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 ...

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

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 ...

The HAPO Columbia Cup has become a race of attrition after just the second day. Already starting with a low number of six unlimited hydroplanes, the fleet was pared to four after Saturday’s events. It ...

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 ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- A sleepy 684-acre impoundment of the Flint River could be temporarily turned into a high-speed race site for light, super-fast hydroplane boats later this summer. The county ...

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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) – For decades, hydroplane boat races entertained those along the Evansville riverfront. Now, one organization is trying to bring them back. The group Evansville Regatta has ...

SHELBYVILLE - Denise and Dave Somers of Decatur had not seen a hydroplane boat race before Saturday. But a chance encounter at Decatur Celebration brought them to Lake Shelbyville for the Touchstone ...

Boat racing lost a major part of its family this past weekend when Chris Denslow passed away after a short illness. Denslow didn’t race boats. He didn’t work on them. What he did do, though, was ...