“Rinker Finds Perfection”
Team AMSOIL Sweeps ChampBoat Series on Savannah River

Savannah, Ga. ~ An historical season was set on Sunday on the Savannah River in Savannah, Ga. by Team AMSOIL power boat racer Terry Rinker.  The Tampa, Fla. native set the world record for consecutive wins with seven after sweeping the seven race ChampBoat series in convincing fashion on Sunday afternoon.

Rinker, who was the 2003 and 2005 series champion, started his weekend by setting the fastest qualifying time of 32.46 seconds on the mile and a quarter track.  Despite large swells that delayed the racing, Rinker was able to win his heat race and started on the pole for Sunday’s finale.  Despite four restarts, Rinker never relinquished the lead position during the 50-lap final, winning his seventh race in 2006 and eclipsing the decade old record.

“It is a dream come true,” said Rinker.  “I couldn’t have done this without my fine crew who prepared a perfect AMSOIL/Rinker boat.  All I had to do was get it to the finish. We look forward to keeping the streak alive in ’07. We aren’t going to lie down now that we have the record, and we want to extend it in the worst way.”

The season ends with Rinker wrapping up his third championship in the past four years.  Since the start of 2005, Rinker has won 11 ChampBoat Series races.  The ChampBoat Series will air on SPEED Channel beginning this winter.  The first episode is scheduled to air on Saturday, December 23 at noon EST (Full Schedule).

For more information on the Rinker/AMSOIL Racing team, go to www.rinker10.com. For more information about the ChampBoat Series go to www.champboatracing.com.

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