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Boat Racing
“Thunder Swamp” is the one of only two United States Sprint Boat Racing Association courses in the State of Washington. Located on private property north of Pangborn Memorial Airport, the labyrinth of channels (3-feet deep x 15-feet wide) is approximately two football fields long by a football field and a half wide.
Sprint Boats themselves are 13.5-feet long and powered by small-block engines cranking upwards of 800 horsepower. They can reach speeds of up to 80-miles per hour in the straight stretches and pull up to 5-G’s on turns. In each boat is a driver and navigator. They’re strapped into their seats in a 5-point harness and each boat has a roll cage because it’s not uncommon for the boats to fly out of the channels and roll on the islands or outside the course.
Thunder Swamp races will be held the first Saturday of July and September, beginning with the inaugural race September 4th at 10am. For more information, go to www.thunderswamp.com.
