Fire, losses, and rock ’n’ roll: The wild saga of the Miss Rock

Perhaps no origin story better foretold a career than that of the Miss Rock. On a sorta related note, my college girlfriend was roommates with Miss Rock in the early ’90s. Not the boat, but the actual hot chick who represents the station at events and whatnot. But I digress. The unlimited hydroplane, which became a Seafair fixture in the 1980s and has existed in starts and stops since, has never known success on the water since its slapdash, beat-the-buzzer beginning in 1980. The boat has never won a final and has enjoyed only a handful of heat wins, yet it has enjoyed immense popularity around the Stan Sayres pits… read more >