Will the next crash be the last in hydroplane racing?

As if an already troubled sport needed yet another poke in the eye and a whack to the shins.

That would be unlimited hydroplane racing which limps away from the Columbia River last Sunday. The already slim roster of race boats was reduced even more following the unplanned demolition derby of the Apollo Columbia Cup in the Tri Cities.

Eight of the exotic race boats arrived last week raring to go on the always exceedingly fast racecourse. Except low water in the northwest portion of the course forced officials to shrink the layout from 2.5 to 2-miles.

And that may have led in part to the fact th...