The event brings over 65,000 spectators to watch the hydroplanes and airplanes in the air but this year it's not going to happen due to the lingering effects of the pandemic.
Kids and adults alike will love checking out the hydro planes at the Columbia Center Mall today. It's their annual event and you can stop by and snap photos and meet the racers and crew.
FOUR H1 UNLIMITED HYDROPLANES ON DISPLAY
Parking Lot Party!!!
Columbia Center Mall hosts four H1 Unlimited hydroplanes at a late afternoon display, free to the general public. The display showcases the world’s fastest race boats in advance of HAPO Columbia Cup, July 27-29, 2018, and the Public is invited to meet the team members and get photographs with the hydroplanes...
Wednesday
July 25th 2018
4:00 PM - 6:00pm
Hydro’s at the Mall
Columbia Center, Kennewick, WA
A select group of Unlimited Hydroplanes will be on
site at the Columbia Center Mall Wednesday afternoon before
heading to the pits
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I might be too young for the memory of the boat races from the 1980's, but one year really stands out and that is 1987.
It was the year that the Boat Races had a huge riot. I'm a newbie to the Tri-Cities so what is the deal with the riot of 1987?
Boat Races are coming back July 28th - July 30th courtesy of The Water Follies and it will be a spectacular weekend of awesome races but one of the reasons spectators love the races are the crashes.
We've compiled some sweet (or not so sweet) hydroplane crashes from The Columbia Cup over the years.