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  • AIR RACES GOLDEN DAY: SEPT. 20

    September 21, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    National Championship Air Races - Hoot Gibsone and owner Tiger Destefani with the winner's trophy.

    Air Races end on a Sunday, a special day for pilots and crews as its time to let it all hang out. STEAD (Sept. 20) – Sunday is the golden day for the six air racing classes as that when their respective national championships are on the line. So for the pilots and the teams it’s a golden day, one that ends about a year’s worth of preparation and effort that gives the winners bragging rights for a full year. The stars of the show are the Unlimiteds, piston powered, propeller driven and usually war birds. And the Breitling Gold

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  • FASTEST PILOTS AT THE AIR RACES

    September 18, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    National Championship Air Races - Rick Vandam laid down the fastest lap during qualifying.

    Fastest pilots at the Air Races put down ripping laps during qualifying. And now here they are. STEAD – Now that everyone had raced its time to introduce the fast qualifiers at this years NCAR. These are the ones that everyone wants to catch and pass. Fastest of all is Rick Vandam, who flies a L-39 jet and posted his fast lap at 491.036 mph. He bumped Sean Cushing off the pole on the final morning of qualifying. “Qualifying went great, did a little work on the airplane and it went faster. It was windy and bumpy but everyone had

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  • AIR RACE REPORT: TUESDAY 9/15

    September 15, 2015 Author: Dan McGee
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    Reno National Championship Air Races - Tuesday's qualifying

    Air Race report for Tuesday is about the last full day of qualifying, when a popular racing plane threw down the gauntlet in the Unlimited Class. STEAD (Sept. 15.) – The weather improved today, much cooler, still windy but clear skies with a cloud layer high above the airport. And that set the stage for one of the most popular air racers ever to make its mark. After having its carburetor changed Monday night Rare Bear, or “The Bear” as most people call it was rolled onto the ramp for a qualifying attempt. Pilot Stewart Dawson climbed in and fired

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  • CHAMPIONSHIP DAY AT THE AIR RACES

    September 16, 2014 Author: Dan McGee
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      STEAD AIRPORT (Sept. 14) – For the 51st year the sky north of Reno was filled with the sound of planes racing each other. The Reno National Championship Air Races is, with one exception, the only place on the planet where pilots race each other around a course.   And Sunday is when all the class champions are crowned after their individual Gold races. This year’s event appeared to have the potential of being an epic race but in the end a young lion won the Breitling Gold Unlimited event and notched his sixth championship. It wasn’t exactly easy

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