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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Jake and Spike Show, weekdays from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. The roar of hydroplane engines returned to Lake Washington Friday as the Apollo Mechanical Cup kicked off Seafair weekend. Champion and member ...

FOLSOM, Calif. (CBS13) – The world's fastest race boats are hitting the water in Folsom with hopes of bringing hydroplane racing back to the State Capital. Organizers of the Air National Guard ...

Hydroplanes, on the other hand, also move by propellers in the water beneath their hulls. But when a hydroplane gets moving, the hull's design is what provides lift. As the speed increases, the ...

DETROIT (AP) — A hydroplane boat racer said Saturday that he is fortunate to have escaped serious injury after flipping his boat on the Detroit River. The Detroit News reported that Mike Webster was ...