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Hindustan Times
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Nevada: Speedboat flies into air at more than 200 mph during doomed race
A shocking video shows the moment a speedboat flew into the air at more than 200 mph during an attempt to break a speed record. The boat then flipped over several times before slamming into a Nevada lake. The drivers of the speedboat, who were going by the pseudonyms John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, were trying to break the record of 206 mph at Saturday's 2025 Desert Storm Shootout boating event. Shortly after they started, their Skater 388 took flight on Lake Havasu. Footage showed the boat flying in the air before slamming back down into the water. Horrified onlookers looked on as the speedboat flipped several times, video shared by Speedboat Magazine shows. Fortunately, both the drivers survived the crash with minor injuries. 'They came to Lake Havasu earlier in the week intending to break the record here for the desert storm shootout,' the magazine's Ray Lee said, according to the New York Post. 'That was their first pass of the day and when they went over, the radar picked them up at 200.1 mph.' The drivers are racers with Freedom One Racing based out of Kansas City, Missouri. They were using the names of Hollywood action heroes Wayne and Eastwood in an effort to protect their identities. Another video, shared by Freedom One Racing on Facebook, shows the inside of the cockpit at the moment of impact. Fellow competitor Jeff Clark described the crash as 'horrendous.' 'My heart dropped when I saw that boat get airborne. It's never something you want to look at when you're out having fun as a driver for sure,' he said. It is believed that while windy conditions may have been responsible for the crash, it also ironically saved the lives of the people onboard. 'Best-case scenario, because of the wind, when the boat cut it, it held it up there longer than had there not been such substantial wind,' Lee said. Meanwhile, Clark said the boat's design may have saved lives. 'Those guys are alive for one reason and one reason only. That boat was built not to come apart,' he said. 'I tip my hat to … the crew that built that boat because it saved that guy's life, it saved both of their lives, there's no doubt about it.' According to Motorsport Memorial, there have been as many as 11 fatal racing crashes in Lake Havasu since 1963. The deadliest crash took place in 2018, when three people lost their lives in a tragedy involving a boat called the Lickety Split.
NZ Herald
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Speedboat somersaults at 321km/h, drivers escape with minor injuries
A speedboat crashed while attempting to break the 331km/h record on Lake Havasu. Drivers John Wayne and Clint Eastwood reached 321km/h before losing control and somersaulting. Both walked away with minor injuries; fellow competitor Jeff Clark praised the boat's safety. A speedboat attempting to break a record lost control and somersaulted through the air before crashing into the water. The drivers, using the pseudonyms John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, had been attempting to break the 331km/h record on Lake Havasu, Arizona. But disaster struck when their Skater 388 lost control and sailed through the air in front of horrified spectators of the Desert Storm Shootout on Saturday. Both drivers walked away from the crash with minor injuries, the New York Post reported.
Metro
28-04-2025
- Metro
Boat flips in air at over 200mph in failed attempt to break speed record
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A speedboat going at more than 200mph aiming to break a record launched into the air unexpectedly as the stunt went awry. Video recorded from Lake Havasu in Nevada showed the 10,000-horsepower Skater 388 blazing the surface leaving a trail of white water, when it suddenly became airborne. The speedboat made two 360-degree flips before plunging nose first back into the lake and creating a massive splash. 'Holy f***,' a person can be heard saying in the background numerous times. Someone else reacted by saying: 'S***.' The terrifying incident happened at the Desert Storm Shootout boating event on Saturday. Flips in the air ended with the boat 'fortunately landing upright', according to Speedboat Magazine. 'After several tense moments, both driver and throttleman emerged from the closed canopied cockpit, uninjured but are being taken to the hospital for further examination,' stated the magazine in a Facebook post. The Freedom One Racing members were 'OK and not seriously injured', it reported. Another clip shared on social media showed a Mohave County Sheriff's Office vessel with its lights activated approaching the shore, presumably with the rescued boaters on board. The racers have not revealed their real identities and go by John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Both are from Kansas City, Missouri. A competitor in the shootout, Jeff Clark, called the incident 'horrendous'. 'My heart dropped when I saw that boat get airborne,' he told FOX 10 Phoenix. 'It's never something you want to look at when you're out having fun as a driver for sure.' More Trending Clark credited their survival to the vessel being built to withstand great impacts and not falling apart during the crash. 'So when they were sitting in that cockpit and when you look at pictures of the boats, it's totally destroyed but the cockpit is in perfect condition,' he said. 'I tip my hat to Skater and the crew that built that boat because it saved that guy's life, it saved both of their lives, there's no doubt about it.' It happened a day before a ferry was struck by a boat by the Memorial Causeway Bridge in Clearwater, Florida, and one person died and several were hurt. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Man busted for 'having sex with a dead body' on a train MORE: British Paralympian missing in Las Vegas for two weeks found safe MORE: Friend's heartfelt appeal to British Paralympian missing in Las Vegas for two weeks
Telegraph
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Watch: Speedboat flips twice through the air travelling over 200mph
A speedboat attempting to break a record lost control and somersaulted through the air before crashing into the water. The drivers, using the pseudonyms John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, had been attempting to break the 206mph record on Lake Havasu, Arizona. But disaster struck when their Skater 388 lost control, shortly after topping 210mph, and sailed through the air in front of horrified spectators of the Desert Storm Shootout on Saturday. Both drivers walked away from the crash with minor injuries, the New York Post reported. Footage from inside the cockpit showed the moment the pair, wearing just shorts and T-shirts with protective head gear, launched their vessel at the start of their run. As speed gathers, the boat begins to rock violently before a second later, the pair pull the throttle back and brace for impact, tucking their chins into their chests. 'My heart dropped when I saw that boat get airborne. It's never something you want to look at when you're out having fun as a driver for sure,' fellow competitor Jeff Clark told FOX10. 'I tip my hat to… the crew that built that boat because it saved that guy's life, it saved both of their lives, there's no doubt about it.' Ray Lee, of Speedboat Magazine, said the pair had clocked 200.1pmh when they took flight. 'Best-case scenario, because of the wind, when the boat cut it, it held it up there longer than had there not been such substantial wind,' he added.
New York Post
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Insane moment speedboat takes flight, flips through air during record attempt
Astonishing video captures a speedboat flying into the air at more than 200mph during a doomed attempt to break a speed record — then flipping over multiple times before slamming into a Nevada lake. The speedboat's drivers — using the pseudonyms John Wayne and Clint Eastwood — were attempting to break the record of 206mph at the 2025 Desert Storm Shootout boating event on April 26 when their Skater 388 was filmed suddenly taking flight on Lake Havasu.
