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A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a fast motorboat, where the hull shape is such that at speed, the weight of the boat is supported by planing forces, rather than simple buoyancy. A key aspect of hydroplanes is that they use the water they are on for lift rather than buoyancy, as well as for propulsion and steering : when travelling at ...
Outboard Performance Craft hydroplanes (sometimes called "tunnel boats") are a different racing series of UIM and APBA outboard powerboat classes. Limited hydroplane racing classes are inboard-engine powered boats that use high performance gasoline fuel.
H1 Unlimited is an American unlimited hydroplane racing league that is sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association (APBA). Until 2009, the series was known as ABRA Unlimited Hydroplane, in turn renamed from APBA Unlimited Hydroplane in 2004. The H1 Unlimited season typically runs from July through September, consisting of five races.
With just five races again on the 2023 H1 Unlimited circuit, points will be very important for the national championship — especially from the get-go.
Jimmy Shane in the U-1 Miss Homestreet Bank races to a 2022 Columbia Cup unlimited hydroplane race championship on the Columbia River in Kennewick. Weekend schedule.
This will be the 56 th running of an unlimited hydroplane race in the Tri-Cities. With Peabody essentially out for the season, Shane has a stranglehold on the drivers national high points title ...
The APBA Gold Cup (originally known simply as the Gold Cup, a speedboat race) is an American hydroplane boat race, named for the American Power Boat Association. It is now run as part of the H1 Unlimited season. [1] First run in 1904, it is the oldest trophy in motorsports. [2]
2 p.m. — Grand Prix hydroplane Heat 3. 2:25 p.m. — The Truss Company H1 Unlimited hydroplane Heat 4A. 2:50 p.m. — The Truss Company H1 Unlimited hydroplane Heat 4B. 3:15 p.m. — E-350 ...