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Doha Qatar
mar. 5th 2011.
Team Mad
Croc owner driver Sami Seliö attacked the 2011 season with the
POLE position, picking up where he left off in 2010.
Unfortunately after leading from the start until 6 laps from the
finish he suffered a rare "gear case" breakdown. This left him
with a DNF a tough pill to accept. On to Portimao Portugal May
22nd. Team PTR will be there to
assist.
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SHARJAH
DEC. 11TH 2010:
TEAM MAD CROC
driver Sami Selio wins the 2010 WORLD F1 U.I.M drivers
championship. As well MAD CROC wins the World F1 team
CHAMPIONSHIP. more to follow.111210
Abu Dhabi
dec 4th 2010:
Team
Mad Croc LOVES Abu Dhabi. the Finnish F1 team enjoyed as close
to a perfect 2 days of racing as you can get. At
qualifying on Friday Seliö placed 1st on the pole with rookie
Carella holding down the 2nd spot. Sami Seliö nailed down the
pole with a last minute lightning fast lap to edge out Alex
Carella who held the spot for most of the shoot out. Saturday
dawned a perfect day for racing and Sami Seliö won the race from
start to finish holding off a great run by Qatar team driver Jay
Price. Alex Carella suffered electrical problems and was forced
to retire on lap 24 of 36 hard luck for him. Team Mad Croc
locked down the Team trophy and Sami Seliö now finds himself
alone with Jay Price at the top of the heap for the World
Championship. Next week in Sharjah up the coast from Abu Dhabi
promised to be a real nail biter. Team Mad croc must win and if
Jay Price ,current points leader finishes 2nd Sami Seliö will
win the World Championship by 1 point. Stay tuned.
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Doha Qatar
Nov 27th 2010:
Team Mad Croc
of Finland had a great "day at the office " . A team that
performs in lock step started 2nd & 3rd on the pole with Sami
Seliö holding the 2nd spot and rookie sensation Alex Carella
3rd. Race day saw the Finnish team complete the 36 lap
event with a great 2nd for Seliö and 3rd for Carella. It
was Jay Price of the Qatar team that prevailed with the win.
this is good for the home team and great for the sport. This
placing by the Mad Croc Team virtually locks up the team
championship going into the last 2 races of the 2010 season. On
to the Emirates for the next 2 races see you in Abu Dhabi Dec
4th..051210
Shenzhen
China Oct 24th 2010
The
beautiful city of Shenzhen just out side of Hong Kong was a
little kinder to the Mad Croc team of Finland. Team mates Sami
Seliö (owner) and rookie Alex Carella of Italy started 8th and
9th on the pole. and finished in the world championship points
with a 4th and 5th respectively. Its great to see the master and
the rookie doing so well. The mad croc Team is making a definite
run for the Team Trophy for 2010. Next stop Doha Qatar on Nov.
27th. 051210
Luizhou
China Oct 17th 2010:
China has not
been kind to the Mad Croc F1 team. after starting 4th on the
pole Sami Seliö, Pilot and owner of the team was forced to
retire after only 13 laps with a fuel supply problem. Rookie
star and Mad Croc team mate Alex Carella drove a brilliant
race under difficult conditions and finished a very respectable
6th and is a shoe in for the Rookie of the year trophy. On to
Shenzhen for the next round on Oct 24th.
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LINYI CHINA
OCT 3RD 2010:
NOW THE
PRESSURE MOUNTS.
What a day
TEAM MAD CROC had at this years 1st of 3 Gran prix races in
China. For the second time in the last 2 races the team finished
1 & 2 on the podium. Except this time the Rookie Alex Carella
SPANKED the seasoned F1 CHAMP by winning the race in
convincing fashion while Sami Seliö came is a respectable
second. For Alex this came on top of his winning the pole
position the day before (Sami was 3rd). With 2 more Gran Prix
races in China and then 1 race in Qatar and 2 races in the
Emirates TEAM MAD CROC finds them selves leading in all
categories, Driver WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS (Sami & Alex tied
for 1st place. POLE POSITIONS (Sami 1rst Alex 3rd). And the
FASTEST LAP SLAM TROPHY (Sami 1st Alex 3rd). Now we are off to
beautiful LIUZHOU for the 2nd leg on Oct 17th.
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KANKAKEE
ILLINOIS USA. SEPT 5TH 2010.
REPEAT!!!
TEAM SPEEDMASTER & PTR wrap up the CHAMP USA CHAMPIONSHIP for
the 2nd year in a row. Driver Shaun Torrente continues to
dominate the CHAMP series with his steady and intelligent
driving. To add to the mix the team also entered the "MOD U" (AN
UNLIMITED CLASS) and won that adding the "USA MOD U
CHAMPIONSHIP" To our collection.091610
PORT
NECHES TEXAS MAY 2 2010.
The first race of
the Formula 1 P.R.O.P USA series for 2010 was held in
Texas. Final was a run away for Tim Seebold who took off
from the pole position and was running away with it until the
38th lap! Brian Norman of Mandeville, LA crashed in turn 1 and
the field was stopped. The Formula One boats were lined back up
and the flag dropped and Shaun Torrente beat the field down to
the first turn and led them for the remaining 12 laps and took
the win! It's nice to see that TEAM SPEEDMASTER &
PTR were able to continue their winning ways of 2009.
The next race will be , June 27th at Bay City Michigan.
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P.T.R 2009. The
year turned out to be a gratifying on for us. 2009 saw us team
up with Ted Gryguc to race in the CHAMP BOAT F1 series in the
USA with " TEAM SPEEDMASTER TALON BOATS" . Although the
poor economy limited the amount of events we did win ALL the
races and the 2009 CHAMPIONSHIP" The CHAMP series has been
restructured and is now called F1 PROP Racing. The new
organization seems to have their stuff together and we can
expect a full compliment of races for 2010. Our Year ended
satisfactorily on the World U.I.M circuit with a
respectable 3rd place in World Championship points but even more
gratifying was the world record 8 poles in 10 races.
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2009 the year in
review:
As with all
racing at the World class F1 levels the unexpected makes a huge
difference in the outcome of a season. This was true with
the "TEAM MAD CROC" SAMI SELIÖ F1 RACING FOR 2009. The year got
off to a bad start with 3 DNF's in the 1st 8 races. the nemesis
proved to be boat issues that with diligent work were overcome
by the time we got to China. From then on Team Mad Croc and
P.T.R, set a blistering pace winning 8 poles in the next 10
races. The season ended up with a respectable 3rd place in the
U.I.M World Championship Points. Now we all look forward to some
down time before we start our planning for 2010.021210
October 13
2009
: PTR 's own Russell Bentley our
Chief engineer , mechanical and race engines, as well as
an accomplished drag racer had a great weekend Oct 3rd and 4th.
He ran in the
DSRA World Finals in Gulfport MS. 90 boats in attendance and a
$40,000 purse up for grabs. It was a 3 day event, 2 for
qualifying and the final on Sunday. To quote Russ " I lined them
up and mowed them down one at a time with no losses. It was
pretty cool, the PTR engine performed flawlessly". Our
congratulations to Russ for a job well done.
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October 6th: PTR is pleased to announce the addition to our
engineering team of
Eric
Theobald.
Eric is 30 years old a mechanical engineer graduate of Concordia
University in Montreal. he has recently completed his masters
degree in race engine design from Oxford Brooke University in
the UK. He completed his stage with us this summer and we are
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September 8
09: Team "SPEEDMASTER/TALON BOATS" capped off a
perfect season with their 3rd win in Kankakee Illinois on
September 7th. This makes it a clean sweep for the P.T.R
Powered boat with 3 wins in 3 races. Due to organization
problems the season has been shortened and Team
"SPEEDMASTER/TALON BOATS" declared the 2009 CHAMP BOAT
CHAMPION. Driver Shaun Torrente performed flawlessly in
2009 and well deserves the Championship.
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May 31st 09.
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"The history of the U.I.M. F1 H2O World Championship
dates all the way back 28 years ago. During this
time, the series has been known for its many
challenging and difficult race circuits that make
these Grand Prix events the most daring in all of
water sports.
A few examples of the “rough and tough” circuits
these catamaran boats have raced on during their
history include the open large expanse of Lake Como
in Italy. The mountain lake was the setting for the
original Grand Prix back in summer of 1981 and with
its turbulent winds coming from the foothills of the
Alps combined with ferry boat traffic makes this one
of the most difficult to master.
The exposed race circuit of the open ocean along the
waterfront in downtown Doha and the Grand Prix of
Qatar mixes the swells with the sublime of the
almost mill pond inner harbor feeling at the other
end of the two kilometer lap. Get it right and
you’ve earned pole position, get it wrong and you
quickly go airborne like a Boeing 777. If you don’t
believe it check the pole position qualifying action
of two years ago that saw two recent World Champions
fly and then stall into the water at over 220
kilometers or 130 miles per hour.
As the 2009 campaign rolls into the lovely setting
of Lahti, Finland being the host city for the second
straight year and the back to back races on Friday
the 12th and Saturday the 13th of June, the large
and looming expanse of Lake Vesijarvi has in just
one year become the signature event for daring
driving. As this circuit awaits ready to swallow up
the non-suspecting drivers that don’t appreciate the
lakes personality that is non-forgiving." Steve
Michaels.053109 |
Time for a few facts
about F1 Boat engines.
The engines for F1 racing are
of 2 types. First the factory Mercury Racing and 2nd those
of 3 race engineers (locked in with the top 3 teams). The
factory produces about 255HP out of the 2.5L 6 cylinder Mercury
engine. As with all racing the need to go faster has led to some
talented people to meet the challenge with engineering advances
that have produced remarkable results. The 3 world leaders in
this engine development are Ron Anderson of Team Abu Dhabi,
Brendan Powers of team Qatar and Dr Alex Hledin of Team Sami
Seliö and the founder of Performance Through Research ( P.T.R.)
These dedicated people get approximately 450 to 475 HP from this
2.5 L engine.
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Performance Facts:
0 to 60 mph in 2 seconds. 0 to 100
mph in under 4 seconds. Top speed in race set up about 185
mph. average speed on a straight away
140mph.
The factory engines are designed to turn at about 6500 RPM where
as the R&D engines race at 11500, to 12300 RPM.
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2008 U.I.M F1 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR IN REVIEW.
2008 proved to be a year of highs and
lows for P.T.R ,Team Seliö and Team Kourtsenovsky. Sami Seliö
the 2007 World Champion although finishing a credible 2nd in the
final points standing for 2008 could have done so much better
but for an intermittent electrical problem with a cable that
plagued the boat for the first 3 races. Sami dominated the field
from the Saint Petersburg race until the season end in Sharjah
UAE.
Stanislav Kourtsenovsky
had a brilliant maiden year earning World Championship points in
4 of the 1st 5 races. A difficult 2nd half left him in 14th
place at the seasons end.
December 2007:
-F1
BOAT WORLD CHAMPIONS 2007" "TEAM ENERGY" AND "P.T.R
ENGINES" WIN THE GRAND PRIX OF SHARJAH AND THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP. Sami Seliö, capped the perfect race with both the
pole position and start to finish win in Sharjah Emirates today.
Sami had to win the race and 9 time world champion Guido
Cappellini had to finish no better that 7th. Karma was with the
team as Guido was forced to with draw from the race with a loose
canopy. 4 races in 20 days took its toll in the Tamoil boat. let
THE PARTY begin.121507
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of the P.T.R family, running engines from one of the worlds TOP
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