MILL CREEK — Peter Olesen is squeezed into the tiny cockpit of an 11-foot racing boat that sits on a trailer in front of his Mill Creek home, fiddling with the steering wheel. He, his father, Steve, ...
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 ...
CHESTER — Larry Lauterbach is going to have to make some room on his office wall for his latest triumph. The Chester hydroplane builder, who already has several certificates and plaques honoring his ...
GUNTERSVILLE — Eight H1 Unlimited hydroplane race boats are expected to compete June 22-24 in their return to Guntersville Lake The weekend of racing marks the return of the world’s fastest race boats ...
At the Active Auto Care shop in Auburn the guys don’t just talk engines, they also talk hydroplane racing. They’re locals, you know? Rich Matkin, 61, Newport High class of 1971, who went to his first ...
From about age 6, Jason Colean remembers his dad crafting detailed, cardboard-and-tape models of hydroplanes for him to pull around in their front yard in Pasco. “And that’s really all it takes to ...
SEATTLE — A Boeing 787 is ready for a test flight this Seafair weekend. Well, sort of anyway. When hydroplanes hit the water Friday to start the weekend of racing that will culminate in Sunday’s ...
Growing up in Pasco, Darrell Strong would hear those hydroplanes with their loud piston engines on Water Follies weekend. He would jump on his bicycle and race down to the Columbia River to watch them ...
Thunder on the Ohio, one leg of the APBA Unlimited Hydroplane circuit, was held on the Evansville Riverfront from 1979 to 2009 -- 31 consecutive years. Attendance for the boat races was recorded at a ...