MILL CREEK — Peter Olesen is squeezed into the tiny cockpit of an 11-foot racing boat that sits on a trailer in front of his Mill Creek home, fiddling with the steering wheel. He, his father, Steve, ...
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 ...
From about age 6, Jason Colean remembers his dad crafting detailed, cardboard-and-tape models of hydroplanes for him to pull around in their front yard in Pasco. “And that’s really all it takes to ...
Thunder on the Ohio, one leg of the APBA Unlimited Hydroplane circuit, was held on the Evansville Riverfront from 1979 to 2009 -- 31 consecutive years. Attendance for the boat races was recorded at a ...