Italian Job Done! for Shelley Jory

“It’s been a great weekend” - speaking from San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy Shelley summed up her first outing on the World Championship P1 powerboat racing circuit.
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Shelley Jory steps into P1 for a World Championship quest.

March 2008 Powerboat P1 Awards Landmark Hotel, London - Shelley Jory of Team Raymarine announces she has joined forces with the LUCAS OIL American Powerboat Team to compete in the Powerboat P1 World Championship Series.

Shelley Jory, one of the UK’s leading powerboat racers and top female in her sport, has been signed as driver of the LUCAS OIL team. She will race with team owner and throttle man, Nigel Hook.

The pair will compete in the P1 Evolution class in the P1 powerboat race series. [Read more]

Speed ace Sarah aims to go Supersonic

A HAMPSHIRE powerboat racer could about to go supersonic - by travelling at 800mph in a bid to smash the world land speed record.Race ace Sarah Donohue has been shortlisted to drive the 48ft Fossett Land Speed Racer following the disappearance of millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett.

If the former European offshore and American national powerboat champion gets picked to drive the US-built, jet powered machine, she could find herself travelling at a top speed of 800mph - beating the 763mph record previously set by RAF pilot Andy Green driving Thrust SSC in 1997.

And the 35-year-old from Hamble has revealed to the Daily Echo that if she was asked to pilot the car, she would say yes.

“I think they are going to pick a fighter pilot because they are used to travelling at those speeds and the forces that go with it,” she said.

“But if for whatever reason I was asked to be the driver, I would say yes.

“I’d be a fool not to. But there would be a lot of questions I would have to ask and a lot of people to speak to before making the final decision.

“If it goes wrong at 800mph, it’s going to go very wrong.” [Read more]