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The STCU Over the River Air Show will be all three days at 11 a.m.

The Vintage hydroplanes will also be out on the Columbia River. Meanwhile the smaller classes - the Grand Prix boats and the 2.5 Stocks - will hold heat races during the day. on Friday morning before holding qualifying at 1 p.m. The unlimiteds will have testing from 8-10 a.m. Jimmy Shane in the U-1 Miss Homestreet Bank races to a 2022 Columbia Cup unlimited hydroplane race championship on the Columbia River in Kennewick. If he does so, Hall becomes the first African American driver to qualify as a driver in H1 Unlimited competition. The 400 Boitano Homes and driver Brent Hall, who is a rookie and still needs seven laps of 130 mph or better to qualify as a driver.

Team has been busy ever since getting the boat race ready. This is the teammate boat of the U-1, and has only raced the first event of the season in Guntersville, Ala., when Tate flipped it. The U-91 Miss Goodman Real Estate, with driver Andrew Tate. Usually called the Bucket List Racing, the team got a sponsor for the next two races. Owner Kelly Stocklin has had his team working around the clock to get the boat ready for this race after Echols flipped it in Madison. The U-40 Flav-R-Pac Frozen Fruits and Vegetables, with driver Dustin Echols. Team owner Rob Graham is bringing the boat out of drydock for the first time in three years, expecting to race it here in the Tri-Cities and in Seattle the following week for the APBA Gold Cup. The U-12 Graham Trucking with rookie driver Bobby King (who happens to be Jimmy King’s son). The team sits atop the national high points standings, and owners Scott and Shannon Raney are based out of the Cle Elum area. The U-11 Legend Yacht Transport presented by The Truss Company, with driver Jamie Nilsen. Both the U-8 and U-9 are owned by the Tri-Cities’ Darrel and Vanessa Strong. The team sits in third place in the national high points standings. The U-9 Beacon Plumbing, with driver Corey Peabody. The team currently sits in second place in the national high point standings, just 1 point behind the U-11 team. The boat is the fleet’s lone piston-powered boat.

The U-3 Grigg’s presents Miss Ace Hardware, and driver Jimmy King. The U-1 Miss HomeStreet Bank, with first-year driver Dylan Runne. Here is the list of unlimiteds vying for the crown: The event runs Friday through Sunday this coming weekend. The Tri-Cities Water Follies organization confirmed this week that there will be nine unlimited hydroplanes competing for the Columbia Cup trophy.
