Betting on hydroplane boats at Tokyo’s Heiwajima Stadium allows travelers to escape the big city’s overbearing shine. Walking through the streets of Tokyo’s Shibuya district feels like walking through ...

Backflips are dangerous if you don’t pull them off. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about doing it in a car, bike, or boat—get it wrong, and you’re likely to break your neck, or worse. One ...

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion Jimmie Johnson is set to drive the restored Atlas Van Lines Blue Blaster hydroplane on August 1, 2025, at the Seafair Weekend Festival in Seattle. This event ...

Hydroplanes, on the other hand, also move by propellers in the water beneath their hulls. But when a hydroplane gets moving, the hull's design is what provides lift. As the speed increases, the ...

Some boat racing fans got quite the spectacle over the weekend when one vessel rose completely out of the water and did a flip while traveling at close to 200MPH. Check out the insane video, taken ...

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 ...

A hydroplane boat driver ended up in the hospital Friday after the boat flipped during a race in Mission Bay. It was the first day of San Diego Bay Fair, an event featuring the specialized boats. The ...

GENESEE TWP, Mich. — For 363 days in the year, the C. S. Mott Lake is a no-wake lake. The exception this year being on Aug 9 and 10 during the third annual Mott Lake Regatta, "War of the Wake." Hosted ...

The Miss DiJulio/J&D’s thunderboat is moved into Lake Washington for this weekend’s hydroplane races. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The roar of this weekend’s Seafair hydroplane races on Lake ...

KAWKAWLIN TOWNSHIP, MI-- Inside Jon Staudacher's workshop there sits a shiny red grand prix hydroplane that makes the boats of Bay City's River Roar look like mosquitos. Staudacher isn't new to ...

Don't expect the Arno XI to be an old boat bargain, though. It's been offered for sale several times over the years, after receiving what was described by a previous auction listing as a thorough and ...