Chip Hanauer

Chip Hanauer. Self: Almost Live!. Hydroplane racing legend Lee Edward "Chip" Hanauer was born on July 1, 1954 in Seattle, Washington. Chip started racing powerboats at the age of nine, when he purchased his first race boat for $250; at age 10, he placed 5th in the Junior Stock Hydroplane Class for 9-to-12-year-olds. Soon enough, other championships would come his way: at 18, he won his first American Power Boat...