Hydroplane fever climbing in Tri-Cities
Longtime boat race fan Mark Willer poses with his three daughters, Maggie,10, Annie, 7, and Ren, 12, from left, in front of the U-3 Miss Griggs Ace Hardware unlimited hydroplane as Charlie Grigg takes the photo.
The fleet’s lone piston-powered racing boat was on display in front of the Grigg’s store in Pasco.
The annual three-day Tri-City Water Follies Columbia Cup races and air show starts Friday on the Pasco and Kennewick shorelines of the Columbia River just upstream of the blue bridge.