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SPIRIT WIN IN DUBAI AGAIN!
08.12.2007
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SPIRITS SECOND POLE WIN IN ONE WEEK!
07.12.2007
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SPIRIT ON TOP IN DUBAI´S FIRST RACE
01.12.2007
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SIX WINS OUT OF SIX IN POLE
30.11.2007
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ENGINE PROBLEMS IN QATAR RACE
17.11.2007
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SPIRIT ON POLE IN QATAR!
16.11.2007
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ON THE TOP IN EGYPT!
26.10.2007
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY ON POLE IN EGYPT
26.10.2007
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NOT A GOOD RACE IN ROMANIA
02.09.2007
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ON POLE IN ROMANIAN GRAND PRIX
01.09.2007
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NEXT RACE ROMANIAN GRAND PRIX
21.08.2007
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FIRST PLACE FOR SPIRIT OF NORWAY IN OSLO
12.08.2007
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SPIRIT # 10 ON POLE!
11.08.2007
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SCANDINAVIAN GRAND PRIX, OSLO NEXT.
27.07.2007
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SADLY #10 HAD TROUBBLE, BUT SECURED 6TH PLACE. # 20 IN TO 5TH PLACE
22.07.2007
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SPIRIT ON POLE!
21.07.2007
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FIRST PRACTICE DONE
19.07.2007
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BESTILL T-SKJORTE TIL ARENDAL & OSLO!
09.07.2007
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NEXT RACE NORWEGIAN GP ARENDAL
14.06.2007
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NOT A GOOD DAY FOR SPIRIT
10.06.2007
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TRAINING/TIME TRIALS DONE
09.06.2007
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THE SEASON HAS STARTET
08.06.2007
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY WITH TWO-BOAT TEAM
11.05.2007
Spirit of Norway have purchased their old boat back, and are now racing two boats this season. The new pilots for the second boat will be Pål Virik Ni...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY WITH SUCCESSFUL TESTING
06.05.2007
Spirit of Norway hit the water for the first time this season on this thursday....
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY MOVES INTO BRAND NEW FASCILITIES
21.01.2007
All the equipment has finally returned to Norway after months on the road in various parts of the world....
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GJELSTEN NAMED MOTORSPORT ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN NORWAY
20.01.2007
After winning his fifth Wolrd Championship and fourth European Championship in 2006, Bjørn Rune Gjelsten was named, ÅRETS MOTORSPORTUTØVER - Motorspo...
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STEVE CURTIS AWARDED MBE FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
16.12.2006
Steve Curtis rounded off a remarkable year by receiving his MBE (Member of the order of the British Empire) from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buc...
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WORLD CHAMPIONS!
02.12.2006
In pouring rain and overcast skies, conditions not seen in Dubai for two years, the supreme partnership of Curtis and Gjelsten have now won five conse...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY BLEW ENGINE ON THE NEXT TO LAST LAP
25.11.2006
Spirit of Norway got a good start and lead throughout the race, but broke an engine on the next to last lap to see Bjorn Rune and Steve __drop to 5th ...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY SECURES POLE POSITION CHAMPIONSHIP
24.11.2006
After finishing second on todays pole position race, the team has secured the top spot on the overall Pole position championship. Qatar 96 had an exce...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY SHIPS OFF TO DUBAI
02.11.2006
The crew has been working on the boat and the equipment since Slovenia. They have worked out of Mauro D'Alessio shop, who handles all the electronics ...
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PREPARING FOR DUBAI
30.10.2006
The team is now in the final stages of the preparations done in Italy, to prepare the boat for shipping to Dubai....
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY WIN SLOVENIAN GP AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
03.09.2006
Spirit secured the European Championship today with the win in the Slovenian Grand Prix in Portorose. The team won todays race in front of Victory 77 ...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY BACK ON TOP
01.09.2006
Todays pole position race was won by Spirit of Norway ahead of Qatar 96 with Victory 77 in third and norwegian Jotun in fourth position....
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THE TEAM IS READY FOR PORTOROSE RACE!
28.08.2006
The boat and team are now ready for the showdown in Slovienian location Portorose. Some minor changes has been made to finetune the boat for the upcom...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY WITH PROPELLER PROBLEMS ENDED IN 7TH PLACE
06.08.2006
Spirit of Norway ended on a disapointing 7th place after one of the two propellers broke. Bjorn Rune and Steve was forced to head into the pit to chan...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY DISQUALIFIED
05.08.2006
Spirit of Norway was disqualified from the pole position race today due to a missed buouy. Bjorn Rune and Steve passed the buouy, not marked on the ra...
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NORWEGIAN DOUBLE WITH JOTUN WINNING TODAYS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
23.07.2006
Spirit of Norway finished second behind fellow Norwegians Jotun with Victory 77 in third....
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY SECOND ON TODAYS POLE POSITION RACE
22.07.2006
King of Shaves will be starting out from the best position tomorrow after winning todays Ploe position race. Spirit of Norway finished second ahead of...
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HOME FAVOURITES AHEAD OF THE REST ON FIRST OFFICIAL TRAINING
21.07.2006
Bjorn Rune Gjelsten and Spirit of Norway were once again best in the official training session today, on their home turf. The team finished 4 seconds ...
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LOOKING AHEAD TO ARENDAL
18.07.2006
After a gap of four years, Class 1 returns to Arendal where over 100,000 spectators are expected to turn out for this weekend's Norwegian Grand Prix, ...
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CURTIS AWARDED MBE IN QUEEN’S 80TH BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST
19.06.2006
Steve Curtis outstanding achievements and success in world powerboat racing have been recognised in the Queens 80th Birthday Honours list, with the se...
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STEVE CURTIS CELEBRATES 100TH RACE WITH WIN IN GARRUCHA
04.06.2006
Spirit Of Norway won todays Championship race to go top of the Championship rankings again after 3 of the seasons runs....
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SURPRISE WIN FOR ITALIAN ROSCIOLI HOTELS
03.06.2006
Spirit of Norway came second in todays Pole Position race in Garrucha in Spain one second behind italian Forest Suardi Roscioli Hotels, who got a ver...
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ROUGH SEAS STOPS TODAYS TESTING
02.06.2006
The Spanish venue Garrucha produced some fierce seas today which made it impossible to hold the training session as scheduled today....
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DAMAGED PROPELLER RUINED CHANCES OF DOHA DOUBLE
04.05.2006
Qatar 95 won ahed of fellow teammates Qatar 96, with Jotun well behind in 3rd, as much as 2.39.03 seconds behind. Spirit finished 6th after facing maj...
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SPIRIT WIN BOTH POLE POSITIONS IN QATAR
03.05.2006
Once again Spirit of Norway with Bjorn Rune Gjelsten and Steve Curtis proves and claims even the second Pole Position of the season...
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CLEAN SWEEP IN COMEBACK WEEKEND
29.04.2006
Spirit of Norway won the Championship race today to secure two wins in the first weekend of the season. ...
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BEST IN COMEBACK
28.04.2006
Bjorn Rune Gjelstens return to powerboat racing sends the back in front in the Pole position race today. Spirit finished 4.41 seonds in front of King ...
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GJELSTEN BEST IN TEST IN FRONT OF COMEBACK
27.04.2006
Gjelsten is back where he left off in 2004, pairing up with his old team in front of the season opener in Doah, to set the fastest time in todays test...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY REGAINS THE WC TITLE
24.03.2006
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BJØRN RUNE GJELSTEN IS BACK IN SPIRIT OF NORWAY - BÅRD EKER 3RD PILOT
21.03.2006
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CALENDAR FOR 2006 ANNOUNCED
26.01.2006
The International Offshore Team Association (IOTA) announced an impressive ten race calendar at today’s press conference at the Dusseldorf Boat Show t...
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SPIRIT BOAT SPENDS WINTER MONTHS IN DUBAI
02.01.2006
Spirit of Norways boat spends winter in rented fascilities in Dubai...
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CLASS-1 WORLD POWERBOAT CHAMPIONS 2005
09.12.2005
Spirit of Norway was already Pole Position World Champions before this round, and now Spirit has completed the double securing the GP Championship tod...
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SPIRIT WITH BEST TEST BEFORE SEASON DECIDER
09.12.2005
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY FINISHED THIRD IN TODAYS POLE POSITION RACE
08.12.2005
Jotuns strong performances lately finally paid off today as the snubbed both Spirit of Norway and Victory 77 to stand top of the podium today. Victor...
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SPIRIT BEST IN TEST
07.12.2005
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A GREAT WIN FOR SPIRIT OF NORWAY
02.12.2005
Spirit of Norway won todays championship race 15 sec. in front of Qatar 96 and Victory 77 fighting for the second stop, with Qatar edgingout Victory t...
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CONFIDENT AFTER POSITIVE MORNING TESTS
02.12.2005
Spirit of Norway set the second best time at this morning tests, 3 seconds or so after norwegian Jotun. Jotun has really picked up the pace and has be...
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SPIRIT IS WORLD CHAMPIONS IN POLE POSITION AFTER TODAYS VICTORY
01.12.2005
After winning every pole position race this season the pole position championship is already secured for 2005 and the team are obviously ecstatic
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SPIRIT AHEAD ON MORNING TEST
01.12.2005
This mornings testing confirmed that we still are running good, putting the team absolute favourites for the Pole position race today. Qatar 95 and Vi...
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SPIRIT BEST IN TODAYS TESTING
30.11.2005
After 5 consecutive Pole position wins, Spirit is the undisputed favourites in front of tomorrows pole position race....
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THE TEAM HAS ARRIVED IN DUBAI
18.11.2005
Spirit of Norway has crossed the seas and made their way further east and set up camp in Dubai....
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY WON THRILLER
12.11.2005
Spirit of Norway took top spot in todays Championship race after a dramatic start resulting in a crash for Championshi leaders Qatar 96. Qatar lost co...
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SPIRIT WON TODAYS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
12.11.2005
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PROMISING MORNING TRIALS
12.11.2005
Spirit of Norway set the fastest lap times on this mornings tests in front of the championship race. Qatar 96 and Qatar 96 came closest this morning...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY TOOK TODAYS POLE IN A CONVINCING MANNER
11.11.2005
After a magnificent day on the water, Spirit of Norway won todays Pole position race almost 4 seconds ahead of Victory 77, with Qatar 96 5 seconds off...
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SPIRIT QUICKEST ON MORNING TESTS
11.11.2005
Spirit of Norway set the fastest lap on this mornings training with a good margin back to Victory 77 on second and Qatar 96 on third...
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SECOND FASTEST LAP ON TODAYS TRAINING
10.11.2005
After a windy day Spirit Of Norway long held the fastest laptimes on todays testruns. Only a late testlap
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SPIRITS GREATEST SUPPORTER
10.11.2005
Our most faithful supporter is not a sheik or a top executive, our biggest supporter is not even a guy....
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SPIRIT FINISHES ON PODIUM DESPITE EXTRA LONG LAP
07.11.2005
Spirit of Norway finished todays championship race in third position after having to complete an extra long lap today, due to a penalty given after th...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY TOOK THE POLE POSITION AGAIN TODAY.
06.11.2005
Spirit of Norway won the Pole Positon about 1 second before Qatar 96 and with Victory 7 in third place....
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY WITH SECOND BEST TIME DURING THE PRACTICE TODAY.
05.11.2005
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY ALL SET FOR QATAR
04.11.2005
Spirit of Norway with sponsor Koengisegg is in place in Qatar, ready for the two Championship rounds held in Doha....
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY TRAVELS TO ITALY
06.10.2005
The team has left Norway for Italy where they will continue their preparations for the remaining races of this season. The team has used the time sinc...
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SIEMENS TEAMS UP WITH BENQ
23.09.2005
Siemens teams up with One of worlds largest communication technology companies, BenQ....
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SPIRIT RETURNS TO THE TOP
14.08.2005
Spirit of Norway won todays championship race with the fellow norwegian based Jotun in third. Victory 7 finished in second with Qatar 96 in fourth...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY TOOK THE POLE POSITION TODAY.
13.08.2005
Spirit won the Pole Position race in Trondheim today. After early retirement from the race last weekend Spirit of Norway was the first boat out on tod...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY FASTEST IN TODAYS TRAINING
12.08.2005
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY RETIRED FROM TODAYS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
07.08.2005
Spirit of Norway took the lead out of the starting line but had to retire already halfway trough the first lap. After a flying start they had already ...
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SPIRIT BEST ON HOME TURF
06.08.2005
Despite being fastest in yesterdays testing, Bård and Steve struggled to find the rythm and the pace yesterday. Some changes of the setup were done to...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY HAS ARRIVED IN TRONDHEIM
24.07.2005
The Spirit Of Norway crew and gear have arrived in Trondheim in front of the two offshore racing weekends in August. The next two weeks will be spent ...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY CRUSHES COMPETITION TO TAKE POLE
16.07.2005
Todays Pole position race ended with a convincing win by Spirit Of Norway. A gap of 7 seconds was the time difference to the second best boat today. T...
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MORNING TEST BUILDS CONFIDENCE FOR THE POLE RACE
16.07.2005
This mornings testruns gave the team the boost they wanted before the pole position race later today. The practice, held at 9 PM, saw Spirit Of Norway...
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SPIRIT TEAM HAPPY WITH INITIAL PRACTICE RUNS IN PLYMOUTH
15.07.2005
The first practice laps of the season were held today, in Plymouth, where the Class 1 World Powerboat Championship kicks off this weekend. The weather...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY FINISHED AT TOP OF THRILLER RACE
17.06.2005
The reigning champions Spirit of Norway took the seasons first championship race as well as the pole posititon race, after a brilliant weekend in Plym...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY READY FOR TODAYS CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
17.06.2005
Spirit Of Norway completed two very good laps on this mornings practice session to confirm their intention of winning todays feature race. Everything ...
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STEVE CURTIS – A SPORTING LEGEND. ITS OFFICIAL
09.06.2005
The prominent English national newspaper The Sunday Times (5th June) has finally confirmed what all those within the world of powerboat racing have lo...
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A POSITIVE FIRST TESTRUN OF THE SEASON
28.05.2005
After the testing was completed the team expressed that they were happy with the results. "Our 3-day testing was very successful", states the Spirit o...
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SPIRIT OF NORWAY PRESENTS THE NEW WEBSITE
30.03.2005
New season, new line-up, new challenges and now a new website. Spirit of Norway is taking on a new shape in 2005 which the website will reflect...
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GJELSTEN ENDS HISTORICAL OFFSHORE CAREER
24.01.2005
Bjørn Rune Gjelsten has decided to end his career in the Offshore Class-1, after ten years at the top of the offshore racing’s premier class. Gjelsten...
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GJELSTEN AND CURTIS WIN IN DUBAI TO CLINCH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
10.12.2004
Bjorn Rune Gjelsten and Steve Curtis are the 2004 UIM Class 1 World Powerboat Champions after cruising to their sixth win of the year at the Dubai Gra...
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