After an eight-month hiatus thanks to the hangover from the global pandemic, the 2021 Penrite Australian V8 Superboats Championship returns to action at Cabarita on the north-coast of New South Wales for a double-header weekend, an event which will prove pivotal in all three championships. Leading the charge will be the thunderous Unlimited Superboat field where reigning World Champion Phonsy Mullan comes in as points leader ahead of 2019 title holder and long-time rival Slade Stanley. Stanley has been the benchmark for the sport since Mullan claimed his maiden world crown – at Cabarita – in late 2018, but last

Heading into Cabarita for a return to Penrite V8 Superboats action after an enforced eight-month pandemic break, there was much uncertainty over whether the event would actually take place, unprecedented weather conditions bringing a huge coastal front into the region as southern-based teams started the journey north, a front which would ultimately deliver record rainfall, forcing the cancelation and then evacuation of the circuit ahead of round five. Despite weather forecasts changing by the minute, the Australian Formula Jet Sprint Association [AFJSA] and the Tweed Valley Jet Sprint Club elected to press on with the event, with Saturday providing a