A gull flies over the Columbia River as J. Michael Kelly in the U-8 Miss Tri-Cities unlimited hydroplane races to victory in front of Andrew Tate in the U-12 Graham Trucking in Heat 2A of Columbia Cup ...

Just before the new year, Darrell Strong became the first Tri-Citian to own a hydroplane team in perhaps 40 years. And Monday, his team added another hydroplane to its lineup that had been dry docked ...

The final race of the 2024 H1 Unlimited hydroplane series is this coming weekend, and it’s a big one. The American Power Boat Association’s Gold Cup — unlimited hydroplane racing’s Super Bowl — kicks ...

After a year’s absence, Unlimited Hydroplane racing will return to Mission Bay in September. And, if things go right, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson might celebrate his 50 th birthday on ...

The Mid-Columbia’s recent heat wave was reportedly being blamed for putting a damper on the start of unlimited hydroplane racing in the Tri-Cities. Friday was the day the field of H1 Unlimited boats ...

Rob Graham said the plan has always been to race the U-12 Graham Trucking boat this year, in both the Tri-Cities and Seattle. “We never really stopped getting ready to go racing,” said Graham in a ...

EVANSVILLE – The biggest difference between the third HydroFest and its predecessors is the cost – nothing. That’s right, admission to racing on HydroFest weekend Aug. 16-18 is free. However, the new ...

SEATTLE — Brent Hall’s dream is finally about to come true. Hall has been trying for years to land a seat in an unlimited hydroplane, which would make him the first Black driver to qualify in an ...

Jimmy Shane grew up about a pitching wedge off Chesapeake Bay in Havre de Grace, Md. His father raced boats, his mother raced, his older sister raced. He built his first remote-control boat at 7.

Long before the Mariners or Seahawks, Seattle sports fandom revolved around one thing and one thing only: hydroplane racing. In many ways, it was Seattle’s first major league sport. Locals would watch ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. – You could call it a boat-racing role reversal. After Owensboro’s unlimited hydroplane race disbanded following the 1978 event, legendary Atlas Van Lines driver Bill Muncey told ...