The Slo-mo-shun Saga (Source: HARM Collection) Lou fageol drove both the Slo-mo-shun IV and Slo-mo-shun V for Stan Sayers helping the team win Gold Cups in 1951, 1953, and 1954. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian In the early…
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…
Chip Hanauer overcame struggles early in the day to win his seventh race of 1993 during the 1993 Texaco Cup in Seattle, Washington on Lake Washington. Mark Tate’s attempt of a perfect weekend, ended with a spectacular blowover that ended…
Jones Launches Seattle Tradition By David Eskenazi and Steve Rudman Engineer Ted Jones harbored a lot of creative (even radical) ideas about boat design, which spawned one of Seattle’s most storied traditions — unlimited hydroplane racing. Every summer thousands of…