Not every one who traveled to Lake Havasu City, Arizona three weeks ago came home with a podium finish. That’s not to say they didn’t work their tail off or battled their hearts out on the track. Sometimes, it’s just not in the cards. In the case of Aussie racer, Mitch Wayt, the Waverunner Performance Centre team rider charged hard at this year’s 2015 World Finals against some of the fastest Pro/Am Runabout Stock Class racers from across the globe and came out smiling.
Wayt qualified in second place. And during Moto 1 was involved in a first lap incident that knocked him back into 13th place. Undaunted, Wayt fought hard to claim 7th in the first moto. In Moto 2, Wayt was “forced wide in the first corner,” according to a brief recap by Yamaha WaveRunners Australia’s Facebook page. Fighting hard, Wayt locked in 5th place. It was during the final moto where Wayt USA’s Troy Snyder battled it out. A well-timed pass on Snyder landed Wayt third in the moto.
The combined points fetched Wayt a considerable 5th place overall in Pro/Am Runabout Stock Class, with the Australian coming in behind Brian Baldwin, Abdullah Alfadhal, Aero Aswar, who comprised the top spots on the podium. Wayt’s efforts also placed him ahead of acclaimed and seasoned racers Eric Francis, Aqsa Aswar, and Snyder. In representing both team and country, “Yamaha WaveRunner Australia would like to congratulate Mitch Wayt and the WaveRunner Performance Centre Team on the excellent racing result, securing 5th in the World in Pro/Am Stock Class.”
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