Articles recapping races
1983 Indiana Governor’s Cup (Source: Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum) Guy Lombardo drove the Tempo VI to victory in National Sweepstakes Red Bank. By: W. Melvin Crook (Reprinted from Yachting Magazine (November 1946) Red Bank’s postwar revival of its National Sweepstakes…
1983 Indiana Governor’s Cup (Photo: Greenhow) Jim Kropfeld leads Chip Hanauer and Milner Irvin in racing action at the 1983 Indiana Governor’s Cup. By Steve Garey Rarely does anyone see Bernie Little smoking at a boat race these days. The…
1958 Gold Cup Remembered By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Edgar Kaiser’s HAWAII KAI III, designed by Ted Jones and maintained by the former SLO-MO crew, was arguably the greatest race boat of the 1950s. With Jack Regas driving,…
1982 Gold Cup Remembered (Source: Greenhow) Chip Hanauer leads John Walters and Dean Chenoweth to the start finish line during racing action at the 1982 Gold Cup. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Following the death of Bill Muncey…
1952 President’s Cup Remembered By David Beach Beneath a sky that made photography a pleasure, the 1952 President’s Cup Regatta reestablished the Unlimited Hydroplane class as the most spectacular in APBA racing. Not one case of “gearboxitus” developed during the…
Two Winners in One Race By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The 1955 Lake Tahoe Mapes Trophy contains an unusual historical footnote. It had two winners. That’s right, TWO winners. Well, yes and no. The 1955 Mapes Trophy took…
Two Winners in One Race By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The 1955 Lake Tahoe Mapes Trophy contains an unusual historical footnote. It had two winners. That’s right, TWO winners. Well, yes and no. The 1955 Mapes Trophy took…
1938 Gold Cup Remembered By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The U.S. team held back the foreign challenge in 1937 but bowed to Count Rossi in 1938. Rossi pushed his 19-foot 7-inch ALAGI, powered by half of an Isotta-Fraschini…
The Madison Regatta – 50 Years of Thunder By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian 1950s For 50 years, the city of Madison, Indiana, has played host to “Water Racing’s Greatest Show,” the Unlimited hydroplanes-the Thunderboats of the racing world.…
A Detroit Debacle (Source: Mark Douty) A Seattle Hydro Roared Home First In The Gold Cup But Then Officials Stepped In, And The Affair Became A Detroit Debacle. By Jim Atwater – (Reprinted from Sports Illustrated, September 10, 1956) Covered…