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 ...

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson is set to drive the restored Atlas Van Lines Blue Blaster hydroplane on August 1, 2025, at the Seafair Weekend Festival in Seattle. This event ...

KAWKAWLIN TOWNSHIP, MI-- Inside Jon Staudacher's workshop there sits a shiny red grand prix hydroplane that makes the boats of Bay City's River Roar look like mosquitos. Staudacher isn't new to ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Miss DiJulio/J&D’s thunderboat is moved into Lake Washington for this weekend’s hydroplane races. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The roar of this weekend’s Seafair hydroplane races on Lake ...

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 ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – Hydroplane boat enthusiasts are coming back to Mott Lake during a two-day competition this summer that aims to grow the audience organizers have built up after two years of racing ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A southern Indiana tradition takes off on the river again, as the 71st Madison Regatta begins. Hydroplane boats lined up to get into the Ohio River for practice on Friday, ...

Syracuse, NY - A hydroplane boat crash at the Hydrofest race on Onondaga Lake Saturday injured two boat drivers. Hydroplane driver Jimmy Shane, of Havre de Grace, Md., was rounding the second turn of ...