Articles recapping races
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…
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…