Here is the 2011 unlimited hydroplane racing season point standings through the Columbia Cup, which was run July 31 in Kennewick, Wash.

KENNEWICK Jeff Bernard likes having a teammate to race with in Scott Liddycoat.

KENNEWICK -- Ted Porter, who owns three boats in this weekend's fleet -- the U-5 Graham Trucking, the U-7 Valken.com and the U-57 Formulaboats.com -- loves his new rookie driver, Scott Liddycoat.

Hull No.: U-5

KENNEWICK -- Steve David and Dave Villwock beat the rest of the field Saturday in the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup, while the boat graveyard on the Columbia River known as the first turn claimed one victim, injured another and nearly got a third.

KENNEWICK -- Unlimited hydroplane racing has had its share of controversy over the years, and Saturday's Lamb Weston Columbia Cup added to that legacy with another chapter of the soap opera called As the Turbine Turns.

KENNEWICK -- Jean Theoret took the U-37 Hoss Mortgage out for a spin Saturday morning, hitting a top speed of 153.442 mph.

KENNEWICK -- It was the same old story on the unlimited hydroplane circuit Friday at Lampson Pits.

KENNEWICK -- When it comes to racing unlimited hydroplanes, the Columbia River is known as a superspeedway.

The 44th version of the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup gets under way this Friday.

DETROIT -- Dave Villwock has found many different ways to earn his 58 career unlimited hydroplane victories.

MADISON, Ind. -- A blowover upstaged the qualifying heats Saturday at the Madison (Ind.) Regatta unlimited hydroplane race.

At the age of 55, Steve David has to be considered the senior statesman of the unlimited hydroplane circuit.