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Three Traditional Races
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Since the end of World War II, Detroit (Michigan), Madison (Indiana), and Seattle (Washington) have reigned as the three traditional stopovers on the A… View »
Three Slo-Mo Laps For The Memories
Nostalgic Ride With Woods Rough, Says Taggart, 83 By John Peoples Reprinted from The Seattle Times, August 6, 1990. A beaming Joe Taggart said the ride around the course in Slo-Mo-Shun IV jarred more… View »
Theo Rossi Proposed WC Race Back In 1938
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The World Championship Race concept can be traced back to 1938. It was originally proposed by Count Theo Rossi, the head of the Italian vermouth indust… View »
The World According To Lee
A Close-up Look at the Career of Lee Schoenith and how He Changed Boat Racing Forever By Steve Garey Gale, formerly the third Notre Dame and Miss Frostie was the first boat Lee Schoenith drove. It wa… View »
The Water Monsters
Reprinted from TIME Magazine, August 17, 1959. The world's fastest racing boats are the unlimited hydroplanes. As much airplane as boat, they are bellowing giants powered by World War II fighter-plan… View »
The Wanderer Question
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian QUESTION: Fred, what do you remember about that strange-looking boat from California--THE WANDERER--that crashed to the bottom of Lake Washington about… View »
The Ventnor Three-Pointers
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The now-defunct Ventnor Boat Works of Ventnor, New Jersey, occupies a special place in hydroplane history. It was there that the modern three-point des… View »
The Vanquished (1955-1963)
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian From 1955 until 1963, MISS THRIFTWAY from Seattle, Washington, set the standard for excellence in the APBA Unlimited Class. With Bill Muncey driving, t… View »
The Unlimiteds - 2007 in Review
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Erick Ellstrom's MISS E-LAM PLUS would not be denied in 2007. Owner/crew chief Ellstrom and driver Dave Villwock, claimed a second National High Point… View »
The Unlimiteds - 2006 in Review
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian If one word can summarize the 2006 EnviroPly Unlimited Hydroplane Series tour, that word is competition. Quite simply, there was more boat-to-boat… View »
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