HE RACED A POWERBOAT AT 140 MPH AND SET A WORLD RECORD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES — AND THAT WASN’T EVEN HIS MAIN JOB. Most people knew Chuck Norris as a karate champion or an action star. Almost nobody knew he was also a world-class powerboat racer. In 1991, Norris and his team won the World Offshore Powerboat Championship. Then he pushed it further — racing a 38-foot Scarab 605 miles from Chicago to Detroit across the Great Lakes in just 12 hours and 8 minutes. A world record. This was the same man who held six karate world titles, five black belts, and starred in one of TV’s longest-running action series. Chuck Norris died on March 19, 2026 at 86. But the stories most people never heard about him…
He Set a Great Lakes Speed Record at 140 MPH — and Most Fans Still Never Knew This Side of…