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Three records fell in an entertaining day’s racing on Saturday during the Southern 80.

Stinga made the most of its first race of the weekend to take more than six seconds off the President’s Dash record.

The team, comprising Greg Houston, Kevin Boylan, Ben Hackett and Jack Houston, became the first boat to finish the event in less than seven minutes.

Second and third-placed Burnin and Temper also finished in times good enough to break the previous record, while Thundernuts finished fourth.

Four teams broke the existing record in 200hp outboard social, with winners Messy Racing smashing it by more than a minute.

The team of Tony and Georgia Mithen, Echuca’s Nathan Evans and Mac Batchelor completed the event in 42:05.44, ahead of fellow record-breakers Saintn, Sky High and No Fear.

Robertson Racing took 1.72 seconds off the sub-junior social record as it flew home in a time of 9:16.28, with the team of Brad, Matt and Cooper Robertson and Luke Harrison breaking the record Rush set in 2011.

The highly competitive 60mph social class was won by Burn N Wood (10:47.94) from Nailed and Head Hunter, while Roughnutz won 70mph social, less than six seconds ahead of runner-up General Lee and third-placed Silent Witness.

Carlton Dry Racing won the first event of the weekend, the unlimited inboard social, ahead of last year’s winner Frantic.

Moama’s Peter Ralph drove Cinders to glory in the 5.2 and 6 litre social event, finishing in a time of 38:39 — one of only two competitors to finish out of the six which entered the class.

Echuca boat Little Man, driven by Shaun Tomkins, with Tongala’s Garry McConnell observing and Echuca’s Jai Welch skiing, finished third in SMOC social.

The class had one of the closest results of the day, with winner The Specimen finishing just one second ahead of Sonic Boats.

Unlimited outboard social saw 99 Psycho Clowns Team 4 a comfortable winner, ahead of Showbiz and Sidewinder, while Wasted Nights, with Ben Pearse skiing, won stock 6 litre social.

Moama’s Peter Woolman and Zoe Stratton were comfortable winners with Wet N Wild in open women social, finishing more than two minutes ahead of their nearest competitors.

Echuca’s Leo Welch suffered a heartbreaking loss in the veterans class, as Sealord Mistress lost out to Prime Time by just 0.59 of a second, with The Syndicate a close third.

Toey As went close to the record time in senior social 30-39 to claim a victory, while Se7en F1 was a comfortable winner in junior social.

Thirsty Racing won the disabled class and Poker Face was too good in tadpoles, with the Moama team of Neville Barnes, Nathan Batchelor and Billy Barnes runner-up.