Aaron Stephens has a name for the Tri-Cities when it comes to boat racing: Hydrotown. The race director for the American Power Boat Association’s Apollo Gold Cup race that is rapidly approaching this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Points leader Andrew Tate and the U-91 slightly strengthened their bid for the Unlimited Hydroplane season championship Friday by posting the fastest qualifying lap on Mission Bay for Sunday’s season ...

Bruce Ratchford launches BWR Racing after acquiring assets from Miss Madison. Ratchford teams with Darrell Strong to promote unlimited hydroplane racing. Owners seek more race sites as 2026 schedule ...

When the Apollo Gold Cup ends Sunday afternoon, the winning driver and team will have successfully made it through a battering ram of Columbia River water, six other fast unlimited hydroplanes, and ...

For many years the joke at Seattle’s Seafair has been: the Blue Angels are performing, and a boat race broke out. The unlimited hydroplane circuit was struggling. Race sites dwindled, and sponsors ...

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 ...

AFTER TWO HOURS this spring at Stan Sayres Memorial Park on Lake Washington, I finally flipped for the hydros. The impossibly sleek, brightly colored, vintage unlimited hydroplanes streaking across ...

"Miss SidePro Presents Wolford Demolition and Recycling" won the 2011 Graham Trucking Cup for Unlimited Lights at Seafair on Sunday. Paul Becker, of PRBecker Racing, drove the UL-1 hydroplane across ...

Course redesign introduces asymmetry, impacting turn strategy and boat setup. Drivers must adapt tactics during four heats to secure lane choice for the final. Gold Cup returns to Tri-Cities for 60th ...