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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

It was a heck of a debut for the Strong Racing Group. Tri-City-based unlimited hydroplane owners Darrell and Vanessa Strong raced for the first time this weekend in Guntersville, Alabama, and came ...

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 ...

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 ...

As most of the people around the Stan Sayres pits, watching or working during qualifying for Seafair’s HomeStreet Bank Cup, Scott and Shannon Raney grew up with unlimited hydroplanes. The Raneys, who ...

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 ...