PORT Macquarie powerboat champion Michael Page has declared he'll race on next season in search of a hat-trick of formula optimax titles.
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Page was back at work at Cullens Carpet One and Blinds on Monday, and he was adamant he wouldn't draw the curtain on his career.
The enormity of his win was still sinking in, but the messages and face-to-face congratulations earlier this week made sure that was quickly happening.
Page drove well on Sunday, crossing the line ahead of Grant Trask and Jason Heagney in all four races in the last round of the season.
He was given a one lap penalty in the second race, meaning he finished last and vital points were lost.
Page refocused and smashed the opposition in the final two races to win the class by 275 points.
He said that, even with the set back, he was "quietly confident" he could still win.
"But I've said that before and come a gutser," Page said.
"I just had to cross everything and hope."
The fact that Page is 30 years older than Trask makes the win all the more remarkable.
Page's boat is 24 years old. It was driven by Kay Marshall years ago, and Page hasn't looked back since borrowing it in 2007 to race in the SST210 class.
That division is now known as formula two.
He and his boat will keep going for a few years yet.
"There's nothing else to do on a Sunday," Page said.
Corey Davoll won the F2 championship on Sunday, while Briney Rigby took out the F4 and Jake Greentree won the F3.
Young Louise Vella won the Andrew Page Memorial Trophy Race to end the weekend.
That race is on every year in memory of Michael's son Andrew Page, and the proceeds go to support cystic fibrosis sufferers.