Area sprint boat squads excel

Teams from the Olympic Peninsula earned strong finishes at the American Sprint Boat races at Webb’s Slough in Eastern Washington in late June, the Peninsula Daily News reports.

Teams from the Olympic Peninsula earned strong finishes at the American Sprint Boat races at Webb’s Slough in Eastern Washington in late June, the Peninsula Daily News reports.

Sequim-based TNT Racing’s Livewire No. 2, driven by Paul Gahr and navigated by Josh Gahr, lost in the semifinals while TNT’s Jeeper Creepers No. 99, driven by Dillon Cummings and navigated by Teri Cummings, fell in the quarterfinals.

The Port Angeles-based Wicked Racing No. 01 team of driver Doug Hendrickson and navigator Nichole Heaton-Muller finished second in the 400 class while Wicked No. 10, driven by Dan Morrison and navigated by Cara McGuire, took second in the Unlimited class.

American Sprint Boat returns to Port Angeles twice this summer: Saturday, July 25, and Saturday, Aug. 22. The latter is the first round of the first-ever ASB World Championships. The second round will be the following weekend at Webb’s Slough.

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