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 ...

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 ...

Hydroplanes will soon race on the waters of the Columbia River for the 60th time in pursuit of the APBA Gold Cup. The 2025 Tri-Cities Water Follies, which kicks off Friday, features seven of the ...

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 ...

Kayleigh Perkins is the defending unlimited lights champion at Seafair, but she has a much more important ride this weekend. Perkins, 22, will become the first woman ever to drive a turbine-powered ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Dave Villwock drove Spirit of Qatar to the fastest qualifying speed Friday for this weekend's Albert Lee Cup at Seafair unlimited hydroplane race. Villwock averaged 151.879 mph in his ...

"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 ...

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 ...

The supercharged Allison V-12 explodes into life, its exhausts firing smoke and flame as the unlimited hydroplane shakes like a plesiosaur on meth. A gleaming prop then shoves the wooden beast onto ...

Darrell Strong, the owner of Strong Racing, reached out to Bruce Ratchford right after the latter saw his team win the Indiana Governors Cup on July 6. “I texted Bruce,” said Strong. “I think we’re ...