Oxygen Thief

Oxygen Thief is proudly supported by:

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Suckers Excavations

Cheap Trick is proudly supported by:

Cooks Fencing, Flexistrut Australia, Suckers Excavations and Michael Newton Custom Paint.

Upcoming Race Meetings

For Oxygen Thief & Cheap Trick

2013

14 / 15 September UHPBC Spectacular - Oxygen Thief, Cheap Trick

5 / 6/ 7 October LWE Australian Combined Championships 2013 - 2014 season, Griffith.

Results

Taree Easter 2009 3rd Commodores Cup

Bundy 2009 1st - 6ltr Pointscore

4th - Trojan Cup

Yarrawonga 2009 1st - Jack Kavanagh Memorial 6ltr Displacement

2nd - Les Spears Unlimited Displacement

3rd - Yarrawonga Gold Cup, Unlimited Open

Berri 2010 1st - Heat 4 Stannard Cup Australian Unlimited Open

2nd - Les Schrapel Memorial, Unlimited Unblown

3rd - 6ltr Injected Pointscore, (2nd, 1st, DNF water pickup broke, DNS MSD Box Died)

Dargle 2010 1st - Heat 1 Casenails

3rd - 6ltr Injected Pointscore

Taree 2010 1st - Heat 2 Eastway Shield NSW Unlimited Open

Mildura 2010 1st - Unlimited Open, non championship heat.

3rd - Albert Corn 6ltr Australian Championship.

August UHPBC Club Day 1st - J2 Handicap Pointscore

UHPBC Spectacular 2010 1st - Menace Cup

1st - 6 Ltr Injected Heat

3rd - Commodores Cup

Gol Gol 2010 1st - Formula Future Pointscore - Cheap Trick

2nd - Fastwater Cup - Oxygen Thief

Bundy 2010 1st - Formula Future Pointscore - Cheap Trick

3rd - 6 ltr Injected Pointscore

4th - Iron Nuts Shield

4th - King of the River

5th - Trojan Cup

UHPBC Club Nov Club Day 3rd - Formula Future J3 Pointscore

Yarrawonga - 1st - Jack Kavanagh Memorial 6ltr Displacement

Australian Formula Future Championships - 6th in J3

Melton 1st - Heat 3, Melton Gold Cup

2nd - Formula Future pointscore

2nd - Melton Gold Cup final. Unlimited Displacement

3rd - Keith Harrison Invitational U/L Open

3rd - Seidler Homes Cup final. Unlimited Unblown.

3rd - Paul Reynolds Memorial final. 6ltr Injected.

Australian Titles Nagambie 3rd - Albert Corn 6ltr Australian Championship.

3rd - Errol Jay Australian Unlimited Displacement Championship

1st - Heat 3, Riverside Unlimited Championship

3 wins and 3 thirds for Cheap Trick

Taree Easter Classic Oxygen Thief

2nd Commodores Cup 6ltr Injected

2nd Geoff Stevenson Memorial Unlimited Displacement

3rd Eastway Shield NSW Unlimited Inboard Championship

3rd Stuart Doyle NSW Unlimited Displacement Championship

6ltr Injected races, 3 wins and 3 seconds

Loose in the Dark

2nd Chappo Straight Course Classic

2nd Eastway Shield NSW Unlimited Inboard Championship

2nd ? King of the River

3rd Liberty Cup

Hydroplane races, 3 wins and 2 seconds

Cheap Trick

Demonstration only

UHPBC Spectacular 2011 2nd Miscreant Cup

3rd Menace Cup

3rd Trojan Cup

Bundy 2011 2nd 6 ltr Injected Pointscore

3rd Brad Pratt Memorial Unlimited Displacement

Cheap Trick, Briney won 4 of her 5 races and won the pointscore

NSW J3 Formula Future Titles 2nd Cheap Trick Briney

Australian Titles - Melton 2012 3rd Albert Corn Australian 6ltr Displacement Championship

Fastest Qualifier for Australian 6ltr Carby Championship

4th Melton Gold Cup

Formula Futures Demonstration only but 2 x 2nds on short track

1st on the long track.

Taree 2012 2 wins and a 2nd in 6ltr Injected

2nd Eastway Shield, NSW Unlimited Inboard Championship

3rd Stuart Doyle Gold Cup, NSW Unlimited Displacement Championship

Paynesville 2012 Loose in the Dark

1st Paynesville Gold Cup

1st Riviera Cup

St George 2012 Loose in the Dark

1st Champion of Champions

1st Spencer Miller Unlimited Inboard Trophy

Oxygen Thief

2nd Champion of Champions

1st Sam Brown 6ltr Disp Trophy

1st Emil Lundberg 6ltr Open

1st Fred Hawkins Memorial

1st Alan Boyd Memorial

2nd Spencer Miller Unlimited Inboard

2nd Eric Chadwick Memorial Unlimited Unrestricted

3rd Barry Sharp 6ltr Open

UHPBC Spectacular 2012 1st Menace Cup

1st Miscreant Cup

1st Dargle Cup

2nd Trojan Cup

3rd Cross Invitational

3rd King of the River

1st 5 from 5 for J3 Cheap Trick/Bad Attitude

Eppalock 2012

Loose in the Dark 1st Lawson Shield Australian 6ltr Hydroplane Champion

2nd Hayes Wood Australian Unlimited Inboard Championship

2nd Max Kirwin Australian Unlimited Hydroplane Championship

Oxygen Thief 2nd Jack Kavanagh 6ltr Disp

3rd Eppalock Gold Cup Unlimited Unrestricted

3rd Hayes Wood Australian Unlimited Inboard Championship

Briney driving 'Lil Rapt' 4 wins and 2 seconds from 6 races

UHPBC December Club Day Briney in Bad Attitude / Cheap Trick

1st J3

2nd Formula Future Commodores Cup

2nd 2012 UHPBC J3 Pointscore

Australian J3 Formula Future Championships Presidents Trophy winner and 4th in J3

Melton Gold 2013 Oxygen Thief 1st Ht 3 Melton Gold Cup

2nd Waterford Trophy / Riverside Special Australian UL AEIO Championship

2nd Unlimited Displacement Trophy race

3rd Melton Gold Cup Final

Cheap Trick 3 wins and 3 second places from 6 races

Devonport Regatta 1st John Palmer Cock o Mersey

Granton Spectacular 1st Australian Dulux Trophy, Australian Unlimited Unblown Championship

1st King of the River

2nd Stannard Cup, Special Australian Unlimited Open Inboard & Outboard Championship

Taree 2013 Loose in the Dark 1st Eastway Shield

1st King of the River

Oxygen Thief 3rd Trojan Cup

3rd Eastway Shield

3rd Stuart Doyle NSW Unlimited Displacement Championship

Cheap Trick Demonstration Only

Paynesville 2013 Loose in the Dark 1st Riviera Cup, 6ltr Open

2nd Paynesville Gold Cup

Oxygen Thief 2nd Riviera Cup, 6ltr Open

3rd Paynesville Gold Cup

Pykes Reservoir Loose in the Dark 3rd E C Griffith Cup Australasian Unlimited Inboard

Dargle 2013 Loose in the Dark 1st Casenails, 6ltr Open

2nd John Burrows Smith Dargle Gold Cup

Oxygen Thief 1st Commodore 6ltr Cup

2nd Grandfather Bertie Unlimited Disp

Cheap Trick 2nd Overall in J3

Lockyer Powerfest Loose in the Dark 1st Queensland Cup Unlimited Open

1st 6ltr Open point score

Oxygen Thief 2nd Queensland Cup Unlimited Open

2nd 6ltr Open point score

Cheap Trick 1st J3 & 9 from 9

St George 2013

Oxygen Thief 1st Barry Sharp 6ltr Displacement

1st Fred Hawkins Unlimited Displacement

1st Alan Boyd Unlimited Displacement

1st Sam Brown 6ltr Displacement

                                    2nd        Emil Lundberg 6ltr... Open

                                                2nd        Spencer Miller Unlimited Inboard.

                                                  3rd        Harold Troy Unlimited Unrestricted

Loose in the Dark 1st Emil Lundberg 6ltr... Open

1st Spencer Miller Unlimited Inboard.

2nd Harold Troy Unlimited Unrestricted

NSW J3 Formula Future Titles 3rd Cheap Trick Briney

Questions and Answers that appeared in the Upper Hawkesbury Power Boat Club Spectacular program.

What is your name? Chris Pugsley.

What is your boat name and how did you get the name? Oxygen Thief. It’s what one of my mates

reckons I am, an Oxygen Thief and it seemed like the perfect name for the boat.

What boat manufacture? Evercraft 18’6” capsule.

What class do you run in? 6ltr Injected.

Why do you run in the class and do you want to step up to another class one day? We’ve got the best of both worlds we can run in our 6ltr races and then step up to Unlimited to have a crack at the blowers. Some of the closest and hardest racing I have seen over the years, I believe has come from the 6ltrs.

Name your crew? Team Manager and Wife Tracey, Engine Builder and Father In-Law Alan, Crew Chief and Brother In-Law Wayne and our four Daughters Sammy, Mallory, Lana and Briney who are our gophers, they are the ones that get cold and wet holding the boat and putting it in and out of the water and they are our number 1 supporters.

Where do you live? Dargle, Lower Portland.

What power boat club do you belong to? Dargle Valley.

How many years in racing? On and off for over 20 years.

How did you get involved in powerboat racing? My Uncle Ray had race boats called ‘Samantha’ when I was young and that’s what ignited the passion.

What do you like about powerboat racing? The people and the way it brings families together to go racing.

Is there anything you don’t like in powerboats? The lack of urgency to make the sport safer.

Can you tell us a bit about the boat and engine? 362 cubic inch, methanol, injected Chev with Racer Pro heads, Larry Martins old Kinsler Injection, dry sumped and it makes around 780 hp.

What is your favourite event and why? Windsor, great venue and its real close to home.

What is your most memorable win? 2009 Jack Kavanagh Memorial, 2010 Menace Cup.

Who is your most feared competitor and why? Mal McColl, old school = hard as nails.

If you could have one wish, what would that wish be? The Penrith Panthers to win the Premiership in 2010. Oops !

Who in the world would you like to meet outside of powerboat racing and why? Mark Webber, good old Aussie boy competing at the highest level of motorsport in the world.

How can we make powerboat racing a better sport? Safety first. Getting more drivers into capsules, they may not save everyone but you’ve got to give yourself a better chance to survive.

Is there anyone you would like to thank? (Sponsors) Dargle Turf and Soil, Rams Head Service..

Our family and friends for getting behind this thing.

Photos

Paynesville Gold Cup 2012

Loose in the Dark