For three consecutive years (2022-24), national hydroplane races were held in early June at the Defiance rivers confluence, but that won’t be the case in 2025. Not long after last year’s races on June ...

This weekend marks the exact middle of the 2024 H1 Unlimited hydroplane season as the Apollo Columbia Cup takes place in the Tri-Cities. Columbia Cup race director Aaron Stephens said last week the ...

Backflips are dangerous if you don’t pull them off. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about doing it in a car, bike, or boat—get it wrong, and you’re likely to break your neck, or worse. One ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - The hydroplane races planned for next month on Lake Coeur d'Alene have been cancelled. Organizers of the Diamond Cup race cited the inability to obtain a water event permit for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’re under two weeks away until the Columbia Cup hydroplane races take place down near Columbia Park. And I’m not sure we know ...

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 ...

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 ...

KENNEWICK, Wash. – The Tri-City Water Follies is revving up for its annual Spring Testing event on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at the Columbia River. The free event kicks off the hydroplane racing season ...

The Seafair Weekend Festival is back in Seattle with everything from the Boeing Airshow to the HomeStreet Bank Cup Hydroplane Race. Seafair is the largest boating event in Seattle and is known and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From about age 6, Jason Colean remembers his dad crafting detailed, cardboard-and-tape models of hydroplanes for him to pull ...

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 ...

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 ...