The 2012 Madison Regatta will be featured at three major Mid-West boat shows in January and February. Cincinnati Travel, Sports & Boat Show: January 20 – 22 & January 25 – 29, 2012. Miss Madison Display Boat will be onsite at location B6 in the Duke Energy Convention Center. website: [...]

Ted Porter, owner of the Precision Performance Engineering/LLC Race Team, has announced that his family will be leaving the sport and selling the team’s large inventory of equipment. In 2011, the team campaigned three hulls – the U-5 Graham Trucking driven by Jeff Bernard, the U-7 Valken.com driven by Scott [...]

The field for the 2011 Vic Nelawake Unlimited Spirit Award has been narrowed to five. The Vic Nelawake Unlimited Spirit Award recognizes an individual whose voluntary contributions to the sport of Unlimited Hydroplane Racing stand out among all volunteers, and have demonstrated the same selfless dedication and inspiring spirit that [...]

H1 Unlimited Historian Fred Farley’s statistical recap shows fifteen hulls appeared at one time or another during the 2011 Air National Guard Series tour. Sixteen drivers made at least one legal start in a heat of competition. Two teams–the U-1 and the U-100–used back-up hulls.   Jeff Bernard’s 5 Graham [...]

H1 is collecting Fan nominations for the 2011 ANG Series FAN FAVORITE AWARD. The award can go to a team, owner, driver or any person or group chosen by the fans. Nominate your favorite in an email to (Enable Javascript to see the email address).  Nominations also become votes.

Time for photogs to pick their favorite shots for the 2011 photo contest. The 3 categories are Professional Boat/Action Shot, Professional People Shot, and Fan Photograph. Fans can send in up to 2 photos of anything they’d like and the pro’s can send one boat/action and one people. Email digital [...]

In a career as an unlimited crewman dating back to 1972,  Tracy Bratvold built Rolls Royce Merlin and Griffon engines for teams like Circus Circus, Budweiser, Tide and Pringles. With the dawn of the turbine era, Tracy became one of the sport’s premier turbine technicians and eventually grew his knowledge [...]

After a successful taste of racing in three races this summer, Mike & Lori Jones are planning to make a full-time comeback to the Air National Guard H1 Unlimited Championship series in 2012.  And they have big plans.  Jon Zimmerman will drive the U-9 again next season, his first full-time [...]