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 ...

Darrell Strong, the owner of Strong Racing, reached out to Bruce Ratchford right after the latter saw his team win the Indiana Governors Cup on July 6. “I texted Bruce,” said Strong. “I think we’re ...

Corey Peabody — after the euphoria died down Sunday following another Apollo Columbia Cup victory — stopped to look at the two Strong Racing boats in Lampson Pits. One boat, the U-9 Beacon Plumbing, ...

MILTON — Quick quiz for the fans of unlimited hydroplane racing: Who has the most successful boat in the Stan Sayres pits this weekend? Is it one from the Strong Racing fleet, be it Beacon Plumbing or ...

I have a running joke with my two adult daughters. It has gone on for years. I always complain about the boat races coming up, about spending a weekend down in Lampson Pits covering the event. But ...

TUKWILA — Dave Villwock needed a razor. The man who holds nearly every record in unlimited hydroplane racing assumes he left his old one in the last hotel he stayed at. There have been plenty of ...

I would like to begin this week’s “AutoMatters & More” by absolutely assuring you that Corey Peabody, driver of the U-9 Beacon Plumbing H1 Unlimited Hydroplane was not injured in his dramatic blowover ...