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 ...

Unlimited hydroplane racing teams line the pit docks in preparation for a race during the Tri-Cities Water Follies annual summer event in this file photo. Tri-City Herald file Back in June, a couple ...

KINGSTON — South Shore Outboard Association will hold the Kingston Sprint Cup Invitational, Granite State Title Series from Sept. 23-24. The event will feature small outboard hydroplane racing in a ...

Editor’s Note: For all the weekend’s Columbia Cup racing action, visit tricityherald.com. Darrell and Vanessa Strong are in year three of Strong Racing’s four-year plan, and the Tri-Citians have no ...

Darrell Strong, the owner of Strong Racing, reached out to Bruce Ratchford right after the latter saw his team win the Indiana Governors Cup on July 6. "I texted Bruce," said Strong. "I think we're ...

The sport of unlimited hydroplane racing could use a good movie to do for it what "Seabiscuit" did for thoroughbred horse racing: transcend the cliches of the sports-movie genre, define and capture ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The roar of turbine engines is echoing across Mission Bay this weekend as San Diego Bayfair brings some of the fastest boats on water to the area for a weekend of family fun and ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the third unlimited hydroplane race of the season, Miss HomeStreet and championship driver, Jimmy Shane, won the HAPO Columbia Cup today in Tri-Cities, Washington. Over ...

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 ...

Backflips are dangerous if you don’t pull them off. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about doing it in a car, bike, or boat—get it wrong, and you’re likely to break your neck, or worse. One ...