By MAYA JONES
Detroit News
Despite a failing battery during the last heat, Formula 2 driver Chris Fairchild claimed a tunnel boat world championship for the second straight year at PNC's Roar on the River in Trenton.
By SAM SHAWVER
Marietta Times
By MEREDITH QUALLS
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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.
By GEOFFREY STOUTE
Cory Butzin
Bay City Times
By LAURA GIBBONS
Bay City Times
Bay City is one of the roughest courses on the Formula 1 PROP tour. This weekend Jessica Beegle will compete in her first tunnel boat race at the 25th annual Bay City River Roar. Although this will be Jessica's first OPC event as a driver, she is no stranger to powerboat racing.
By CORY BUTZIN
MLive
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.
