Hydroplane Racing burst onto the Seattle scene in 1950, and local sports fans embraced it with a passion that is hard to imagine.
During its golden age, when "hydro fever" was at its height, drivers like Bill Muncey, Ron Musson, and Mira Slovak w.
For over 40 years, Hydroplane Racing was synonymous with summertime in Seattle.
Throughout the early 1950s, thousands of fans flocked to Lake Washington to watch classic races between Seattle\'s Slo-mo-shun boats and a fleet of East Coast challengers.
Hydroplane Racing burst onto the Seattle scene in 1950, and local sports fans embraced it with a passion that is hard to imagine