Due to bad luck on Friday's race, The MitiGator team would officially finish 4th in the O.P.A. World Championships, but it would bring home the final checkered flag of 2010 on Sunday!

Its been a roller coaster ride for the MitiGator Powerboat this season, they started out extremely hot by winning in dominating fashion at the season opener in Ocean City Maryland. But since then the team had experienced a bunch of engine troubles and at one race while getting to the race course the boat experienced a huge wave and actually hydro-locked the engine as well as damaged the boat. Throughout all of this thought the team was always very competitive but hadn’t been able to capture another victory before heading to the O.P.A. World championships this past weekend.

The first race was on friday, the way that they determine the world champion is by running 2 races and then the team with the highest averaging finish is declared the winner. However engine problems would again strike the MitiGator Powerboat team as a fuel pump seized up. This would leave the team scrambling on Saturday to try to find a new fuel pump and get it installed before Sunday’s final race.

The MitiGator powerboat would make it back out to the racing action on Sunday, but with little hopes of winning the overall world championship all the team could do was go out and win! And win they would,  again dominating after a first turn that included having to miss a coast guard boat that was out of position. “If we did not back off when we did I’m sure we would have killed the 2 men in the other boat.” Said driver Warren Miller. After the mishap the team would take off and win in dominating fashion. But because of their bad luck on friday the team would rebound to finish 4th in the World Championship standings.  From all of us at MitiGatorinc.com we want to congratulate Driver Warren Miller and Throttle-man Al Colbertson on a successful 2010!

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Team MitiGator™ Racing “Meet & Greet” in Clarksville Thursday October 29th

Team MitiGator™ Racing will hold a fan appreciation day on Thursday, October 29, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00PM in downtown Clarksville in the Sea Systems Group, Inc. (SEAS) parking lot as the 2009 race season winds down.  The Team MitiGator™ 510 Offshore Joker Race Boat and the Team MitiGator™ 13S Ford Fusion will be on display and Drivers Warren Miller and John Gibson will be on hand for autographs and talks and questions with fans.  In addition John and Kristy Gibson of Gibson Motorsports will be guest speakers at the Lake Country Rotary Club luncheon at the Lake House Restaurant at 12:00 noon.  The Gibson’s will talk about stock car racing as a family owned business and how motorsports marketing can help grow a business.  The Rotary meeting is open to the public for those who wish to learn more about stock car racing and Rotary International.

Team MitiGator™ at The Rock in Rockingham, NC (Photos courtesy of Kathy Bond/USAR).

Gibson Motorsports is a small family owned business dedicated to stock car racing and John Gibson’s motorsports career. Driver John Gibson is 24 years old and has been racing since he was very young.  John is currently 7^th in USAR Pro Cup Championship Points with one race to go.  His next and last race of 2009 is Saturday October 31 at the South Boston Speedway.  Come and watch him shoot for a win after coming off of two straight top five places in the USAR Pro Cup Championship Series.  Watch the live webcast from John’s pit at South Boston on http://www.seasgroup.com/mitigatorlive on Saturday at about 4:00PM.  Find out more about Gibson Motorsports’ at http://johngibsonracing.com/.

Team MitiGator™ goes airborne during the OPA Offshore Race in Ocean City, MD.

The Team MitiGator™ Offshore Racing boat (#510) is owned and driven by Warren Miller of High Priority Offshore Racing (www.highpriorityosr.com).  Warren began offshore racing in 1998 and started racing OPA Offshore Racing in 2006 with an OPA National Points Title in his class.  Team MitiGator™ Offshore won second place in the 2009 OPA GEICO Triple Crown US Championship in its class and took one checkered flag this year. Join the Facebook “Team MitiGator Offshore Racing” Group to keep in contact with Warren and the crew as they get ready for the 2010 season.

Sea Systems Group sponsors Team MitiGator Racing and is the manufacturer of MitiGator™ products. The MitiGator™ Technology is an engineered cushioning system designed to protect people from hi-speed, hi-impact assaults and to allow them to continue to perform their jobs or enjoy their leisure time.  The MitiGator™ uses patented air control technology working with 4,044 surfaces per square foot to dissipate energy before it is transmitted to the body and thus help alleviate problems.  The shock and vibration dampening features of the MitiGator give a competitive edge by the end of a long race.  These forces, when transmitted to drivers, can impair their comfort, performance, and visual acuity and in extreme cases, even the ability to control the vehicle. Whole body vibration in the range of 4 Hz vertical and 1-2 Hz side to side can create loss of control for vehicle operators. This is a resonant frequency (the range of motion is increased rhythmically with this frequency) and operators can be literally unable to control the vehicle. Find out more at our new MitiGator website at www.MitiGatorinc.com.

The SEAS parking lot is directly behind the Wachovia Bank on Virginia Ave. in Clarksville, VA.  Please come down and meet the Team MitiGator™ drivers.

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