Andrew Tate in the U-9 Les Schawb Tires has a perfect weekend race to own the 2018 HAPO Columbia Cup and pull farther ahead of the pack going into the second half of the H1 hydros season.
The Oberto hydroplane racing team resurfaced for two weekends, starting with the Columbia Cup at the Water Follies in the Tri-Cities. Hall of Fame driver Dave Villwock also is on the team. Cal Phipps pilots.
The 53rd annual Columbia Cup hits the Columbia River starting Friday, part of the Tri-City Water Follies. The H1 Unlimited boats will have top drivers Jimmy Shane, Andrew Tate and J Michael Kelly in the field.
Retiree Clarence Martin, 76, of Kennewick is a longtime Tri-Cities Water Follies volunteer. This year he helped repair boat docks damaged by high water erosion in Columbia Park.
Fascinated by hydroplanes as a child, Cindy Shirley gets a chance to command her own team, being named crew chief for Miss HomeStreet Bank. She's the first female chief in the sport.
U-9 RealTrac/Delta Gear driver Andrew Tate picks up his second career H1 Unlimited victory in the first of two cup races this weekend on the Detroit River.
Jimmy Shane captured his first H1 Unlimited cup win of the season after Andrew Tate beat him on the water, but was penalized during the milling period for the finale of the 2017 Albert Lee Appliance Cup at Seafair in Seattle.
J. Michael Kelly drove the U-12 Graham Trucking boat to victory in Sunday’s winner-take-all HAPO Columbia Cup final for his first victory in the Tri-Cities, exorcising the demons of a 2016 Cup that was stripped from him five months after the race.
J. Michael Kelly drove the U-12 Graham Trucking boat to victory in Sunday’s winner-take-all HAPO Columbia Cup final for his first victory in the Tri-Cities, exorcising the demons of a 2016 Cup that was stripped from him five months after the race.
Only eight boats competed in the HAPO Columbia Cup for H1 Unlimited Hydroplanes, which is now just one of four points races on the circuit. But as the field shrinks, the number of competitive boats increases.
Retiree Clarence Martin, 76, of Kennewick is a longtime Tri-Cities Water Follies volunteer. This year he helped repair boat docks damaged by high water erosion in Columbia Park.
