RINKER COMPLETES WEEKEND SWEEP IN ST. LOUIS!
TORRENTE COMES JUST UP SHORT; SEEBOLD COMES HOME 3RD!


ST. LOUIS, Missouri – August 3, 2008 – Floridian Terry Rinker reestablished his championship run as he held off a determined Shaun Torrente by two seconds and took his 2nd win in 3 years at the 37th Annual Bud Light St. Louis Grand Prix on Creve Coeur Lake just outside St. Louis, Missouri at the 4th round of the 2008 F1-ChampBoat Series.

The thousands of fans that lined the lake saw a perfect start for the Amsoil/Rinker Racing veteran who came off the dock in pole position and held of local favorite Tim Seebold of the Bud Light Seebold Race Team with Shaun on the outside making it a spectacular three boat run to the first commitment buoy with the 44 year-old driver holding the inside and the lead that he would not lose for the next 43 laps.

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania – 4th of July, 2008 – Shaun Torrente earned the pole and never trailed by surviving a final two lap shootout and winning the 27th Three Rivers Regatta in front of tens of thousands of fans along the Alleghany River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The driver from Miami, Florida earned pole position after finishing 3rd and 1st in his two heat races and led from the drop of the flag around the 4-pin 1.25 mile (2 kilometer) course on the rough and wide historic race course that has seen F1-ChampBoat racing since its inception in 1982. Torrente, held the inside of the first lap forcing two time Pittsburgh winner Tim Seebold of the Bud light Seebold Racing Team  to the outside and in chase mode for the rest of the afternoon getting close at the end finishing just 1.2 seconds behind Torrente at the end of the night.