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 ...

The 2025 H1 Unlimited season ended with thrills at Mission Bay, as Bayfair San Diego powered by Samson Rope delivered high-speed hydroplane action.

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 ...

After nearly six decades of hosting hydroplane races, San Diego abruptly canceled its annual Mission Bay event due to a lack of funds and support. It’s a loss for the H-1 circuit, but racing ...

There have been great Unlimited Hydroplane races on Mission Bay before. But J. Michael Kelly and Andrew Tate put on a side-by-side battle for five laps Sunday afternoon that harkened back to the ...

Aaron Stephens has a name for the Tri-Cities when it comes to boat racing: Hydrotown. The race director for the American Power Boat Association’s Apollo Gold Cup race that is rapidly approaching this ...

J.Michael Kelly won the final at San Diego Bayfair, but Andrew Tate had the unlimited hydroplane national championship clinched before race.

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 ...

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 ...

When the Apollo Gold Cup ends Sunday afternoon, the winning driver and team will have successfully made it through a battering ram of Columbia River water, six other fast unlimited hydroplanes, and ...