We are less than a full month into 2011 and there are at least 3 new racing possibilites on the horizon for John Tomlinson. Only time will tell just exactly where he will be dropping the throttles this year. He could be going for the 2011 Class 1 title as well as racing here stateside, so stay [...]
After dropping into the Class 1 season half way through and being able to walk away with a second place in the Middle East Championship was very exciting. But Tomlinson is hoping for better results come the 2011 race season. If anything it should be a great show for the 2011 Class 1 title.
It was a stunning finale to a Class 1 season that has seen Bin Hendi and Al Zafeen win 75% of the races they have started and take the world title by a record 96 points over their nearest rivals. While Fazza and Welmax were having their own private battle at the front of the field, there were other bragging rights being fought over elsewhere. After entering mid-season, Tomlinson finishes with a 2nd place in the Middle Eastern Championships.
FAZZA END THE SEASON IN STYLE WITH NINTH WIN Dubai (UAE): Arif Al Zafeen and Nader Bin Hendi brought down the curtain on the 2010 UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Championship with their ninth win of the season on a day of mixed emotions at the Emirates/Dubai Duty Free Dubai Grand Prix. On the first [...]
Friday, 10 December, DUBAI (UAE): Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir Bin Hendi today underlined why they are triple World Champions with a faultless flag-to-finish win in race 1 of the Emirates/Dubai Duty Free Dubai Grand Prix. The Fazza pairing, who secured the 2010 Class 1 World title two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi, produced an [...]
Thursday, 9 December, DUBAI (UAE): Welmax and Fazza will go head-to-head in tomorrow’s final qualifying session of the season for the Edox Pole Position Championship, with both outfits setting the fastest two times in today’s official practice session. Welmax’s Kolbjorn Selmer and Jorn Tandberg posted the fastest time of the day, 2mins 33.42secs, just tenths [...]
The drama unfolded at the first corner… Friday, 26 November, ABU DHABI (UAE): Defending World Champions Arif Al Zafeen and Nadir Bin Hendi produced a Championship winning drive to clinch a tenth World title for Dubai’s Victory Team, winning a dramatic and incident filled race 2 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Thursday, 25 November, ABU DHABI (UAE): Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Tayer and John Tomlinson are celebrating a famous victory after winning race 1 of their home Grand Prix, ahead of Victory 2010’s Mohammed Al Marri and Giorgio Manuzzi, with Giovanni Carpitella and Class 1 debutant Luca Fendi completing the podium in Negotiator.
Johnny Tomlinson – Throttleman for CRC 850 won the Super Boat World Championships in Key West this past week. See AP story below. The Associated Press Sunday, November 14, 2010; 7:08 PM KEY WEST, Fla. — Offshore powerboat racers Marc Granet and Rich Wyatt have won the Superboat Unlimited class at the Key West World [...]
While the weather wasn’t great for the 2nd day’s race of the Italian Grand Prix… the photos still show the exciting international event. Super Boat International is the United States version of Class One. Sleek catamarans with big horsepower racing rail to rail showing off their extreme speeds. Photo gallery for the 2010 event.
Johnny, along with team owner Dave Scott set a new shootout record of 208 mph in the 2010 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout. Learn a little about the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout and the money raised for charities. Lake of the Ozarks Shootout raises $70,000 for local charities in 2010 SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. (LakeExpo.com) [...]
Powerboat Magazine has trusted the experience of international champion Johnny Tomlinson to punish, drive, test and evaluate high performance boats and provide feedback of for boats handling and performance. While most high performance boat manufactures use Tomlinson’s experience prior to construction, most have to wait for true results after Powerboat Magazine’s testing schedule. With over 20,000 hours behind the wheel (throttles) and daily testing and driving of high performance boats, there’s no better person to learn how to drive than from Johnny Tomlinson.
