Articles recapping races
2006 UIM World Championship (Photo: Gleason) Jean Theoret aboard the U-37 Beacon Plumbing during a morning test run in Seattle, Washington. Source: American Boat Racing Association Website San Diego’s Mission Bay was the setting for the most recent installment of…
1933 Gold Cup – The Year of the “Dodge Navy” By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The Great Depression of the 1930s had a profound effect on American life in general and on Gold Cup hydroplane racing in particular.…
A Stormy Day on Lake Mead (Source: HARM Collection) Chip Hanauer celebrates with the Circus Circus team following claiming their team’s National Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada on Lake Mead. By Shelley Smith – Reprinted from Sports Illustrated, October 1,…
1951 Gold Cup Remembered (Source: HARM Collection) The Slo mo shun V makes its debut at the 1951 APBA Gold Cup held on Lake Washington. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The first West Coast Unlimited hydroplane race to…
We’ll win the Gold Cup So says Bill Muncey, twice victor in the nation’s biggest hydro race, and a man who despises the idea of finishing second. (Source: HARM Collection) Bill Muncey poses for a picture during the 1958 Apple…
National Sweepstakes Red Bank, NJ Aug-18, 1946 (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…
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…