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Powerboat Racing At Ferry Reach Ends Early
The Bermuda Powerboat Association’s last race day prior to the Around The Island Race was cut short on Sunday [July 27] due to a crash. Racing got underway at Ferry Reach with David Selley racing A72, Cleveland Maybury in A90, Ryan Resendes and Zian Philpott raced B17, while Jody and Tony Carreiro were in B77 and, Steven Eversley and Brandon Franks... Read more of this article
Memorial Service Held For Dale Boorman
Family members today [May 20] joined friends and members of the motocross fraternity in celebrating the life of Dale “Stormin” Boorman who tragically lost his life in a Florida race track accident recently. On May 6th, the 20-year-old racer was on the Moto X Raceway in Florida riding his motorbike north along the inside of the track when... Read more of this article
Bermuda Motocross Rider Dies At Florida Race
[Updated] A 20-year-old man died last night [May 6] following an accident at the Moto X Raceway in Florida, and the Pinellas Park Police have identified him as Dale Boorman from Bermuda. Pinellas Police said Mr Boorman was riding his motorbike north along the inside of the track. Matthew Gardner, 23, of Lakeland, was riding south when he entered a... Read more of this article
Video: Two GoKarts Collide On Southside Track
The Bermuda Karting Club season continued at the Southside Motor Sports Park this past weekend, with a small collision occurring between two drivers. Jason North and David Barbosa collided during the second heat in a small crash that saw one gokart partially land on the other. Both drivers were uninjured, and Patrick Ingham went on to claim line honours... Read more of this article
Video: Crash During Powerboat Racing
The Bermuda Powerboat Association held its Memorial Marathon race day on Sunday [Sept 30] at Ferry Reach in St. George’s. Boats from various classes headed out on a circuit out of Ferry Reach through the pylons, up North Shore before circling two marker buoys and returning to the Ferry Reach start point. David Selley and Ryan Rebello hit a wave... Read more of this article
Video: 2012 Around The Island Powerboat Crash
[Updated] Bobby DeCosta and Chris Wells crossed the line in a time of 43:40 in yesterday’s Around the Island powerboat race, despite crashing into a pylon close to the end of the race. The video below showing the crash was posted by Youtuber “SuperRealist2011″, who gave us the original video so a ‘cleaner’ version is posted... Read more of this article
Results, Photos & Video: Power Boat Races
Bermuda Powerboat Racing continued at Ferry Reach, with the very large crowd on hand thrilled as the boats made their way out of the pillions to head up the North Shore. With a bit of a chop on the North Shore drivers and co-pilots were tested both coming and going. In the day’s first race Jermaine Butterfield and Kareem Johnson racing in the S Class... Read more of this article
Photo Report: Motorcycle Racing Crashes
Neither rider was seriously injured as two spills were captured on camera during Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club action at the Southside Motor Sports Park yesterday [Oct 18]. Both bikes crashed after the long straight run, where riders can reach speeds up to 100mph, although both incidents occurred during practice rounds. Cody Sousa-Saints is captured... Read more of this article
Photo Report: 2010 Round the Island Crashes
The Around the Island Powerboat Race took place yesterday (Sept 12), and saw dozens of boats and jetskis zoom around the island at rapid speeds, with the top time of 37.31 minutes achieved by Andy and Anthony Stoneham in S-22. The race was not without accidents, which saw multiple racers being taken to the hospital with minor injuries. FB-111 driven... Read more of this article
