V8 Supercar star and former Bathurst winner Russell Ingall got more than he bargained for when he turned up for a promotional ride in Bill Barry-Cotter’s Class-1 Off-Shore powerboat on Botany Bay in Sydney this morning.
The Caltex Falcon driver was strapped in for a demonstration run and was so comfortable in the 250kph Maritimo entry, that he was offered the chance to drive the boat in round four the national championship a couple of hours later.
He jumped at the opportunity and teamed up with throttle man Peter “Muddy” McGrath to finish a fantastic second outright to fellow Gold Coasters Steve and Andrew Searle in the ACME Fibreglass entry.
Ingall has a personal sponsorship relationship with Maritimo and has a new 48-foot cruising flybridge Maritimo as his own boat.
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