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Conor Daly drove for Team Power Plus. Five-time Crossfit Games winner
Mat Fraser joined Team Black Rifle Coffee Company along with
Marcus Luttrell, decorated Navy SEAL, best-selling author and motivational speaker.
Stars from the entertainment world also stepped up to drop the throttle:
Diesel Dave from the “Diesel Brothers” took a break from building tricked out trucks to pilot Team Pit Viper’s boat. Full team rosters are listed below.
Contenders faced off in Stock V class vessels. These are V-bottom class thoroughbreds – all approximately 30-feet long, eight-feet wide and 5,000 lbs – powered by 525-HP inboard Mercury Racing engines. Every round pitted one driver from each team, racing head-to-head against the clock on a 1.7- mile course, with the faster boat advancing to the next stage until one champion claimed the top prize.