March 14, 2018
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The Thinkladder team from Snells Beach has been racing for two years, but is making its mark in the Thundercats national series.
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Thundercats will strike again in Omaha Omaha is set to become a permanent location in the Demon Energy Summer Thunder racing series, the national competition for Thundercat boats, following a successful debut event there last month. The series is a seven-race competition held between January and March at beaches across the North Island.
Thundercat Racing Association of New Zealand (TRANZ) president Blair Chant says despite calm conditions, Omaha was a superb venue. “It’s a great setting for racing and plenty of people came out to support the teams,” Mr Chant says. “There were some complications with getting boats on to the beach, but I
think it was just teething problems being our first event there.” Next year the association is looking at compressing multiple weekends of racing into one whole week, with Omaha to be included. “This fits more with international series formats so it makes sense for our teams to get used to it if they want to
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