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Newberg Tradition 2012

posted Mon, 07/02/2012 - 2:21pm

The 64th Newberg Memorial Weekend Boat Races is the granddaddy of western outboard races. There is recorded history of boat racing on the Willamette River at Newberg, Or., as far back as 1902, when row boats competed for a trophy. The current incarnation began as a marathon to Albany and back 1948 as the Newberg Boat Club (NBC) helped Yamhill County show off the new boat ramp at Roger’s Landing. The current circle race configuration started in 1952 under APBA sanction.

Mother Nature strikes Pepsi Racing Power Cup Challenge

posted Fri, 06/22/2012 - 8:22am

Jessica Giard

Chamberlain/Oacoma Sun

Patience paid off for race teams and spectators at the first day of Pepsi Racing Power Cup Challenge on Saturday, June 16.

The fourth running of the hydroplane boat races in Chamberlain/Oacoma was hampered by wind on Saturday and ultimately canceled at Noon on Sunday. On Saturday, race organizers waited out the wind  and, for the first time in the history of the American Power Boat Association, hit the water at 6 pm for three hours of unprecedented racing.

Rookies shine at Walled Lake Thunder

posted Thu, 06/21/2012 - 8:32am

By JOE PAS

Propeller Assistant Editor

A young girl craned her neck skyward to catch a glimpse of an inboard hydroplane high above the ground of the Walled Lake Thunder pits on June 9. As one of two industrial cranes hooked the boat and swung it around, her father, Harold, bent his knees to meet his daughter’s eye level. He pointed and said, “That’s how they put the boats in and out of the water.” She stared in amazement.

SSCC students will give hydroplane a make-over - Westseattleherald.com

posted Sun, 06/10/2012 - 11:31pm in Scoop.It - Hydroracer

SSCC students will give hydroplane a make-overWestseattleherald.com37 hydroplane currently housed at the college in West Seattle is owned by legendary Billy Schumacher (“Billy the Kid”), the former unlimited champion driver who won 17 races from 1967-1976,...

 

The newly-painted and refinished boat will carry the South Seattle Community College name and logo on its side, as it competes throughout the U.S. and in Qatar during the 2012 racing season.

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