Issaquah native is 2008 Â hydro racer Rookie of the Year
When he hits a straightaway at 180 miles per hour at the Sea Fair Chevrolet Cup on Lake Washington, unlimited hydroplane racer Kip Brown describes his boat as a nimble machine.
Amid the chaos of cutting through three- to four-foot-high waves behind the outwash of competitors’ rooster tails and with buoys racing by, he said he doesn’t experience the true power and agility of his 30-foot, 3,000 horsepower behemoth until he actually has to … …Details