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The Unlimited Lights - 1997 in Review
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The Unlimited Lights Racing Series, featuring the Grand National Hydroplanes, contributed many exciting moments for the fans during the 1997 JASPER THU… View »
The Unlimited Lights - 1995 in Review
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The 1995 Unlimited hydroplane season saw the introduction of a support class, christened the Unlimited Lights, to run between heats of the big boats. T… View »
The Steve Reynolds Story
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian There was a bright new star on the Unlimited hydroplane horizon in 1979. He was Steve Reynolds, driver of the casino-sponsored MISS CIRCUS CIRCUS. Reyn… View »
The Steve David Story
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian A prominent Florida realtor who teaches college classes in real estate, Steve David is also a lifelong boat racer. He has over 250 race victories in th… View »
The Sterett Legacy
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian In over a hundred years of organized power boat racing, many dynasties have flourished. Prior to World War II, the Gar Wood family and the Horace Dodge… View »
The Smirnoff Saga
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Three Unlimited hydroplanes carried the SMIRNOFF name into competition between 1964 and 1968. (The MISS was dropped from the name after 1965.) All thre… View »
The Slo-mo-shun Saga
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian In the early hours of June 26, 1950, an event transpired that caught the racing world by surprise. An Unlimited Class hydroplane with the unlikely name… View »
The Slo-Mo's Days Are O'er
By Royal Brougham Reprinted from THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER A ghost was talking yesterday in the twilight's eerie gloom, As dancing shadows played like spooks in the dimly-lighted room. It came f… View »
The Six Traditional Race Sites
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The six traditional Unlimited race sites (Detroit, Madison, Seattle, San Diego, the Tri-Cities, and Evansville) have hosted a total of 308 major Unlimi… View »
The Silver Cup Story
By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The Silver Cup was one of the first major trophies to be offered for Unlimited hydroplane competition in the years following World War II. It was spons… View »
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