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 ...

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 ...

Dave Villwock has always been a master of getting his timing marks down when it comes to starting an unlimited hydroplane race. He has had charts on the Columbia River for decades, knowing exactly ...

A West Richland couple sat in the shade Sunday watching the boats and jets speed past on the Columbia River. Glenn and Terri Grant have been coming to the Tri-City hydroplane races for more than 35 ...

After a year’s absence, Unlimited Hydroplane racing will return to Mission Bay in September. And, if things go right, seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson might celebrate his 50 th birthday on ...

Crew members work on the U-9 Beacon Plumbing boat in the Lampson Pits at Columbia Park in Kennewick on Friday. The unlimited hydroplanes did not run on Friday because of unsafe river levels. Eric ...