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Thursday, August 4, 2016
National Championship Air Races 2016 Reno
Hey fans, it's getting close and all the racing teams are working long hours to get their planes ready for Reno. Voodoo did some telemetry tests with a prop borrowed from Strega. Strega seems to be a mystery as we don't really know if it will race this year or not. I haven't seen any entries yet but am looking forward to a large field. The teams are quiet as they strategize their action plans starting with qualifying. The question is always how hard do you run. Do you use a qual engine and run hard and change out to a race engine for the actual races? How important is it to qual first second or third? Old school is you want to be on the inside pole position. You also don't want to race till Friday to save wear and tear on the plane. Some teams bring planes in on trailers, some fly in. 41 days till the races, wow has time flown. Here are some shots of past races of all the different divisions. Formula one, Byplanes, T-6's, Sport, Jet, and Unlimited. So get reservations and tickets and come see the action.
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Great photos, Mike! Unfortunately we are down to 9 Unlimiteds as of this week. Strega is out, Rare Bear is out. Leaving Voodoo to cruise to victory, with Czechmate and Dreadnought making up the top three, respectively, Sawbones, Argonaut, 924, Rebel, Sparky and Dowd's Yak make up the rest of the field. See you on the ramp ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks Anthony. Will have to talk about the why's with you.
DeleteI'm sure there's a small novel on the why's, getting to the "truth" of the why's will prove difficult. I'll be there....until the last of the Big Iron departs on Monday. Must give big props to the Sanders for making up 1/3 of the field this year, truly passionate about their involvement in air racing since 1970!
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