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Learn about hydroplane racing from the world's fastest grandpa

caption: Pictured: Jerry Hopp and Brent Hall/Photo Courtesy of Chris Denslow
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Pictured: Jerry Hopp and Brent Hall/Photo Courtesy of Chris Denslow

Bill Radke speaks with hydroplane drivers Brent Hall and Jerry Hopp about their love of racing. Hall speaks about his childhood dreams of being behind the wheel of a hydroplane and what it was like to start racing at the age of 36. Hopp talks about his long hydroplane career, racing for almost fifty years. And both of them explain some of the finer points of Seafair's most popular sport.

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