Corey Peabody has been waiting almost a year to drive an unlimited hydroplane in an actual race. Last year, the driver of Strong Racing’s U-9 boat, won the APBA Gold Cup in Guntersville, Ala. But the ...

A hydroplane driver was killed Saturday during an exhibition on the Ohio River for this weekend's Madison Regatta. Rick Beatty, 60, of Dayton, Ohio, was ejected from the open cockpit of his vintage ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man was killed Saturday while driving a vintage hydroplane on the Ohio River during a test run for the Madison Regatta in Madison, Indiana. The driver was identified as ...

When asked on Thursday, neither Corey Peabody nor Darrell Strong felt there was a good chance that Peabody could catch either U-8 driver J. Michael Kelly or U-11 driver Jamie Nilsen for the national ...

SEATTLE — Brent Hall’s dream is finally about to come true. Hall has been trying for years to land a seat in an unlimited hydroplane, which would make him the first Black driver to qualify in an ...

You have to give J. Michael Kelly credit. When it comes to the important races, the veteran driver knows what he needs to do to take the checkered flag. On Sunday, Kelly had perhaps the greatest day ...

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 ...

Jimmy Shane declines to say what can be the more exciting event — winning a Gold Cup, or being part of a company that sends people into space. The 33-year-old Shane had both experiences this month.

A crash during a heat race at Saturday’s HAPO Columbia Cup hydroplane races in the Tri-Cities sent rescue divers into the water to save a driver from an overturned hydroplane. The E-20 JJW Racing/Miss ...

The driver of a hydroplane miraculously walked away unscathed after his boat caught air, flipped over backward and ejected him in a spectacular crash during a Memorial Day race on the Rogue River in ...