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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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
The Qatar Marine Sports Federation is putting the final preparations on the Doha Corniche for this weekend's Oryx Cup World Championship, the final round of the 2011 Air National Guard Hydroplane Championship. More>>
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>>
The Detroit Yacht Club, one of the oldest and most prestigious clubs in North America, has signed a contract to remain the Presenting Sponsor of the Detroit APBA Gold Cup Races for the next three years.
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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>>
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>>
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>>
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 intakeDave 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>>
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>>
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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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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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>>
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>>
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 More>>
The 2011 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup's first race was the Dash for Cash. What a finish it was. More>>
Dave Villwock became the winningest Unlimited Hydroplane driver in history, winning his 9th Gold Cup and 63rd overall race. More>>
Heat Winners:
1A U-88
1B U-17
1C U-11
2A U-96
2B U-5
2C U-100 More>>
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>>
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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"I still think I'm in a great club, I guess you could call it the Rushmore of boat racing," Dave Villwock said after becoming the winningest Unlimited Hydroplane boat racer in history. "Myself, Chip Hanauer and Bill Muncey each brought something different to the sport." More>>
MADISON REGATTA WINNERS:
Heat 1A: U-1 Steve David
Heat 1B: U-96 Dave Villwock
Heat 1C: U-17 Kip Brown More>>
Sunday Heat Winners
2A U-17 Kip Brown
2B U-1 Steve David
2C U-96 Dave Villwock
3A RED FLAG - ACCIDENT ON COURSE More>>
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Here is a list of videos of the best hydro flips, crashes and fires in our library. More>>
Rusty Bladen's song "Ride That River" was featured during the 2007 hydroplane racing on the Columbia River. More>>
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