Editor’s Note: For all the weekend’s Columbia Cup racing action, visit tricityherald.com. Darrell and Vanessa Strong are in year three of Strong Racing’s four-year plan, and the Tri-Citians have no ...

Dave Villwock, who broke nearly every record in unlimited hydroplane racing, including being the oldest driver, is retiring from the sport.

After a year’s absence, Unlimited Hydroplane racing will return to Mission Bay in September. And, if things go right, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson might celebrate his 50 th birthday on ...

The APBA Gold Cup — unlimited hydroplane racing’s answer to the NFL’s Super Bowl — is set for July 25-27 in the Tri-Cities. That’s still a few months off. But until then, boat racing fans can watch ...

Jimmy Shane’s short retirement came to an end Tuesday. The seven-time national champion is returning to unlimited hydroplane racing, the H1 Unlimited Racing Series announced. Shane retired a month ...

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 ...

When asked on Thursday, neither Corey Peabody nor Darrell Strong felt there was a good chance that Peabody could catch either U-8 driver J. Michael Kelly or U-11 driver Jamie Nilsen for the national ...

The final race of the 2024 H1 Unlimited hydroplane series is this coming weekend, and it’s a big one. The American Power Boat Association’s Gold Cup — unlimited hydroplane racing’s Super Bowl — kicks ...

Earlier this month, Mike Hanson sat on a trailer in Kennewick’s Lampson Pits and watched someone else’s unlimited hydroplane hurry around the Columbia River. Though friendly to people curious with ...

What: 54th annual races on Mission Bay, featuring the turbine-powered Unlimited Hydroplanes and Grand Prix boats powered by automotive piston engines. Other classes also will race. When: Friday ...

This is the week. Boat race weekend. What has always been the Tri-Cities’ biggest sporting event, the HAPO Columbia Cup, begins Friday with qualifying and finishes Sunday afternoon with the Columbia ...