EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Financial worries and sluggish contract talks with the Hydroplane Racing League led the Convention & Visitors Bureau to walk away from boat racing this year, but officials said it ...

A hydroplane boat driver ended up in the hospital Friday after the boat flipped during a race in Mission Bay. It was the first day of San Diego Bay Fair, an event featuring the specialized boats. The ...

KENT, Wash. – Back when he was a kid growing up in Seattle, David Williams knew well the thrill of hydroplane racing. Back then, in the summers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was the sport in ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO – The driver of the U-18 Bucket ...

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 ...

Got to hand it to the folks at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America for coming up with unique auctions to help support the Hall of Fame and its mission of honoring racing greats. The latest such ...

DETROIT (AP) A hydroplane racer escaped serious injury when his boat went airborne and flipped during a qualifying heat on the Detroit River. Jean Theoret's DETROIT (AP) A hydroplane racer escaped ...

DETROIT (WWJ) - A hydroplane boat racer says that he is fortunate to have escaped serious injury after flipping his boat on the Detroit River. The Detroit News reports that Mike Webster was heading ...

Syracuse, NY - A hydroplane boat crash this afternoon on Onondaga Lake sent two boat drivers to University Hospital. Both drivers were unconscious and one was pinned in his cockpit, but both regained ...

1971 was the last time the community-owned hydroplane boat Miss Madison won the American Power Boat Association Gold Cup, the sport's most prestigious trophy, in Madison, Indiana. Early in the race, ...

Jimmy Shane hoists the Seafair Cup after his hydroplane victory today. (GeekWire photo/Kevin Lisota) Jimmy Shane piloted the Miss HomeStreet hydroplane to a victory in the Seafair Cup today in Seattle ...