The supercharged Allison V-12 explodes into life, its exhausts firing smoke and flame as the unlimited hydroplane shakes like a plesiosaur on meth. A gleaming prop then shoves the wooden beast onto ...

CONSTANTINE -- It's like getting sized up by a big, angry, caffeinated hornet. A faint buzz grows louder in the distance on the St. Joseph River. Soon, you begin to see the water ducking for cover. By ...

Since 1939, there hasn't been a year that didn't have a Hauenstein racing in the stock and modified outboard hydroplane boat racing competitions. Andy Hansen, also a second generation driver, learned ...

From the 1930s to the 1970s, the Sammamish Slough was the unlikely location of a day of boat races held every April on that narrow body of water connecting Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington. The ...

HYDROPLANE RACING is a sport for thrill-seekers. A human is strapped into what is essentially an airplane wing fitted out with an airplane (or helicopter) engine, and then zooms almost airborne across ...

ELLENSBURG, Wash. - Unlimited hydroplanes are considered the world’s fastest race boats, capable of speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour on the straight-a-ways. That undoubtedly makes Jamie Nilsen ...

PLAINS - You'll see the latest in boats, boat motors and other water toys at the Southgate Mall Boat Show in Missoula starting Wednesday. But not the oldest. Those will remain in the shop and garage ...

TROUT CREEK - One man's heart attack is the chief reason hydroplane racing returns to the Clark Fork River here this weekend, for the first time in nearly half a century. The Trout Creek Regatta will ...