About Andrew Tate
Like many of his H1 Unlimited hydroplane driving peers, Andrew began racing in the small wooden kneel-down outboard hydroplanes when he was just 9 years old. He graduated into the inboard hydroplane classes in 2006 and has since won nearly 100 races in various APBA hydroplane categories, including nine national championship titles, and has been inducted into the APBA’s Hall of Champions twice (2010 and 2016).
As a rookie H1 Unlimited hydroplane driver in 2016, he won first winner-take-all final at the Albert Lee Appliance Cup in Seattle. A fourth-generation boat racer, you could say Tate was born to drive hydroplanes. His great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and mother all raced boats.
History
2023
Andrew Tate signs on with the Madison Team to drive U-91 Miss Goodman
2022
Grand Prix Champion in GP-777 Steeler & HRL Driver of the Year
2021
Tate signs on with Graham Trucking to drive the team’s U-12 Unlimited Hydroplane
2018
Wins his first Detroit Gold Cup Series Championship in the Delta/Realtrac. His father Mark Tate won the Gold Cup in 1991 and 1994 on the Detroit River making them the only father and son drivers to win the Gold Cup in 102 races, over 114 years. [Link]
2017
Andrew Tate wins the 2017 Madison Regatta & his name is etched into the Indiana Governor’s cup alongside his father Mark Tate who won the same Regatta in 1991 & 1996.
2016
Tate wins H1 Unlimited Hydroplane his rookie season driving the U-9. He becomes the first rookie since 1956 to win the Seafair Cup. [Link]
Photo credit: Ted S. Warren / AP
2013
Awarded APBA National High Points Championship
2006
Tate’s inboard racing career begins
1998
Tate takes his first ride in a J-class APBA outboard hydro.