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 said it ...

Backflips are dangerous if you don’t pull them off. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about doing it in a car, bike, or boat—get it wrong, and you’re likely to break your neck, or worse. One ...

AUBURN — Owners of unlimited hydroplane racing teams have a tendency toward gallows humor when discussing their sport. Take, for example, this text Darrell Strong received when he and his wife, ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- A sleepy 684-acre impoundment of the Flint River could be temporarily turned into a high-speed race site for light, super-fast hydroplane boats later this summer. The county ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The roar of turbine engines is echoing across Mission Bay this weekend as San Diego Bayfair brings some of the fastest boats on water to the area for a weekend of family fun and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A southern Indiana tradition takes off on the river again, as the 71st Madison Regatta begins. Hydroplane boats lined up to get into the Ohio River for practice on Friday, ...

MADISON, Ind. (WDRB) -- With boat engines revved up, the Madison Regatta returned after a yearlong hiatus, showing fans some of the fastest boats in the world. Festivities kicked off Tuesday – a ...

Hydroplanes, on the other hand, also move by propellers in the water beneath their hulls. But when a hydroplane gets moving, the hull's design is what provides lift. As the speed increases, the ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – Hydroplane boat enthusiasts are coming back to Mott Lake during a two-day competition this summer that aims to grow the audience organizers have built up after two years of racing ...

Those wandering around the Stan Sayres pits Saturday might have noticed something not normally seen at the HomeStreet Bank Cup at Seafair. Empty space. Normally, just about every available inch is ...