Hydroplane boat race on Lake Washington in Seattle
HomeStreet Bank Cup
Event information
Type
H1 Unlimited hydroplane boat race
Race area
Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dates
July 31-August 2
Sponsor
HomeStreet Bank
Distance
2.5 mi (4 km)
Media coverage
KIRO-TV/KKNW (AM)
First race
1951
Former names
Seafair Cup
Website
www.seafair.com/default.aspx
The Seafair Cup (branded as the HomeStreet Bank Cup for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the Albert Lee Appliance Cup), is an H1 Unlimited hydroplane boat race held annually in late July and early August on Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington. The race is the main attraction of the annual Seafair festival. Seattle has hosted the Seafair Cup consecutively since 1951. The event was part of the APBA Gold Cup for the following years: 1951 to 1955, 1957 to 1959, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1974, 1981, and 1985.
The SeafairCup (branded as the HomeStreet Bank Cup for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the Albert Lee Appliance Cup), is an H1 Unlimited hydroplane...
auspices of Seafair, most Seattle residents associate Seafair with the Torchlight Parade (and accompanying Torchlight Run), SeafairCup hydroplane races...
The Seattle, Washington Seafair Pirates are a voluntary group of people started in 1949 by the members of the Washington State Press Club. They joined...
water twice as clear as it was in 1950. Mount Baker Crew rowing club SeafairCup hydroplane races Lake Sammamish Pronounced HA-choh; lit. "lake" "Bird...
In the mid-1980s, local radio personality Pat O'Day proposed that the SeafairCup hydroplane races be moved to Lake Sammamish from Lake Washington, an...
Memorial Day weekend, numerous Seafair events throughout July and August (ranging from a Bon Odori celebration to the SeafairCup hydroplane races), the Bite...
2005, and the Columbia Cup in Tri-Cities, Washington in 2008 and 2009. Two wins in 2007 coming in Seattle at the SeafairCup, and San Diego, California...
wins SeafairCup". Covington-Maple Valley Reporter. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2021-07-18. Folsom, Brandon. "J. Michael Kelly takes the crown in Gold Cup". Detroit...
finale of the season was in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar. The 2009 Oryx Cup was the seventeenth running of the UIM World Championship...
UIM sanctioned unlimited (Gold Cup class) hydroplane world championship events. Note: The 1961 World Championship Seafair Trophy (won by Ron Musson of Miss...
was a performance art festival coinciding with the annual Seattle Seafair Albert Lee Cup Hydroplane Races held in late July or early August. It was organized...
in Richmond, British Columbia, Gawdin began playing hockey through the Seafair Minor Hockey Association. In 2009, Gawdin played with the minor ice hockey...
Appliance Cup at Seafair held at Seattle, WA on July 31-August 2. Michael Kelly driving for Graham Trucking earned his second straight Albert Lee Cup victory...
featured the DUKWs traversing both the land and across the Charles River. The Seafair Pirates in Seattle use a DUKW "Moby Duck" modified to look like a Spanish...
Motorsports Park. In 1954, Kitsap County Airport was the site for the SCCA Seafair Nationals. This was Ferrari's debut on a Northwest track at a time when...
"Will Blue Angels perform 'sneak pass' in new, bigger jets at this year's Seafair? The stunt caused problems in California". The Seattle Times. Seattle,...
News. Retrieved 2021-07-19. P-I, Alex Halverson, Seattle (2021-04-21). "Seafair to go mostly virtual for 2021". seattlepi.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.{{cite...
Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta), held in Madison, Indiana, United States. The finale of the season will be in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha...
series, with driver Jim Dittemore. Their highest finish was first in the "Seafair 200" at Pacific Raceways in 1971. Kastner merged with Roy Woods Racing...
"Joe Schaeffer Tributes". Retrieved 30 November 2016. "1952 APBA Gold Cup - Gold Cup 1904-1952". Retrieved 30 November 2016. "Sport: Death at Seattle". TIME...
engines. It had been disbanded in 1922 in favor of the newly introduced "Gold Cup Class." The world's first sanctioned unlimited hydroplane race was held 121 years...
the Iroquois type and the Yaqui type. The Iroquois water drum is a small cup-shaped wooden vessel, with water inside it, and a moistened tanned hide stretched...
Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta), held in Madison, Indiana, United States. The finale of the season was held in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha...
six races. The finale of the season was the Oryx Cup, held in Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar. The 2010 Oryx Cup was the eighteenth running of the UIM World Championship...
while live on TV. She also hosts the Hydroplane races every Summer during Seafair as a pit reporter and in 2012 was promoted to be the social media anchor...
which was a Performance Art event that coincided with the Seattle Seafair Albert Lee Cup Hydroplane Races, started in 1985. It soon had a different theme...