GUNTERSVILLE LAKE HYDROFEST
GUNTERSVILLE LAKE HYDROFEST
JUNE 29-30, 2024
The Guntersville Lake Hydrofest is our first stop on the 2024 season, and has quickly grown into most team’s favorite race of the season. With a big, fast lake to race on, fantastic hospitality from the town and its citizens, and always warm weather, the Hydrofest is a great place to begin.
Beginning back in 1963, the race ran through 1969 and was the site of numerous speed record attempts, then had a hiatus until 2018, when it came back in a big way – with what is widely acknowledged to be the most spectacular Final Heat of the past twenty years, when Andrew Tate beat Jimmy Shane by less than 6 feet after five laps of 200 MPH racing!
The 2023 race featured the fifth-fastest qualifying lap in the history of the sport – 171.294 MPH, set by Dustin Echols in the U-40 Bucket List Racing entry, and the fastest 2.5 mile average lap speed – 162.910 MPH, by Corey Peabody in the U-9 Beacon Plumbing.
This year, the Hydrofest will be this summer’s biggest event at the lake, with three classes of hydroplanes, racing at speeds of up to 200 mph.
Be sure to get your tickets soon and join us on the shores of one of the most beautiful lakes in the country!
If you can’t be in Guntersville to experience true Southern hospitality during the 2024 Guntersville Lake Hydrofest, we will be live-streaming the event on YouTube from flag to flag. You can now watch us from anywhere! Every practice, qualifying and every heat of the action leading to the Final Heat on Sunday will be available on any device.
To get revved up for the 2024 event, watch some of the action from last year’s Hydrofest:
| DATE | FINISH | U# | DRIVER | BOAT NAME |
| 6/25/2023 | 1st | U-9 | Corey Peabody | Beacon Plumbing |
| 6/25/2023 | 2nd | U-91 | Andrew Tate | Miss Goodman Real Estate |
| 6/25/2023 | 3rd | U-11 | Jamie Nilsen | Legend Yacht Transport |
| 6/24/2022 | 1st | U-9 | Corey Peabody | LYNX Healthcare |
| 6/24/2022 | 2nd | U-91 | Jeff Bernard | Miss Goodman Real Estate |
| 6/24/2022 | 3rd | U-11 | Jamie Nilsen | Miss Colleen |
| 6/25/2021 | 1st | U-8 | J. Michael Kelly | Miss Tri-Cities |
| 6/25/2021 | 2nd | U-9 | Corey Peabody | Pinnacle Peak Consulting |
| 6/25/2021 | 3rd | U-40 | Dave Villwock | Miss Beacon Plumbing |
| 6/23/2019 | 1st | U-6 | Jimmy Shane | Miss HomeStreet |
| 6/23/2019 | 2nd | U-12 | J. Michael Kelly | Graham Trucking |
| 6/23/2019 | 3rd | U-7 | Bert Henderson | Spirit of Detroit |
| 6/22/2018 | 1st | U-9 | Andrew Tate | Auxier Marketing/Delta RealTrac |
| 6/22/2018 | 2nd | U-1 | Jimmy Shane | Miss HomeStreet |
| 6/22/2018 | 3rd | U-11 | Tom Thompson | Reliable Diamond Tools/J & D’s |
| 6/8/1969 | 1st | U-12 | Bill Sterett | Miss Budweiser (06) |
| 6/8/1969 | 2nd | U-70 | Dean Chenoweth | Myr’s Special |
| 6/8/1969 | 3rd | U-2 | Bill Muncey | Miss U. S. (3) |
| 6/2/1968 | 1st | U-25 | Warner Gardner | Miss Eagle Electric (2) |
| 6/2/1968 | 2nd | U-2 | Bill Muncey | Miss U. S. (3) |
| 6/2/1968 | 3rd | U-15 | Tommy Fults | My Gypsy |
| 6/27/1965 | 1st | U-6 | Buddy Byers | Miss Madison (2) |
| 6/27/1965 | 2nd | U-99 | Warner Gardner | Mariner Too (2) |
| 6/27/1965 | 3rd | U-2 | Roy Duby | Miss U. S. 5 (2) |
| 6/21/1964 | 1st | U-7 | Bill Muncey | Notre Dame (5) |
| 6/21/1964 | 2nd | U-6 | Buddy Byers | Miss Madison (2) |
| 6/21/1964 | 3rd | U-40 | Ron Musson | Miss Bardahl (3) |
| 6/23/1963 | 1st | U-40 | Ron Musson | Miss Bardahl (3) |
| 6/23/1963 | 2nd | U-55 | Bill Cantrell | Gale V (3) |
| 6/23/1963 | 3rd | U-7 | Warner Gardner | Notre Dame (4) |
The Guntersville Lake Hydrofest is our first stop on the 2024 season, and has quickly grown into most team’s favorite race of the season. With a big, fast lake to race on, fantastic hospitality from the town and its citizens, and always warm weather, the Hydrofest is a great place to begin.
Beginning back in 1963, the race ran through 1969 and was the site of numerous speed record attempts, then had a hiatus until 2018, when it came back in a big way – with what is widely acknowledged to be the most spectacular Final Heat of the past twenty years, when Andrew Tate beat Jimmy Shane by less than 6 feet after five laps of 200 MPH racing!
The 2023 race featured the fifth-fastest qualifying lap in the history of the sport – 171.294 MPH, set by Dustin Echols in the U-40 Bucket List Racing entry, and the fastest 2.5 mile average lap speed – 162.910 MPH, by Corey Peabody in the U-9 Beacon Plumbing.
This year, the Hydrofest will be this summer’s biggest event at the lake, with three classes of hydroplanes, racing at speeds of up to 200 mph.
Be sure to get your tickets soon and join us on the shores of one of the most beautiful lakes in the country!
If you can’t be in Guntersville to experience true Southern hospitality during the 2024 Guntersville Lake Hydrofest, we will be live-streaming the event on YouTube from flag to flag. You can now watch us from anywhere! Every practice, qualifying and every heat of the action leading to the Final Heat on Sunday will be available on any device.
To get revved up for the 2024 event, watch some of the action from last year’s Hydrofest:
| DATE | FINISH | U# | DRIVER | BOAT NAME |
| 6/25/2023 | 1st | U-9 | Corey Peabody | Beacon Plumbing |
| 6/25/2023 | 2nd | U-91 | Andrew Tate | Miss Goodman Real Estate |
| 6/25/2023 | 3rd | U-11 | Jamie Nilsen | Legend Yacht Transport |
| 6/24/2022 | 1st | U-9 | Corey Peabody | LYNX Healthcare |
| 6/24/2022 | 2nd | U-91 | Jeff Bernard | Miss Goodman Real Estate |
| 6/24/2022 | 3rd | U-11 | Jamie Nilsen | Miss Colleen |
| 6/25/2021 | 1st | U-8 | J. Michael Kelly | Miss Tri-Cities |
| 6/25/2021 | 2nd | U-9 | Corey Peabody | Pinnacle Peak Consulting |
| 6/25/2021 | 3rd | U-40 | Dave Villwock | Miss Beacon Plumbing |
| 6/23/2019 | 1st | U-6 | Jimmy Shane | Miss HomeStreet |
| 6/23/2019 | 2nd | U-12 | J. Michael Kelly | Graham Trucking |
| 6/23/2019 | 3rd | U-7 | Bert Henderson | Spirit of Detroit |
| 6/22/2018 | 1st | U-9 | Andrew Tate | Auxier Marketing/Delta RealTrac |
| 6/22/2018 | 2nd | U-1 | Jimmy Shane | Miss HomeStreet |
| 6/22/2018 | 3rd | U-11 | Tom Thompson | Reliable Diamond Tools/J & D’s |
| 6/8/1969 | 1st | U-12 | Bill Sterett | Miss Budweiser (06) |
| 6/8/1969 | 2nd | U-70 | Dean Chenoweth | Myr’s Special |
| 6/8/1969 | 3rd | U-2 | Bill Muncey | Miss U. S. (3) |
| 6/2/1968 | 1st | U-25 | Warner Gardner | Miss Eagle Electric (2) |
| 6/2/1968 | 2nd | U-2 | Bill Muncey | Miss U. S. (3) |
| 6/2/1968 | 3rd | U-15 | Tommy Fults | My Gypsy |
| 6/27/1965 | 1st | U-6 | Buddy Byers | Miss Madison (2) |
| 6/27/1965 | 2nd | U-99 | Warner Gardner | Mariner Too (2) |
| 6/27/1965 | 3rd | U-2 | Roy Duby | Miss U. S. 5 (2) |
| 6/21/1964 | 1st | U-7 | Bill Muncey | Notre Dame (5) |
| 6/21/1964 | 2nd | U-6 | Buddy Byers | Miss Madison (2) |
| 6/21/1964 | 3rd | U-40 | Ron Musson | Miss Bardahl (3) |
| 6/23/1963 | 1st | U-40 | Ron Musson | Miss Bardahl (3) |
| 6/23/1963 | 2nd | U-55 | Bill Cantrell | Gale V (3) |
| 6/23/1963 | 3rd | U-7 | Warner Gardner | Notre Dame (4) |