Reno Air Races

[airguy]

Originally Posted by jrs14855

This is from the entry list, doesn't mean all will be there.
Sport dominates with 36 entries.
25 Formula Ones
Only 12 Unlimiteds, none of the fast Mustangs, no Rare Bear.

2017 - Unlimited had 17 qualify
2018 - Unlimited had 15 qualify
2019 - Unlimited had 11 qualify

I really love the Unlimited class, and it pains me that my young son will not be able to know the glory that this class once was - but the Sport class is taking over the races for sure. The top of sport and the top of unlimited (qualifying speeds) are separated by only 19 mph this year - less than 5%, at a fraction of the cost.

[scsmith]

I guess no takers on getting together as a group for dinner Saturday night.

[gmcjetpilot]

I just watched about an hour Sport Class Heat with lots of RV's.... RV-7 race #101 first, RV-8 came in 2nd. It was a very close race and 2nd overtook 1st right at the finish line. Then 3rd and 4th I believe were two RV-8's also very close photo finish, but 3rd held on by a hair. The live stream is on Youtube. They had over 7 hours of stream yesterday.

In between races they do the STOL drag races.... I have never been to Reno during the races; plan on doing RENO soon. I'd like to race but the min qualifying time is 200mph... "General Lee" #101 below did 240.815 mph in heat 2D. That is a fast RV-7. You need more than a stock 180HP. Some of these RV's are running super-chargers or IO540's. The other fastglass has Lycoming IO540's or Continental IO550's + turbo, NO2. Remember it's at Reno not sea level. The competitive RV's are doing almost 230 or better!!! This is the first time I have seen it live streamed.... pretty cool. From friends that go and are in the know, they go out on the course where the planes fly over.....


This is the 2019 Sport Class - I highlighted RV's in red.
Race
Number
Aircraft Name
N-Number
Aircraft Type
Aircraft Color
Primary Pilot
2 Modo Mio N41VR Lancair Legacy Silver/Red Walker, Vince
3 Havoc N400MC Super Glasair III Gray VanHatten, Sean
15 Lucky Girl N588S Lancair Legacy Red/White Benzing, Vicky
17 Calamity Jane N229X Harmon Rocket II White/Silver/Maroon Schaich, Chris
22 Greenstreak N317RM Glasair II-S Green/White Vandam, Rick
24 Race 24 N430R Super Glasair III White/Blue/Green Rust, Jim
25 Papa's Ride N26PB Glasair SH-2R White/Silver/Blue Murphy, Kirk
30 One Moment N115YP Lancair Super Legacy Orange/White Findlay, Andrew
31 Tenacity N320HM Lancair 320 White/Maroon/Gray Frederickson, Mark
34 White Lightning N510CM Glasair III White Flanagan, John
35 Racing Rivets N11XZ RV-4 Gray/Silver/Red Jordan, Shawn
39 Race 39 N123AJ Super Glasair III White LaVelle, Jeff
42 Relentless N42XT NXT Blue/White Eldredge, Kevin
44 Miss Karen II N23LF Lancair Super Legacy Red/White/Blue Farnsworth, Lynn
47 Mojo N477CM Super Glasair III White/Red Mills, Bob
49 Rocket Six N49VM Super RV-6 Red Stringer, James
54 Navy 8 N854 Super RV-8 Blue Senegal, Steve
56 Bad Dingo N508DB Lancair Legacy White/Red/Silver Catalano, George
61 Blind Luck N8LG Lancair 360 White/Blue/Silver Gabriel, Louis
66 Jus Pass'n Thru N66EL Lancair Legacy White/Red/Gold Sutter, Ernie
67 Swiss Thunder N167BP Thunder Mustang Yellow/Blue Balmer, Peter
68 Wasabinought N330SX SX-300 Blue/White Seguin, Elliot
80 Miss Ruby S N808SJ RV-8 Red/White/Gray Piper, Skylor
90 Breathless N138A Lancair Legacy White/Red/Blue Huffstutler, Conrad
91 Breaking Wind N991RM Glasair III White/Yellow/Red Moran, Ryan
99 Martin & Karens Legacy N499DM Morse 320 Red/White Morss, Dave
101 General Lee N401GL RV-7 Silver Ulrich, Lee
130 Zebulon N130KL TB 30 Epsilon Gray/Orange Langeard, Olivier
151 Clas Thunder I N151CR Thunder Mustang Silver Haid, Mathias
181 GA1 N181KG Lancair Super Legacy Gray Grove, Karl
232 Undaunted N232TB RV-8 Orange/White Rudberg, Todd
270 Whiskey Tango N390WT RV-8 White/Blue West, Dan
314 Phantom Rocket N2691B F-1 Rocket Blue/White Prewitt, Scott
611 Ramp Rat's Ride N385AS Lancair Legacy Red/White/Gold Coraggio, Joe
744 Millennial Falcon N427EF RV-8 Polished/Red Ishii, Tommy
888 Triple Eight N888RX RV-8 Orange/White/Gray Wischer, Neil

Great photos of sport class planes.
https://jaybirdaviationadventures.co...omment-page-1/

[Ted RV8]

Those are some fast RV?s!

[rv6ejguy]

Yup, our man Lee just lost 1st place by a fraction at the line. Good race. We'll see what happens on Saturday and Sunday.

[BillL]

Originally Posted by rv6ejguy

Yup, our man Lee just lost 1st place by a fraction at the line. Good race. We'll see what happens on Saturday and Sunday.

Looking at his FlightAware history, it looks like he might have some reserve. The streaming is fantastic! Not highly processed or crystal clear, but fuels the spirit real time.

Bob Mills placed well from back in 8th too.

I would kinda like to know what aft fuse and emp mods the General has

[Brdog42]

I had the opportunity to fly #17 Calamity Jane early last year. Beautifully built Rocket. 3500 FPM out of the traffic pattern and flew beautifully. But, it was akin to sampling a highly addictive drug. I found myself lurking here and Rocket/F1 sites. I could only afford a -6 project... now where can I find an IO-540 to stuff in the six? ;-)

Some of those RVs are fast!