Since that time boat racing has become a family sport – with hundreds of championship titles and awards collected over the years. Hydroplane boat racing is considered as the world’s fastest ...

Building the hydroplane wasn’t easy ... and remains, the center of the boat-racing world. That place in history, and the passion for boat racing in this corner of the nation, explains why ...

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 ...

At the height of it, hydroplane racing drew hundreds of thousands ... Brad Luce, a broadcaster for H1 Unlimited and a boat racing expert, says there used to be nearly a dozen sites holding races ...

Joel Weber left the sport of Top Alcohol Hydro drag boat racing on top in 1998. He won the world finals and every other race he and his crew entered. But twin boys were on the way, and "I just ...

It’s part of our culture. Cover story: How a lightning-fast hydroplane rocked the boat-racing world and stole Detroit’s thunder I grew up here in the 1950s and ’60s. I’m part of the ...

Sean Bowsher and Nikki Harnack joined WCIA’s Mitchell Rife to talk about the upcoming Hardy’s Race for the Lake event.

OWENSBORO, Ky. – You could call it a boat-racing role reversal. After Owensboro’s unlimited hydroplane race disbanded following the 1978 event, legendary Atlas Van Lines driver Bill Muncey ...

John Haas of Allegan was well aware of the dangers involved in racing drag boats at speeds of nearly 250 miles per hour. But the danger was one aspect that attracted Mr. Haas to the sport.

The officials will be here as well so we can tweak it and do all that," said Kohl. Kohl said the best viewing location will be from the levee. Officials said 1986 was the last year for professional ...