HYDROPLANE RACING is a sport for thrill-seekers. A human is strapped into what is essentially an airplane wing fitted out with an airplane (or helicopter) engine, and then zooms almost airborne across ...

Ed Karelsen, who built championship race boats in all classes and in the unlimited hydroplane class in particular, died Saturday in Edmonds, H1 Unlimited said. He was 86. Karelsen’s Miss Bardahl and ...

Got to hand it to the folks at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America for coming up with unique auctions to help support the Hall of Fame and its mission of honoring racing greats. The latest such ...

The Bluebird K7, the world's first successful jet-engined hydroplane and a multiple-record holder for speed on water, is back at home in Coniston, Cumbria, in the UK. Its road back home was long, ...

Seafair's hydroplane races don't hold the same place in Seattle's heart that they did in the 1950s and '60s when they were the only sport in town besides Husky football. The city has grown up, but ...