Racing in front of a “hometown” crowd at the Oryx Cup UIM World Championship in Doha, Qatar, Dave Villwock and his Spirit Of Qatar team had a bad weekend get even worse during the final preliminary heat on Friday.
Photo by Chris Denslow - H1
After losing an apparent victory to a fuel violation and incurring a penalty for striking a buoy on Thursday, Villwock appeared to be on his way to an easy victory in Heat 4B.
But as he entered the second turn on the first lap, his boat hit a roller and got airborne. The boat landed hard and broke the motor mounts, shutting down and coming to a stop. Then things got worse as a fire broke out, doing considerable damage before being extinguished by safety crews.
Read more; http://www.h1unlimited.com/2013/01/fire-ends-spirit-of-qatar-weekend/
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