Welcome to ERCU! We’re glad you stopped by for more information about the world’s largest 1/10-scale unlimited hydroplane racing club. The club and its members are proud to be from the Pacific Northwest and our annual racing season makes up the Red Dot Championship Series, including 14 races in the Seattle/Tacoma and Portland/Vancouver metropolitan areas between April and October.
Seafair Trophy Race at Twin Lakes Park
MARYSVILLE, Wash. — With a long break between the third and fourth races of the 2012 ERCU Red Dot Championship Series presented by Peters & May nearly halfway over, it’s time to promo the next race. The Seafair Trophy Race is set for Saturday, June 2 at Gissberg Twin Lakes Park (15968 Twin Lakes Ave., …
View full postRefuge Custom Painting sponsors both Woodland races
WOODLAND, Wash. – Refuge Custom Painting owner Dave Standal loves racing of all types. And he recently proved it. On Thursday, Standal wrote a check to be title sponsor of both Woodland ERCU races this season. Refuge Custom Painting is an automotive paint, restoration, and collision repair shop serving the Pacific Northwest. They have an …
View full post2012 NAMBA Fast Electric Nationals coming soon
EL MONTE, Calif. — This year’s NAMBA Fast Electric Nationals are coming up as quickly as the Llumar Window Films heading for the start line. The entire event runs from Tuesday, June 19-23 at Legg Lake in El Monte, Calif., which is located east of Los Angeles. Tenth-scale unlimited hydros are currently scheduled to run …
View full postHolmberg sweeps Atomic Cup in fun debut at Elma
ELMA, Wash. – Just three races into the 2012 ERCU Red Dot Championship Series presented by Peters & May we’ve already seen two final heat sweeps. Nelson Holmberg just did it. Just one week after Gary Hansen swept the Apple Cup at Waughop Lake, Holmberg drove his 2010 Formula Boats and Ben Keller’s 1957 Hawaii …
View full postAtomic Cup returns to ERCU after six year absence
ELMA, Wash. — ERCU’s Atomic Cup was run for the first three years of the club’s history at various places, but then discontinued. In our decade celebration, the Atomic Cup is back, and unless it was in the Tri-Cities, it couldn’t be located in a better place. Elma – the site of the last nuclear …
View full postHansen sweeps Apple Cup at Waughop Lake
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – When Gary Hansen wins a race, he normally does it the right way – by sweeping both finals. The Apple Cup was no different. Hansen brought his very fast 1956 Muvalong and 1974 Miss Cott’s Beverage to Waughop Lake expecting to be one of the faster competitors at the lake, and to …
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