Miss Madison Unlimited Hydroplane

Madison, Indiana

12 Time National Champion

6 Time A.P.B.A Gold Cup Champion

Rough Weekend @ the HAPO Columbia Cup

August 1,  2018 by

It was a weekend of extreme highs and lows in Tri-Cities, WA for the Miss Madison Racing Team and the U-1 Miss HomeStreet. Jimmy Shane drove Miss HomeStreet to the top qualifying spot with a 163.431 m.p.h. lap and won the Dash for Cash in the late afternoon. The highly anticipated new Miss HomeStreet arrived in the Lampson Pit Area Friday morning. HomeStreet Bank President & CEO Mark Mason and wife, Courtney, christened the new boat in the afternoon.

Fans have dubbed the boats #misshomestreetblue (2007 hull) and #misshomestreetwhite (2018 hull) based on their respective prominent color. Jimmy Shane took Miss HomeStreet white out for the first laps in testing on Saturday morning turned a fast lap of 142 m.p.h in the shakedown run. In a second test run on Sunday, the boat ran laps around 160 m.p.h.

Sunday brought a series of misfortunes for the team that culminated in a DSQ in the final for a lane violation. While the Miss Madison team did not have the weekend they planned for in Tri-Cities, they will take the positive of the performance of the new boat into this week’s Albert Lee Cup at Seattle Seafair.

2018 Season to Date

July 18,  2018 by

The 2018 season began June 22-24 with the unlimited hydroplanes returning to Guntersville, Alabama for the first time since 1969 to race for the Southern Cup. Jimmy Shane in the U-1 Miss HomeStreet and Andrew Tate in the U-9 battled deck-to-deck in the final heat with the U-9 crossing the finish line 1st.

Next racing action moved to Madison, IN for the MTM Madison Regatta, July 7-8. Jimmy Shane drove the Miss HomeStreet to a convincing victory to win the Indiana Governor’s Cup in front of hometown fans.

Next stop on the 2018 schedule is July 27-29 in Tri-Cities, WA for the HAPO Columbia Cub. Miss Madison Racing plans to have the current national champion U-1 Miss HomeStreet there and to debut the newly constructed 7th generation Miss Madison hull.

HomeStreet Bank

June 20,  2018 by

Community Driven — it’s not just a slogan, it’s a way of life for both the Miss Madison Racing Team and for HomeStreet Bank. Since 1921, HomeStreet Bank has served its customers and communities, striving to “do well by doing good.”  With $9.4 billion dollars in assets (as of 12/31/22), HomeStreet is one of the largest banks in the West offering  consumer and commercial banking, mortgage lending and loans for residential construction, commercial real estate financing, and insurance products and services on the West Coast and Hawaii.  Learn more about the U-1 Miss HomeStreet at www.homestreet.com/about-us/miss-homestreet

HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST) is a full service bank headquartered in Seattle, Washington and is the holding company for HomeStreet Bank, a state-chartered, FDIC-insured savings bank.  Additional information on HomeStreet Bank can be found at www.homestreet.com.

City of Madison

June 20,  2018 by

Madison, Indiana was settled in the early 1800’s by pioneers floating down the Ohio River looking for new opportunity. It became one of the major cities in the Midwest. Envisioned as the State Capital, Madison was designed with wide boulevards to showcase the government buildings and fine homes. However, America moved westward, leaving Madison behind.

Today, renewed appreciation for historic preservation has brought new life to the city. The entire downtown (over 2,000 structures) is on the National Historic Register. In 2006, the Secretary of the Interior presented the City with the designation of National Historic Landmark District. The city has been recognized as one of a “Dozen Distinguished Destinations” in America in 2001 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Ladies Home Journal has called Madison “the prettiest small town in the Midwest.”

Madison was the setting for the 1958 movie “Some Came Running” which starred Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, and for the movie “Madison” which re-created the city’s 1971 APBA Gold Cup hydroplane victory. The movie, starring Jim Caviezel and Jake Lloyd, was released in April 2005. Also filmed in Madison was a 15-minute World War II propaganda film, “The Town”.

Currently a city of 12,500 people, Madison is a thriving industrial, commercial and residential area conveniently located within an hour or two of Cincinnati, OH, Lousville, KY and Indianapolis, IN.

City of Madison Events

Madison, Indiana offers a variety of festivals and special events throughout the year. Come join us in the celebrations!

For a schedule of events or to check the status of an event, contact the Madison Area Convention and Visitors Bureau at 800-559-2956 or 812-265-2956 or visit the web site www.VisitMadison.org for current information on upcoming events.

Madison Visitors Center, 601 West First Street

Local, regional and state information is available along with road & bike maps, brochures, public restrooms, lodging availability, a 10-minute video presentation on Madison and local souvenirs. Group tour information and motor coach parking is available.

Visitor Center hours are:

  • Mid-December – March: M-F 9am-5pm Sat 10am-3pm Sun 11am-3pm
  • April – mid-December: M-F 9am-5pm Sat 9am-4pm Sun 11am-4pm

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