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May 2016

Speed King – Meeting Chip Hanauer

August, 1982 – Hanauer brings home the gold at…

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April 2016

Remembering Fred Farley

Fred Farley Remembered.…

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November 2015

Marion Cooper Inducted Into Kentucky Motorsports HOF

By Fred Farley – APBA UNLIMITED HISTORIAN

The late Marion Cooper of Louisville, Kentucky, was inducted into the Kentucky Motorsports Hall of Fame, on October 24, 2015, in ceremonies at…

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March 2015

Video Vault Q&A

What is the Video Vault?

The Video Vault is a private Group, on our web site, that provides Museum members access to hundreds of hours of hydroplane video footage. Some of…

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February 2015

1957 Green Lake, Washington

photo 1957 Green Lake, Washington 3 Likes Ted Jones Launches a Seattle Tradition

Engineer Ted Jones harbored a lot of creative (even radical) ideas about boat design, which spawned one of Seattle’s most storied traditions — unlimited hydroplane racing.…

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July 2014

Blue Blaster Tested!

On July 17, 2014, the team for the Atlas Van Lines hydroplane, in preparation for the vintage hydroplane races at Seafair 2014, tested the waters at American Lake Park in Lakewood,…

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May 2014

Are you ready to GiveBIG?

GiveBIG is tomorrow! Join the Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum and the Seattle Foundation's fourth…

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August 2013

Seven Who Shaped Seafair

By Danny O'Neil

Reprinted from The Seattle Times, August 8, 1999

What Ted Jones lacked in formal education, he compensated for with an unwavering belief he could build the…

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March 2013

Another One Saved From The Axe

Two weeks ago, in a some what involved transaction, my much altered and…

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I just added almost 100 new photos to the Unlimiteds Detroit photo…

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October 2012

Mahogany & Merlot 2012

Join us at Lake Chelan on October 5th through 7th!

The 2012 Mahogany & Merlot Vintage Boat Show is a "on-the-water" boat show and FREE Family Friendly event…

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August 2012

What a Wonderful few Days!

It is one of the quirks of the Hydro Business that there are long cold months…

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February 2012

Seattle's Deadly Farce

Two days of hydro racing end with four hospital cases, three retirements and no real winner.

By Emmett Watson

Reprinted from Sports Illustrated, August 22,…

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August 2011

Vintage Hydroplane return to Seafair!

Vintage hydroplane racing returns this summer - experience the roar and thunder the way it used to be! Boats like the Miss Bardhal, Miss Wahoo, Oh Boy! Oberto, and Miss Thriftway will be making a…

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February 2011

His Future is Unlimiteds

After two decades of racing in thunderboats, it looks as if 1976 National Champion Bill Muncey will continue rewriting the record books forever.

By Coles…

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By Fred Farley - H1 Unlimited Historian

As a whole, automotive power in the Unlimited Class has so far failed to achieve competitive results. Only one auto-powered boat (MISS CHRYSLER CREW…