Sprint Boat Racing

High Speed Action Coming to Yakima August 16 & 17, 2025!

Tickets — including VIP packages and sponsor tent experiences — go on sale, Thursday, May 1 at 10:00 am at statefairpark.org or at the Fairground’s ticket office, located at 1301 South Fair Avenue. On-site RV and tent camping will also be available for this event and can be purchased online, as well.

What Is Sprint Boat Racing?

Sprint boat racing is one of the most unique motorsports in the world. With a course that consists of a three-foot-deep channel, 20 feet wide, filled with water, wrapped throughout six small islands, creating 13 turns all within a footprint the size of a football field.

The boats in this sport are aluminum hulls that are 12-feet long with a jet pump that moves 600-gallons per second. The engines that run these water-rockets can range from 400 horsepower in the beginner class to over 1,000 horsepower in the unlimited class. Reaching speeds that take you from zero to 100 mph in three seconds reaching up to 8Gs throughout the 13 turns.

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