Murdo Cameron has something to tell the sport of hydroplane racing: Lighten up already. The retired airline pilot, an innovator in the field of advanced composite materials, says he can transform how ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Sue Shelley and her family spend their days at a hospital, waiting and praying that one day her son, 32-year-old Freddie Watson, will wake up from a coma. “I think we ...

Grand Prix America Hydroplanes says it’s returning to Seattle’s Seafair Weekend Festival. It’s taking place on Lake Washington from August 1 to 3, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. “With the Grand Prix class ...

Michigan powerboat administrator Mark Weber knows the sport from in and out of the cockpit. A champion hydroplane racer in 5 Liter to Unlimited Hydroplanes, Weber has also been the longtime race ...

At the Active Auto Care shop in Auburn the guys don’t just talk engines, they also talk hydroplane racing. They’re locals, you know? Rich Matkin, 61, Newport High class of 1971, who went to his first ...

It’s a noisy summertime tradition and popular spectator sport here in Seattle and it has been for decades. But old-timers say that the new arrivals just don’t get it, that they don’t appreciate the ...

Tri-Citians got a sneak peak of the summer’s biggest event Friday when a fleet of hydroplanes hit the waters for spring training. The high octane kick off to the H1 Unlimited season was an all day ...

Jon Osterberg remembers the first time he saw a hydroplane, more than 50 years ago. “I was three, maybe four,” Osterberg recalls, “walking by the headquarters of Bardahl Chemical Corporation in ...

Long before the Mariners or Seahawks, Seattle sports fandom revolved around one thing and one thing only: hydroplane racing. In many ways, it was Seattle’s first major league sport. Locals would watch ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CARSON CITY, Nev. (BRPROUD) – Hydroplaning ...