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 ...

GROVE, Okla. — It’s known as the world’s fastest racing boat – and one area family has spent decades racing them locally and across the U.S. What’s Up Doc Racing has spent more than 70 years racing ...

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 ...

A hydroplane participating in the annual San Diego Bayfair flipped during a qualifying session Friday on Mission Bay, going from 170 miles per hour to zero in a matter of seconds, event organizers ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – Hydroplane boat enthusiasts are coming back to Mott Lake during a two-day competition this summer that aims to grow the audience organizers have built up after two years of racing ...

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 Tri-Cities Water Follies organization confirmed this week that there will be nine unlimited hydroplanes competing for the Columbia Cup trophy. The event runs Friday through Sunday this coming ...

A West Richland couple sat in the shade Sunday watching the boats and jets speed past on the Columbia River. Glenn and Terri Grant have been coming to the Tri-City hydroplane races for more than 35 ...

I would like to begin this week’s “AutoMatters & More” by absolutely assuring you that Corey Peabody, driver of the U-9 Beacon Plumbing H1 Unlimited Hydroplane was not injured in his dramatic blowover ...

Jamie Nilsen, left, in the U-11 J&D’s unlimited hydroplane battles for position with Andrew Tate in the U-12 Graham Trucking in 2021 in Tri-Cities. Bob Brawdy Tri-City Herald We’re under two weeks ...

DETROIT (AP) — A hydroplane boat racer says he’s fortunate to have escaped serious injury after flipping his boat on the Detroit River on Saturday. The Detroit ...