Andrew Tate comes from a legendary boat racing family—his great-grandfather, grandfather, parents, and younger brother have all raced competitively. He began his own racing career at age 11 in APBA Stock and Modified Outboard classes, earning multiple National Championships. In 2010, he transitioned to the Inboard category, continuing his winning ways in both the American Powerboat Association (APBA) and Hydroplane Racing League (HRL).
In the HRL, Andrew captured back-to-back Grand Prix Season Championships in 2022 and 2023, including consecutive wins in Valleyfield, Quebec. He also earned two victories in the H350 class in 2022 and was named the 2022 HRL Driver of the Year.
Andrew made his Unlimited Hydroplane debut in 2016 behind the wheel of the U-9 Delta/Realtrac for Mike and Lori Jones. That same year, he won the Seattle Seafair Cup and was named H1 Unlimited Rookie of the Year. He has since amassed 11 Unlimited race wins, including a prestigious APBA Gold Cup victory in 2018. An honor he shares with his father, Mark Tate, as the only father-son duo to have won the trophy. Andrew is a 2-time H1 Unlimited National Champion (2018, 2024) and has been inducted into the APBA Hall of Champions 5-times total in 4 different years (2010, 2015, 2018, and twice in 2025).
- Andrew is a fourth-generation boat racer.
- Andrew was named 2016 H1 Unlimited Rookie of the Year
- Andrew’s first ride in an H1 Unlimited was for Mike and Lori Jones in 2016.
- Won his first Unlimited race at the 2016 Seattle Seafair on Lake Washington.
- Scored his first APBA Gold Cup victory in 2018 at Detroit.
- Andrew, along with his father, Mark, are the only Father/Son duo to etch their names on the APBA Gold Cup trophy. Mark Tate, won the prestigious APBA Gold Cup in 1991 and 1994.
- Andrew claimed his first H1 National High Points Championship in 2018.
- Andrew was the H1 Unlimited National High Points Champion in 2024 driving Miss Goodman Real Estate (this same hull) for Miss Madison Racing Inc.
- Andrew began racing stock outboard hydroplanes when he was 9 years old.
- He graduated to the inboard classes in 2006 and has since won over 100 races in various APBA hydroplane categories, including 9 national championship titles.
- Andrew has been inducted into the APBA Hall of Champions four times, most recently in 2024. (2010, 2016, 2018 and 2024)
- Andrew captured the 2022 and 2023 HRL Grand Prix Season Championships earning back-to-back wins in Valleyfield, Quebec.
- Andrew won the first 2 races on the H1 Unlimited circuit in 2024. (Guntersville and Madison)
- Andrew Tate is rapidly moving up the H1 Unlimited all-time win list. He currently has 10 wins, tying him with Mark Evans and Mira Slovak for 19th
- Andrew Tate won the final stop on the Lucas Oil NZ Hydro Thunder Series at Twizel, New Zealand in March 2025.
NEXT DRIVER VICTORY: Andrew’s next victory (#11) will tie him for 18th place on the all-time win list with Mickey Remund.
Andrew’s 12th victory will tie him with his father, Mark Tate, for 15th place on the list, along with George Henley, and the legendary Gar Wood.
