one of which turns out to be a Red Funnel
high-speed ferry, bound for the Isle of Wight. Only
later after the world champion powerboat racer Jackie
Hunt has introduced me to the sport by nudging 78mph ...
does she concede that it is "too dangerous" to continue.
Now she tells me.
From "The Independent
on Sunday" 19th August 2007
Power and Glory
Jackie Hunt, the first female powerboating world
champion, hopes to take a giant stride towards retaining
her crown in the choppy waters of the Solent next
weekend.
From "Sunday Mirror"
19th August 2007
Interviewing... Jackie Hunt
HOME rule will once again be the order of the day when
reigning Powerboat P1 world champions Jackie Hunt and
Mike Shelton take to the sea for the British Grand Prix
off the Isle of Wight at the end of the month.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" August 2007
Local powerboaters challenge for World title
Solent-based Mike Shelton
and Jackie Hunt are the reigning Powerboat P1 SuperSport
World Champions and are working hard this year to retain
their title in their US-built Dragon boat called
Extremeboat. Here, Mike Shelton gives an update on the
team's quest to retain the 2007 title.
From
"Cowes Online" - August 2007
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Ready for take off?
Ripping across the water at 150kmh, Simon De Burton experiences the
heart-stopping thrill of Powerboat P1 racing, the coolest way for
affluent speed fiends to race around Europe.
From "Jumeirah
Magazine" - March 2007
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Extremeboat.com team wins
overall GP Title!!
The team consists of Driver: Jackie Hunt and Co-Driver/Navigator: Mike
Shelton (...and Husband). They have been competing since 2003. 2007 have
been a good year for them so far. In Malta they took first in boat Race
1 and Race 2. Congratulations!
From "Extremeboats
Magazine" - Issue 5, July 2007
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Champions triumph in wind blown
Maltese grand prix of the sea
... In SuperSport, Britain's Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton in Extremeboat
built upon an excellent start to develop a commanding lead and win by
some distance despite the rough sea. ... Their US-built Dragon boat is
proving dominant in its class and remarkably it completed the lap of
Malta ahead of at least three of the higher powered Evolution boats.
From "Boats &
Yachting" - July 2007
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Wild in Malta, Close up in
Naples, Tragedy in Germany
The Powerboat P1 bandwagon is back on the road and the first showing of
the evolution prototypes and SuperSport production boats was in Valetta,
Malta where horrendous conditions gave the P1 boys and girls a tough
start to the season.
From "World of
Powerboats" - Issue 19, July 2007
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Fortified
With a stellar cast of competitors from Europe, a healthy infusion of
American racing interest and some of the nastiest water in offshore
history, Powerboat P1 delivered a wild 2007 season opener in Malta.
From "Powerboat
Magazine" - July 2007
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Pounding the waves
"Imagine sitting in a car and being dropped from a great height on to
solid concrete", says Jackie Hunt, the 2006 SuperSport P1 powerboating
world champion. "That's the pounding you endure for over one hour during
a race. In rough seas, the boats can jump 30ft in the air."
From "Privat Air
Magazine" Issue 23 - May 2007
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Miles tops charts in rock and
roll band
They looked like an ageing rock band. As the crew of Wettpunkt.com
talked COG - that's centre of gravity - with the long-haired, bejewelled
Italian defending champions from OSG ahead of the opening P! Powerboat
grand prix o the season in Malta, they could have been mistaken for a
Status Quo tribute band.
From "Daily Mail"
26th May 2007
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What's Rocking Sport
A slightly different interview with Jackie Hunt!
From "The Guardian"
21st May 2007
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Hunt profits from heavy seas
Jackie Hunt was declared the winner of the Powerboat P1 SuperSport class
at the Grand Prix of Malta after heavy seas forced the cancellation of
the second race here yesterday. She made light of six-metre waves that
took a heavy toll on others. Three competitors were taken to hospital
with back and rib injuries.
From "The Independent" 6th May 2007
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High waves, high drama in Malta
GP
High waves in the opening race of the 2007 P1 World Championship
yesterday may have ensured that the Round the Island Challenge speed
record would not be broken. Nevertheless, there was no shortage of
drama, excitement and spectacular action off the coast of Malta.
From "The Sunday
Times (Malta)" 6th May 2007
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Malta Round Up
A selection or articles from
The Times, The Independent, Cowes
Online and others
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The race is on
It's May, so it must be the start of the Powerboat P1 World Championship
and this means another spectacular event on Malta's ever-expanding
entertainment and sporting calendar. The Baroque splendour of Valletta
is now established as the backdrop for the opening Grand Prix of this
exciting, rapidly-growing series and some 20 boats and teams will be
vying for supremacy.
From "Air Malta Sky
Life" May 2007
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Terror on the high seas
Jackie Hunt isn't known for treating her passengers gently - just ask
one of her previous navigators. "I spun the boat on a corner and chucked
the poor guy out. All that was left on the deck was a pair of shoes,"
she says. "But don't worry, you'll be fine. If you get scared just nudge
me and I'll stop."
From "The Sunday
Times" 6th May 2007
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Champions ready for world title
defence
Hook powerboat
world champions Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton will start the defence of
their crown in Malta this weekend.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" 30th April 2007
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Mike and Jackie are delighted to
announce their participation in the 2008 Round Britain Race in June/July
2008
With the kind support of Tony Fiddy and his
40ft Panatec,
previously known as Follett Cars, now sponsored by
Naanovo Energy, we are looking
forward to taking part in this historic offshore endurance racing
challenge. The last time this race was run was in 1984, and as then,
this will be the adventure of a lifetime for those taking part and a
true test of man and machinery against the power of the sea and mother
nature.
From "Extremeboat.com"
28th April 2007
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Mercury Racing 525 EFI
Sterndrive engine package power ARPRO Racing Dragon
to UIM P1 Offshore World Championship... Shelton and Hunt dominated the
6 event (12 race) SuperSport championship ... ARPRO racing was the only
boat running 100 percent Mercury Racing propulsion.
From "Mercury
Messenger" Spring 2007
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Download the
UIM 2007 Yearbook
The yearbook is packed with pictures, results,
commentary and much more from the 2006 season for every sport that they
govern
From "UIM Website" 2007
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World champ sends an SOS
She is a rarity, a British world champion. What is
more, she has proved herself the best in a sport dominated by men. Now
Jackie Hunt, the first woman to win a powerboat world title, is
desperate to defend her P1 SuperSport crown when the 2007 season starts
in Malta on May 5.
From "Daily Express"
March 21 2007
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Awards for top duo
World Champions Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton scooped
more honours at the Powerboat P1 annual awards ceremony, held in Rome.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" February 19 2007
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Powerboat P1 Annual Awards
Dinner
At the recent Powerboat P1 annual awards dinner in Rome, in addition to
winning the World Championship in the SuperSports category for 2006,
Jackie Hunt was voted "Rookie of the Year" and Mike Shelton was
voted "Navigator of the Year" for their respective performances
in 2006 by the other teams.
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Hydro-Emotion - Powerboat P1
title race goes to the wire
It would be fair to say that the two boats who
eventually won their respective divisions saw their success at the
opening event of the season at the beautiful Mediterranean island of
Malta in May.
From "The Player"
Spring 2007
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Allan finds his sea legs
Buoyed by the thought of a challenge, self-confessed
bad swimmer ALLAN McNISH swaps his Audi R10 for a P1 Powerboat and is
left wanting more. Two V8s, each making 525hp. This is the most powerful
thing I've ever driven.
From "Autosport"
December 2006
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Down to the wire in Portugal
The final event in the 2006 P1 World Championship in
Portugal was testament to the fickle nature of motor sport as the skill
and determination of race crews was confounded by mechanical problems
that played their part in helping decide the final placings.
From "H2O Full
Throttle"
November 2006
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Wave Machines
What's it like to travel on the sea at speeds that
would lose you your driving licence if you did them on the road? Martin
Klipp goes for a ride with Britain's leading powerboat team. ...
Powerboat racing is very dangerous, so I'm relieved to be riding aboard
a boat handled by one of the world's top crews.
From "FlipSide"
November 2006
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Front Cover - RYA Magazine
British husband and wife team, Mike Shelton and
Jackie Hunt, have completed a successful P1 season in their boat, ARPRO.
In doing so, Jackie became the first female World Champion in P1
SuperSport.
From "RYA Magazine"
Winter 2006
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The First Couple
When sales manager Jackie met company president Mike,
she was soon enamoured. But would he pass the boyfriend test: powering
down Lake Windermere at 82mph? Nic Compton finds out
From "Boat News"
December 2006
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Power, Speed
and Water
... One of the best-looking and best-prepared boats
is the number 55 "Arpro" boat of British pairing of Mike Shelton and
Jackie Hunt, ... in the SuperSport class.
Click above to download the article in .PDF (5mb)
From "Auto Italia"
November 2006
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DONZI and ARPRO crowned in Portugal
After several season's racing National Class III and RIBs, Britain's
Jackie Hunt joined forces with her husband and former RIB racer Mike
Shelton and acquired a new American built Dragon 39 Sportsboat. In their
first international campaign aboard 'ARPRO', Hunt and Shelton produced a
superb season long display to clinch the 2006 SuperSport class. With a
race in hand, 'ARPRO' won emphatically to clinch the title ...
See page
44 onwards! (21mb .pdf
file so be patient!)
From "World of
Powerboats" Issue 16 Autumn 2006
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Jackie Hunt is World Champion
The 37 year old
Brit was successful. The first woman to win the World title in Powerboat
P1 SuperSport category with her boat ARPRO.
From "Boote Magazin"
November 2006
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British Couple win P1 World
Championships
Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton have been crowned
Powerboat P1 World Champions in the SuperSport class after winning the
final round of the event at Cascais, Portugal in September.
From "Boat News"
October 2006
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Portugal Round Up
A selection or articles from The Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Cowes
Online and others
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Powerboat partners claim world
crown
Husband-and-wife team Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton have completed a
memorable season by scooping the Powerboat P1 World Championship at the
first attempt in Portugal.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette"
5th October 2006
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Queasy Rider
Jackie Hunt is the unlikeliest of Britain's World Champions - although
it may be an offence against all manner of discrimination legislation to
say so. For one thing she is a woman. They have never had one before in
Powerboat P1 racing, a preserve of Top Gear-watching,
testosterone-charged Alpha males.
From "Daily Mail"
4th October 2006
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Hunt makes history as first
woman to capture title
Britain's Jackie Hunt became the first woman to win a world powerboating
title yesterday, eclipsing her male rivals to take the P1 World
Championship SuperSport title. Hunt, the only female driver in the
series, sealed a remarkable success in her debut season with firth place
in the second race of the Portuguese Grand Prix at Cascais.
From "The Independent" 2nd
October 2006
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Showdown in Malta
Glitz? ... P1 has it by the bucket
load. Especially when set in Valetta - the historic Grand Harbour of
Malta. Chris Davies checks out the first of the 2006 World Championship
Powerboat P1 Series where he finds it really was a case of survival of
the fittest.
From "H2O Full
Throttle"
September 2006
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Hunt has power to track down
glory
You might think that suffering from seasickness precludes a
successful career as a powerboat racer. But as Jackie Hunt could tell
you, you would be wrong. This ebullient computer software salesperson
from Hampshire goes green in the face at the merest suggestion of
rolling motion on liners or ferries. But get her in the cockpit of a
powerboat, spearing into 20-foot waves at speeds of more than 80mph, and
she is literally in her element.
From "The Independent"
30th September 2006
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Hunt making waves in quest for
world title
... so it is full throttle ahead for Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton to
Portugal, where this weekend, they intend to win the SuperSport Class of
the World Championships.
From "The Times"
28th September 2006
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Sports Round-up - Powerboats
Britain's Jackie Hunt is confident hostile conditions will help her to
come out on top in a championship decider against British-based Chinese
boat, Ocean Dragon, at the Portuguese grand prix next weekend.
From "The Telegraph"
24th September 2006
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Hook powerboaters claim grand prix win
HOOK powerboat duo Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton continue to make waves
in their sport - and they were certainly among them on their way to
their latest grand prix win.
In the latest world championship round, off the Isle of Wight, Hunt, the
driver of the Arpro racing craft, was at one point confronted by a
nine-foot wall of water coming straight at her.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" 6th September 2006
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Report on the
British Grand Prix from Cowes Online
A
video summary from all the racing over the weekend including Class III
2-litre, Thundercats, Honda, V24 and P1. It also included an interview
with the P1 British Grand Prix winners Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton
From "www.cowes.co.uk"
31st August 2006
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Cowes Round Up
A selection or articles from The Independent, The Mail on Sunday, The
Telegraph, Island
Business and the Basingstoke Gazette covering Cowes
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Jackie - Queen of the Seas
A selection of 3 major articles from a 12 page supplement in the Isle of
Wight County Press
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Solent based team win British Grand Prix
The weekend was topped off in spectacular
and dramatic style as the Powerboat P1 British Grand Prix ended in glory
for the British, Solent based team, of husband and wife combination,
Mike Shelton and Jackie Hunt with a much deserved race victory and with
it the SuperSport Grand Prix title. Short video
summary too.
From "Solent TV" 28th August 2006
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Home win sees Hunt rev it up
Married couple Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton
turned the Powerboat P1 British Grand Prix into a family party at
sun-lit Cowes yesterday. The Arpro racing duo from Hampshire dominated
the second round of their home event to set up a final showdown for the
SuperSport World Championship.
From "Daily Express" 28th August 2006
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Power and Glory off Cowes
We were doing 80mph at times when I took
this picture of British driver Jackie Hunt speeding along, but it felt
more like 160mph
From "The Independent on Sunday" 27th August 2006
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British female driver wins P1 SuperSport
Italian teams may have dominated the
Evolution class of the P1 Championship in the Cowes Powerboat Festival,
but it was a British husband and wife team who took the honours in the
SuperSport class.
From "Cowes Online" 27th August 2006
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Smoke on the water
There will be one spectator taking rather
more interest than most when the P1 Powerboat World Championship - the
"British Grand Prix of the sea" - descends on Cowes today. Lord
Beaverbrook - Maxwell to his
friends, and grandson of the Canadian politician and entrepreneur whose
family ran the Daily Express for much of the 20th century - is a
committed fan of speed on land and sea.
From "Daily Express" 25th August 2006
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Technical hitch in Anzio
Whilst the opening event in Malta went without a hitch, it was the
subsequent P1 meetings in Italy and Germany that have endured
considerable controversy, particularly Germany where there were two
exclusions involving British teams for technical infringements. To make
matters worse, Drew Landon's "Buzzi Bullet 2" were banned from racing,
even under appeal in Germany, as the boat was deemed ineligible to race
in Supersport.
See page 36 onwards! (15mb .pdf
file)
From "World of
Powerboats" Issue 15 Summer 2006
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Suddenly, Formula 5000
Cheverolets Look Positively Frugal
... With petite former horsewoman Jackie at the controls, and ex-rally
driver Mike on the charts, the twin eight-litre 525bhp Mercury marine V8
engines in the stern chugged us out from Southampton's Ocean Village
marina into open water
From "Autosport"
17th August 2006
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Interviewing ... Jackie Hunt
It's not every day you get the chance to go out on a first-class
powerboat. I was lucky enough to do so with Hook Powerboat P1 World
Championship contenders Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton... within seconds
we were skimming the top of the waves.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette"
16th August 2006
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Allan McNish Tests SuperSport Powerboat
Audi "factory” driver Allan McNish used the break between the American
Le Mans Series rounds at Portland and Road America for quite an unusual
test drive: Promoting the British P1 Powerboat Grand Prix, the Scotsman
tried the 525-hp SuperSport Powerboat of British World Championship
driver Jackie Hunt in the Solent waters off Southampton.
From "www.Fortitude.com"
14th August 2006
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McNish on Water!
On the throttles (plural) is a petite blonde, Jackie Hunt, and by her
side is a petit Scot in Audi overalls…yes, Allan McNish, at the wheel,
preparing for a test drive like none he has experienced before.
From "Dailysportscar.com"
14th August 2006
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Ocean's 1800bhp
There's nothing wet about the P1 powerboat series. Cash-rich, time-poor,
speed-hungry petrolheads have embraced the series, which started in 2003
with a grid of just six.
From "Car Magazine"
September 2006
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Sunseeker set to shine at Cowes
Allan McNish got a taste of the action from one of Britain's leading
lights in the SuperSport class, Jackie Hunt. "You steer" offered Hunt to
McNish, a former Le Mans winner. "Do we swap seats?" asked the Scotsman.
"No" replied Hunt, "here's the wheel!"
From "Daily Express"
12th August 2006
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Jackie prepares for big Cowes
meeting
With just three weeks to go before the Cowes Powerboat Festival 2006,
excitement and anticipation is growing for what promises to be one of
the most action-packed weekends of exhilarating powerboat racing ever to
be hosted in the UK.
From "Basingstoke
Courier"
9th August 2006
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Hungry for more power
The sound of rigging on masts and champagne flutes gently clicking will
give way to the cacophony of horsepower when the Powerboat P1 World
Championship roars on the same waters as Cowes Week at the end of this
month.
From "Daily Express"
4th August 2006
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Jackie is a class leader
Hook husband-and-wife powerboat team Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton are
certainly making waves in the P1 World Championship.
From "Basingstoke
Gazette" 24th July 2006
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Beautiful and Possible!
Malta is the ideal place to organise a powerboat race. Every sea
condition is possible and the distance around the island is ideal.
From "Barche"
July 2006
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On the cover - Powerboat P1 Grand
Prix of Malta
The
powerboat P1 Grand Prix of Malta was a resounding success, proving a
weekend of excitement and fun, enjoyed by the thousands who watched the
spectacle from along the shoreline on both days.
From "Boats &
Yachting" August 2006
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The Queen mixes it up!
Already a British Champion. Jackie Hunt is in a hurry to win P1. She won
the first of two races in Travenmunde.
From
German newspaper "Lubecker Nachrichten"
July 2006
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A British diamond amongst the rough...waves!
In a year of under-achievement for British sport, Jackie Hunt is
emerging as an unlikely star. While the nation’s footballers,
cricketers, tennis players and Formula One drivers fail to deliver,
Hunt, the only female driver in the Powerboat P1 World Championship,
sets the pace in the SuperSport Class at the halfway stage of the
season.
From "P1 Press
Release" 17th July 2006
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Brit team triumph
Malta P1 Grand Prix brings brace of wins for UK outfits old and new.
Powerboating provided plenty of excitement in Malta in May when two
British teams ran neck and neck for glory in opening P1 Grand Prix.
From "Motor Boat &
Yachting" August 2006
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Its game, set and match to Panatta and co, ARPRO win SuperSport title
In SuperSport, the US-built Dragon powerboat of ARPRO followed up its
win in yesterday's longer endurance race, clinching a last-gasp second
place to secure the German Grand Prix SuperSport title.
From "P1 Press Release"
2nd July 2006
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Kerakoll and ARPRO win first leg in Travemunde
In the relatively calm seas of the Baltic an enthralling SuperSport race
unfolded with ARPRO, Ocean Dragon and Jolly Special pressing hard to
claim the chequered flag.
From "P1 Press Release"
1st July 2006
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Are you ready for takeoff?
In its newly regulated form, powerboat racing is attracting a new type
of "gentleman racer". But it still scares! ... One team hoping for an
elegantly dancing boat this season is husband-and-wife pairing of Mike
Shelton and Jackie Hunt from Hampshire.
From "Financial Times -
How to spend it" July 2nd 2006
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Not for the feint hearted
As a spectator sport, offshore powerboat racing is at it's best when the
waters are rough.
See page 38 onwards! (24mb .pdf file so be patient!)
From "World of
Powerboats" Issue 14 Summer 2006
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Buoy Racers
Fed up with those tiresome Formula One bore-athons? Now there's a new
fleet to beat - as Dan Davies found when he took to the Med inside the
F-16 cockpit of an awesome P1 powerboat ...
From "The Mail on
Sunday" 21st May 2006
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British rookies score maiden win!
Equally as impressive was the performance of the British ARPRO team of
Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton who, in their debut race in a brand new
American-built Dragon boat, won the Supersport class by a margin of over
5 minutes.
From "www.startboat.com"
14th May 2006
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That girl has
1050hp
Article in German ... click
here
for English translation.
From "Bilt am Sonntag"
14th May 2006
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Powerboat P1 World
Championship
Jackie Hunt celebrates here 37th birthday tomorrow... but she will be
making her debut in the Powerboat P1 World Championship in Malta.
From "The Daily
Telegraph"
13th May 2006
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British one-two as first lady leads world championship
Britain’s Jackie Hunt and Mike Shelton won the SuperSport Class in
Powerboat P1 in Malta today to lead the World Championship as she became
the first-ever female winner of a P1 race.
From "P1 Press Release"
13th May 2006
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Five foot two ... eyes of blue ... Jackie Hunt is gunnin' for you!
Powerboat P1 prides itself in raising standards year on year and no-one
can argue the series isn’t upping the ante in the glamour stakes this
season.
From "P1 Press Release"
5th May 2006
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P1 series proves its worth
The growing stature of the UIM Powerboat P1
World Championship is reflected in the arrival this year of the
professional ARPRO®
Racing team.
From "Motor Boat &
Yachting"
10th March 2006
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From F1 to P1 - The marine industry beckons for JSP
The growing competitive and commercial stature of the UIM Powerboat P1
World Championship is reflected in the arrival this year of the ARPRO®
Racing team.
From "P1 Press Release"
9th March 2006
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Back riding the wave
Powerboating is cool again, says Richard Fleury. It's like the Seventies
never went away...
From "TopGear Website"
23rd February 2006
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New boat builder to race in 2006 UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship
Dragon Powerboats, the Pompano Beach, Florida based American
manufacturer of performance racing and pleasure boats will make its
racing debut in the 2006 UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship.
From "P1 Press Release"
23rd February 2006
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New British team enters World Championship!
Two-times National Powerboat Champions, husband and wife pairing Jackie
Hunt and Mike Shelton, will mix with the powerboating elite in 2006,
competing in the UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship for the ARPRO®
Racing team.
From "P1 Press Release"
15th February 2006
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Making Room!
Dragon
Powerboats is betting that savvy customers will notice the differences
in its new 39-footer. Craig Barrie feels so
strongly about it that he's invested a couple of years of this life,
and from all appearances, a
significant sum of money, working on the first Dragon Powerboat.
From "Gulf Coast
Boating Centre"
March 2003
