Man Recovering After 213 Mph Boat Crash at Lake of the Ozarks Shootout
The team is studying engineering changes after the crash cost Dirty Duck a class win and left Adam Seraphine with a broken leg.
- On Saturday, the race boat The Dirty Duck crashed during the Ozarks Shootout after lifting off the water at 213 mph, with the video viewed more than two million times on Facebook.
- Driver Rusty Williams reported little warning before the incident, noting the boat ran smoothly until losing downforce near the course's end, when it suddenly took flight.
- Spectator Jeff Ingalls captured the crash on video from Mantorville, Minnesota, while throttleman Adam Seraphine suffered a broken leg requiring hospitalization.
- The crash cost Dirty Duck a win in its class; American Ethanol took the title by three miles per hour, though owner Slug Hefner plans engineering changes.
- Seraphine was released from the hospital early Monday afternoon, and the Team aims to return next year chasing the Shootout's overall top gun title.
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In a well-known boat race in the USA, a serious accident occurs: a high-speed boat is hurled through the air at 320 km/h.
Dirty Duck team studies Ozarks Shootout crash, plans engineering changes after boat flew
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213-MPH Powerboat Takes Off Like a Jet, Flips Mid-Air and Crashes In The Ozarks
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A high-speed powerboat clocked at a blistering 213 mph crossed the finish line at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout on Saturday, then did something no one on the packed shoreline expected: it launched into the air, flipped, and smashed back into the water. Miraculously, it landed right-side up. And both men inside walked away. The red-and-white 438 Skater catamaran known as Dirty Duck had just posted the fastest run of t…
Boat flips at Lake of the Ozarks after surpassing 200 mph
A powerboat team competing at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks over the weekend crashed after hitting a shocking speed of 213 mph, flipping in the air and miraculously landing right-side-up. Driver Adam Seraphine, 45, and throttleman Rusty Williams, 39, for the Dirty Duck powerboat team were competing for highest speed Saturday in the Shootout 38 competition – the World’s largest unsanctioned boat race – when the accident occurred. The boat managed…
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(Adnkronos) " A speedboat runs at 320 km per hour, takes off and turns over finishing his race with a crash in the water of Lake Ozark, Missouri. The accident, occurred during the course of the "Ozarks Shootout," was documented by the videos broadcast on social media. The 45-year-old at the controls of the speedboat reported serious leg injuries. The other [...]
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