» Read discussion on Boat Association 06/28/11 The American Mustang, captained by Peter Casagrande, hung on to win this year's Mako Mania tournament that took place this past weekend. The tournament is run by the Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association.
08/08/10 NEAR CHOUTEAU, OK. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A champion drag boat racer from Allegan dies during a national boat race. 55-year-old John Haas lost control of his boat going 217-miles an hour during a qualifying run of the Southern Drag Boat Association race Saturday.
08/08/10 John Haas, a Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Famer, died in a crash on the Grand River east of Tulsa, Oklahoma during a race for the Southern Drag Boat Association.
08/01/10 The Hudson River was the waterway in 1904 for the first running of the American Power Boat Association Gold Cup race. In that initial APBA contest, which started at West 86th Street in New York City and went 16 miles up and 16 miles back down
03/07/10 "The sport we save may be our own," said American Power Boat Association President Mark Weber at the National Meeting in Tukwila, Wash. January 27-30, 2010. Weber and Vice President Mark Wheeler charted sobering statistics. APBA regions and racing categories have suffered a steady decline. In 1990 there were 300 APBA sanctioned events; in 2009, there were 160.
02/03/10 The UI Extension - in partnership with Sportsman for Fish and Wildlife, the Idaho Fish and Game, Tackle Toms, Cabela's, Idaho Springs Water, Sportsman's Warehouse, Intermountain Jet Boat Association and 4-H - will present a free youth ice fishing day in Valley County on Feb. 6.
11/29/09 PHOENIX - Paul "Slick" Fontenot, a Douglas County resident and owner/driver of Slick Racing, a locally-based Drag Boat Race Team, won the 2009 IHBA/Napa Auto Parts World Finals in the Pro Eliminator Class - an 8.0 second 1/4 mile bracket - at the International Hot Boat Association's last race of the year. This was also the IHBA's final race after more than 30 years of drag boat competition ...
10/13/09 WILDWOOD CREST- Since 2001, Event Coordinator Ann Fitzgerald, has has brought racing crafts to the Wildwoods Hydrofest, an event sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association and the Canadian Boating Federation.
09/20/09 Several Grand Rapids Wheelchair Sports Association members met with charter fishing captains from the Muskegon Charter Boat Association. The captains agreed to introduce them to big lake salmon fishing and, even better, to cover most of the costs.
09/20/09 The annual Classic Moth Boat Association Regatta had perfect conditions for a weekend of racing. The conditions were so good, many members were clamouring afterward about expanding the number of races in the future.
08/21/09 Word is in from Hank Kimball that the annual Seneca Power Boat Association Pirates Run Fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation brought in $5,000 to fund research for a cure and a better quality of life for those who suffer from Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
07/31/09 After Day 1 of the American Power Boat Association Pro Nationals at Lake DePue, Jim Nilsen and Buddy Tennell have grand slams in their sights. Nilsen started Friday by winning the C Racing Hydro (CRH) class with two first-place finishes out of three heats. Later he won his second national title of the day in the C Service Runabout (CSR) circuit. Nilsen, who will compete in two more classes ... |