USA takes bronze in UIM World Championship
By Unity Flagstaff
Vintage & Historic News
Lifetime APBA member passes away
By MARGIE KREITZER OSBORNE
Ken Wright, 84, passed away after surgery for a hernia and complications due to age and previous illness. He is survived by three children; Kurt Wright, Kris Wright and Ginny Wright-Novogny, all three are from Cleveland. Also surviving is step-daughter, Traci Miller, of Dayton, Ohio. Ken served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines during WWII. An urn burial will take place later at Arlington National Cemetery.
Mother Nature strikes Pepsi Racing Power Cup Challenge
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.
Hydroplane racing to return to Lake Coeur d’Alene
The roar of hydroplanes will be heard again on Lake Coeur d’Alene this summer with a return to racing 44 years after the popular sport there ended.
“We will become the No. 1 race in the United States,” organizer Dennis Wheeler predicted today.
APBA loses well respected and loved member
Powerboat racing has lost a strong advocate, a generous spirit and a fierce competitor. The unexpected death of Tamara (Tammy) Dawe, 40, on June 12 is a terrible loss to her family, friends and countless students who knew her as a caring and dedicated Language Arts teacher, yearbook advisor and friend.
Thunder on The Narrows proved to be as exciting as ever
By DAVID SHAW
SSCC students will give hydroplane a make-over - Westseattleherald.com
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.
Hydroplane racing returns to Coeur d'Alene - Flathead Publishing Group
Shawn Gust
Four decades later
Shawn Gust / Hagadone News Network Doug Miller, event chairman for the upcoming Coeur d'Alene Diamond Cup Regatta this Labor Day weekend, inspects a detail on the 1968 Miss Budweiser hydroplane on July 1, 2010 after the boat was housed at the resort's boat shop. Miller's efforts have helped bring racing back to Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Posted: Sunday, June 10, 2012 10:07 am
Jaycees June boat races this weekend - Lockhaven.com
June 6, 2012
By SCOTT JOHNSON (sjohnson@lockhaven.com) , The Express
LOCK HAVEN - It's boat racing time in Lock Haven.
The Delaware Valley Outboard Racing Association and the Lock Haven Area Jaycees will present the Third Annual Lock Haven Area Jaycees June Boat Races and Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
Title Sponsor Re-Ups For Madison Regatta - Newsroom - Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick
June 6, 2012
News Release
MADISON, Ind. - Madison Regatta Incorporated is announcing today the signing of Lucas Oil Products, Inc., as Title Sponsor for the 2012 Madison Regatta to be held on the Ohio River in Historic Madison, July 6th-8th, 2012.
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