At the Jones Racing shop in Enumclaw, Southeast of Seattle, crew chief Jeff Campbell heads up the team making repairs to the team’s race boat after it got high in the air above the Detroit River during the APBA Gold Cup and did a 360 with driver Jon Zimmerman aboard. [...]

         Diamond Cup Unlimited, LLC is reluctantly announcing the cancellation of the 2014 Diamond Cup Hydroplane Race.  The Kootenai County Sheriff’s obdurate refusal to accept an application for a Marine Event permit in conformity with his statutory obligations under Idaho law has caused the cancellation of the race.      [...]

Villwock to drive Schumacher Racing’s 37 Beacon Plumbing in Tri-Cities and Seattle.

Sunday action at the APBA Gold Cup in Detroit, MI July 13, 2014. Images by Chris Denslow.

Jimmy Shane’s perfect weekend at the Detroit APBA Gold Cup gave the Oberto driver the maximum 2100 points and a 550 point lead over Madison winner J. Michael Kelly who has 3019 points in the 1 Graham Trucking. Jamie Nilsen and Brian Perkins have combined to put GoFastTurnLeft Racing’s 21 [...]

The one prize that eluded Steve David in one of the greatest careers of any driver in the history of Unlimited Hydroplane Racing was the APBA Gold Cup.  David won many races and multiple championships for the community owned Oberto/Miss Madison before retiring at the end of the 2013 season [...]

Tough day for Team Red Dot/Spirit of Qatar at the Detroit APBA Gold  Cup, the tea that is representing us while we finish the new boat. Driver Jon Zimmerman was in a close race with Jimmy Shane in the 6 Oberto entering the first turn of lap 4 in Heat [...]

Results from the 2014 APBA Gold Cup held July 11-13 in Detroit, MI.

Saturday action at the APBA Gold Cup in Detroit, MI July 12, 2014. Images by Chris Denslow.

Take a look inside the Oberto team at the 2014 APBA Gold Cup. Videos cover test & qualifying, and a Saturday wrapup.