Marine
Mercury Racing Sweeps Turkish Grand Prix of the Sea
#10 Cigarette Smash Poker Wins Evolution Class Title
#43 Ikocasa Wins SuperSport
FOND DU LAC, Wis., June 24, 2009 – The Italian duo of Luca Formilli Fendi and Matteo Nicolini piloted their Mercury P1 Race engine powered
#10 Cigarette Smash Poker to win the Powerboat P1 World Championship
Turkish Grand Prix of the Sea Evolution class endurance race Sunday, June 21 in Istanbul, Turkey. The race was round four of the 2009 Powerboat P1 World Championship.
#10 Cigarette Smash Poker led the six-lap, 73-nautical mile race from start to finish. Fendi and Nicolini finished nearly a minute ahead of the Mercury P1 Race engine powered Fountain
#33 Furnibo. The
#53 Pignolo Metamarine Diesel rounded out third.
Throttleman Nicolini said, "We had better acceleration today with a slightly better set-up but we need to improve the boat a bit as
Lucas Oil is still very strong and we need to work on the boat to ensure we are competitive in San Benedetto."
The combination of points earned in two days of racing gave Cigarette Smash Poker the Turkish Grand Prix Evolution Class title, followed by Furnibo and Silverline.
SuperSport
Mercury 525 EFI powered Iko Casa Chaudron made history in Istanbul for being the first all-woman team to win a Grand Prix title in Powerboat P1. Pilots Shelley Jory and Audrienne Ciantar beat their own Chaudron team owner, Angelo Tedeschi and Audrienne's brother, Aaron in their Ilmor powered #43 Seagull Chaudron hull.
The next round of the 2009 Powerboat P1 World Championship is San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, July 3-5.
Complete P1 racing information is available at www.powerboatp1.com .
About Mercury Racing
Based in Fond du Lac, Wis., Mercury Racing, a division of Mercury Marine, is a leading provider of high-performance marine propulsion systems for discriminating boaters worldwide, offering an exciting and fulfilling power boating experience on the water. Using leading-edge technology, Mercury Racing produces high-performance outboards, sterndrives, propellers, parts and accessories. Mercury Racing-powered boats win more races worldwide and set more records as compared to boats powered by other marine engine manufacturers. Mercury Marine is a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), the world's largest manufacturer of recreational products, including pleasure boats, marine engines, fitness equipment, and bowling and billiards.
CONTACT: Rick Mackie
Mercury Racing
Senior Marketing Manager
Phone: 920-924-2032
FAX: 920-921-6533
E-mail: rmackie@mercmarine.com
