Dave Villwock, who broke nearly every record in unlimited hydroplane racing, including being the oldest driver, is retiring ...

Seven-time unlimited hydroplane racing champion Jimmy Shane announced his short retirement is at an end and he will join BWR ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Dave Villwock has always been a master of getting his timing marks down when it comes to starting an unlimited hydroplane race. He has had charts on the Columbia River for decades, knowing exactly ...

When asked on Thursday, neither Corey Peabody nor Darrell Strong felt there was a good chance that Peabody could catch either U-8 driver J. Michael Kelly or U-11 driver Jamie Nilsen for the national ...

DETROIT – Andrew Tate is ahead of Jimmy Shane, and he’s chasing the hydroplane superstar. Walled Lake native Tate is the points leader for the H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Racing Series that is running for ...

What: 54th annual races on Mission Bay, featuring the turbine-powered Unlimited Hydroplanes and Grand Prix boats powered by automotive piston engines. Other classes also will race. When: Friday ...

Jamie Nilsen is getting a second chance at unlimited hydroplane driving. For the 34-year-old Gig Harbor resident who's worked for the last decade as a financial analyst at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ...

Earlier this month, Mike Hanson sat on a trailer in Kennewick’s Lampson Pits and watched someone else’s unlimited hydroplane hurry around the Columbia River. Though friendly to people curious with ...

This is the week. Boat race weekend. What has always been the Tri-Cities’ biggest sporting event, the HAPO Columbia Cup, begins Friday with qualifying and finishes Sunday afternoon with the Columbia ...