Team Bermuda Catamaran Stays in Front-Running Form After New Orleans Comeback

Team Bermuda’s S-25 catamaran looked less like a surprise story and more like a genuine pace-setter on Lake Pontchartrain, where Steven Bridges and David Selley recovered from early trouble to finish second in the Super Stock final at the New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix. The result came one week after their first professional win in St. Petersburg, and it kept their 32-foot twin-engined boat on a very short list of serious front-runners in the 2026 IHRA Offshore Series National Championship.

The New Orleans race did not hand them that finish easily. An engine went into guardian mode early, sending Team Bermuda to the back of the field and forcing Bridges and Selley into chase mode instead of race-control mode. Jeremy Tschida made the most of the opening, putting Wozencraft / TFR on pole-to-flag pace after starting fifth on the grid and leading from lap one to the finish. In the 11-lap final, Wozencraft finished in 36:46.111, while Team Bermuda clawed back to second, just 2.572 seconds behind the winner. Chris Hopgood brought Valvoline/Celsius home third, 28.850 seconds back.

That recovery mattered because the New Orleans event also changed the shape of the race. The second Annual New Orleans Powerboat Grand Prix ran April 10-12, 2026, with the Super Stock class using an alternate short-lap format that added another layer of strategy for the teams. Bridges and Selley had to adjust on the fly, manage traffic, and keep the boat in the fight after the setback. They did not simply survive the problem; they turned it into another podium.

The bigger picture is even stronger for Team Bermuda. At St. Petersburg on March 29, Bridges and Selley captured their first-ever pole position with a 10:49 qualifying time, then led all four laps to win in 12:24.295 with a fastest lap of 3:35. That was their first victory at this professional level after three seasons in the series. Add the New Orleans runner-up finish, and the opening stretch of 2026 is starting to look less like a hot streak and more like a title challenge. Later standings placed Bridges and Selley first in the IHRA Super Stock championship with 219 points, and the S-25 has now backed up speed, recovery, and race craft in equal measure.