KENT, Wash. – Back when he was a kid growing up in Seattle, David Williams knew well the thrill of hydroplane racing. Back then, in the summers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was the sport in ...

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 ...

What do you do? I am the executive director of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum [in Kent]. We are the nation’s only museum dedicated exclusively to powerboat racing. Unlike many museums, all of our ...

Eric Mann, 43, is a vintage-hydroplane owner and president of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, 1650 S. 93rd St., near Boeing Field. He's also an electrical engineer with Cypress Semiconductor with ...

SEATTLE – Casual fans of unlimited hydroplane racing in Seattle can be excused for not knowing about the sport’s predicament. If your only exposure to turbine-powered boats that can reach speeds of ...

A West Richland couple sat in the shade Sunday watching the boats and jets speed past on the Columbia River. Glenn and Terri Grant have been coming to the Tri-City hydroplane races for more than 35 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Got to hand it to the folks at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America for coming up with unique auctions to help support the Hall of Fame and its mission of honoring racing greats. The latest such ...

Billy Schumacher, who started racing boats around Seattle when he was 8 years old and became one of the biggest figures in unlimited hydroplane racing when the sport was king on Lake Washington, died ...

KENNEWICK -- When people stand in front of the U-40 Miss Bardahl at the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup this weekend, they are standing in front of greatness. The green-and-yellow beauty, participating in ...

The Bluebird K7, the world's first successful jet-engined hydroplane and a multiple-record holder for speed on water, is back at home in Coniston, Cumbria, in the UK. Its road back home was long, ...