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River debris damages hydroplane during testing Video included

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Debris on the Columbia River damaged the U-88 Degree Men hydroplane Friday. More>>

H1 Unlimited Hydroplanes arrive at Columbia River Video included

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H1 Unlimited hydroplanes have arrived. Thursday the Degree Men and Peters & May teams started their testing on the Columbia River for the H1 Unlimited Air National Guard Series. More>>

Degree Men and Peters & May Teams Will Churn up Columbia in Pre-Season Test

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The 88 Degree Men® and the U-11 Peters & May boats will be conducting extensive test runs on the Columbia River at 10 AM on May 18. More>>

Grand Prix Hydroplanes, Other Race Boats to Test on the Columbia May 12

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Roostertails will fly and engine noise will fill the Lampson Pits May 12 when Grand Prix and 1 liter hydroplanes will be in the Tri-Cities to test their boats. More>>

Evans Brothers Join Air National Guard Series as Team Owners

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Veteran Air National Guard Hydroplane Series driver Mark Evans and his brother, Mitch, can add another title to their résumés—team owners. More>>

Tri-City Water Follies Receives Excellence Award

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H1 Unlimited's Air National Guard Hydroplane Series honored its teams Saturday night at The Westin Seattle with the Tri-City Water Follies receiving the Award of Excellence. More>>

Hydroplane Racing in China

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H1 Unlimited hydroplane racing and Beijing Kingolym Culture Communications Ltd. have entered into an agreement that could bring the world's fastest boats to China as soon as fall 2012. More>>

Dave Villwock Nominated for Professional Sports Star of the Year

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Air National Guard Hydroplane Series driver Dave Villwock is one of five candidates nominated Tuesday by the Seattle Sports Commission for Professional Sports Star of the Year. More>>

Prosser two wins away from sixth state title

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Saturday four local high school football teams have state semifinal games. One of those schools is Prosser. The Mustangs are no stranger to postseason success and are going for their sixth state championship. More>>

Spirit of Qatar Clinches 2011 National High Points Championship

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Dave Villwock led the Spirit of Qatar team to its first national high points championship in four years by winning the first heat of the Oryx Cup UIM World Championship on Friday. More>>

Dave Villwock Fastest Qualifier at Oryx Cup in Qatar

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No one is better at qualifying a boat this year than Spirit of Qatar driver Dave Villwock. For the sixth time this season, Villwock was the fastest qualifier. More>>

2 racers die after powerboat crash at Key West

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Two offshore powerboat racers died Wednesday after their catamaran went airborne at high speed and crashed, marring the opening of three days of racing at the Key West World Championship. More>>

Lamb Weston Columbia Cup to Air on National Sports Network

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The Tri-Cities Water Follies Association, H1 Unlimited and the Air National Guard are encouraging you to catch the 2011 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup on the Versus/NBC Sports Network, Sunday, October 30 at 1 p.m. More>>

H1 Unlimited En Route To Abu Dhabi and Qatar

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Sacramento, Calif., September 21, 2011—H1 Unlimited today unveiled a fall schedule that will see the series featured at the meeting of the general assembly of the Union Internationale Motonautique in Abu More>>

Villwock Repeats at Air National Guard Championship in San Diego

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San Diego, Calif., September 18, 2011—Driver Dave Villwock won his second consecutive Air National Guard Championship at San Diego Bayfair on Sunday, sweeping through all of his heats and closing in on More>>

SAN DIEGO 2011: Dave Villwock & U-96 Spirit of Qatar win Unlimited Hydroplane tour stop at San Diego

The Unlimited Hydroplanes add a nose to the scoop on top when they run on saltwater to try to keep the damaging salt out of the engine intake The Unlimited Hydroplanes add a nose to the scoop on top when they run on saltwater to try to keep the damaging salt out of the engine intake
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Dave Villwock in the U-96 Spirit of Qatar made it a perfect weekend, with three heat wins in three races, and winning the winner-take-all final.  Kip Brown in the U-17 Miss Red Dot finished second.  Steve David in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto won his three heat races and finished third in the final race. More>>

SEATTLE 2011: U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto & Steve David win Finals at Seafair Unlimited Hydroplane Heat Races

Dave Villwock and the U-96 Spirit of Qatar beat Steve David in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto twice in Unlimited Hydroplane racing heats at Seafair, but it was David and the U-1 winning the Albert Lee Cup in the winner-take-all finals. More>>

SEATTLE 2011: Villwock, Liddycoat, David, Perkins win Unlimited Hydroplane Heat Races

Heat Winners

1A U-96 Dave Villwock
1B U-1 Steve David
2A U-7 Scott Liddycoat 
2B U-96 Dave Villwock
3A U-21 Brian Perkins
3B U-96 Dave Villwock


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SEATTLE 2011: Veterans win Saturday Unlimited Hydroplane Heat Race

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The heat draw are done by blind draw.  Still, it is interesting that the U-96 Spirit of Qatar and the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto have yet to match up head-to-head in the same heat all season long. 

Saturday Heat Winners
1A: U-96 Dave Villwock
1B: U-1 Steve David

 

 
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TRI-CITIES 2011: Brown, Bernard, Villwock win Saturday Unlimited Hydroplane Heat Races

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Kip Brown kept the U-17 at the top of the National High Points team championship with a win in Heat 1C, beating veteran Dave Villwock. 

Saturday heat winners:

1A - U-96 Dave Villwock
1B - U-5 Jeff Bernard
1C - U-17 Kip Brown
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TRi-CITIES 2011: Villwock Conquers 7 Boat Field to Take the Columbia Cup Video included

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Plenty of storylines in Sunday's the 2011 Columbia Cup final. Dave Villwock in the U-96 Spirit of Qatar was trying to win the cup for the first time since 2007. More>>

SEATTLE 2011: Dave Villwock, U-96 Spirit of Qatar, leads Unlimited Hydroplane Qualifying at Seafair

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U-96, U-1, and U-7 sit atop the qualifying ladder on the Air National Guard H1 Unlimited for Seattle's 2011 tour stop. More>>

DETROIT 2011: U-96 Spirit of Qatar, Dave Villwock win Detroit's Gold Cup in Unlimited Hydroplane Racing

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Dave Villwock became the winningest Unlimited Hydroplane driver in history, winning his 9th Gold Cup and 63rd overall race. More>>

David Wins Dash for Cash

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The 2011 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup's first race was the Dash for Cash.  What a finish it was. More>>

MADISON 2011: Unlimited Hydroplane hits rescue boat in heat race

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An unlimited hydroplane apparently ran into one of the rescue boats that sits inside the boat course, drawing a gasp from the crowds on the shores in Madison, Indiana.  Three people have been transported to a local hospital. More>>

DETROIT 2011: Six different winners in six Unlimited Hydroplane heat races at Detroit's Gold Cup

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Heat Winners:

1A U-88
1B U-17
1C U-11
2A U-96
2B U-5
2C U-100
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MADISON 2011: Accident in the Unlimited Hydroplane finals; Steve David declared winner Video included

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Steve David and the U-1 win the first Unlimited Hydroplane race of the 2011 season in a final cut short by a collision between Dave Villwock and David.

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