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Traction Products, Inc.
Weismann Marine, LLC.
June 8, 2008
#44 Conam Yachts pilot Aaron Ciantar has acknowledged that his double SuperSport victory and overall Grand Prix of the Sea victory on home waters in Malta is the highlight of his powerboat racing career so far.
The Maltese sporting star – whose family runs the Chaudron boat-building business that manufactures the #44 Conam Yachts team’s Weismann Drysump #6 driven hull – has emerged as one of the stars of the season after joining reigning SuperSport champion Angelo Tedeschi’s team for 2008.
The pair have dominated every race so far, and only missed out on a clean sweep of wins after receiving a jump-start penalty in the second race in the Italian season-opener. They now have a clear 100-point lead – equivalent to a race win – over the #07 VoomVoom.com team in the SuperSport championship standings.
“This is an incredibly proud moment for me,” said Ciantar immediately after his Sprint race win on Sunday. “It was an absolutely fantastic race – the conditions were perfect for our boat and it’s great to be winning again, especially as it’s in Malta.”
May 25, 2008
The #44 Conham Yachts crew celebrate their French
Sprint race victory. The #44 Conham Yachts team continued their impressive start
to their SuperSport title defence in France today, dominating the shortened
Endurance race of the Grand Prix de Marseille to complete a weekend double
victory and secure overall Grand Prix of the Sea victory.
Pilot Aaron Ciantar and throttleman and team boss Angelo Tedeschi led the way
from the start to win by a comfortable 26-second margin from the #07
VoomVoom.com and #08 Phoenix TV boats. That puts the reigning champions back in
the lead of the SuperSport class, with an 80-point advantage over the #08
Phoenix TV crew.
The #38 Baia High Performance crew got the better of the #47 Silverline Buzzi
Bullet boat in the scrap for fourth place, while the #59 Saho crew did a solid
job to recover to sixth place after missing the first turn buoy and dropping to
the tail end of the field.
The #46 Spirit of Portomaso boat rounded out the race finishers, with the #22
Big Sergio retiring from the race and the #11 Sunseeker team failing to start
after yesterday’s practice incident that resulted in the team’s entry sinking.
