at Steamboats.com First Annual Race 2001 Virtual New Orleans Second Annual Race 2002 The Los Angeles River in Atwater Village Third Annual Race 2003 The Game of Life Fourth Annual Race 2004 Race of the eBay Model Boats Fifth Annual Race 2005 Mourning New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Sixth Annual Race 2006 The Lakes at Tempe Seventh Annual Race 2007 The Lakes at Tempe (again) Steamboat Racing in the Real World The Great Steamboat Race of the Kentucky Derby is a real steamboat race that has been going on for forty years and traditionally features the Delta Queen and the Belle of Louisville. exit