rvmills
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2013 Rocket 100 Results / 2013 Sport Air Racing League Wrap-up
Well here's a thread that Racer Bob Axsom woulda started, so I'll make a feeble attempt to get the word out on the really fun time had by all in Taylor, TX on 9 NOV, during the last race of the SARL season, and the year-end awards. I'll post a few pics in two posts, and perhaps a few of the other RV racers will do the same!
First the results…from an Supercharged IO-780 powered Super Legacy at 336+ mph to a Grumman Tiger at 152+ mph (Linda at Foreflight would skin me if I didn't add the plus for her Tiger too!). By Speed, then by class:
Here are some pics of a few of the racers and their machines, mostly the RVs…but of course!...
Jeff Barnes, Race 411, who won the RV Blue Class at Taylor, and is the overall Experimental Gold Champion for the year:
And his RV-6. Jeff says it aint purty…but its purty dern fast!
Next is Ken Krebaum and his RV-8. Ken (waving) took the Experimental Bronze Trophy home with him for the year!
On the right are Jim Huff and Travis Smith, known as JT Racing, and our 3rd RV Blue competitor at the Rocket 100. To their left is Chris Murphy, who normally races his RV-4 in RV Red, but has been performing with the Rocky Mountain Renegades for the past few years…Chris surprised us and came by while on an airline trip in the Austin area!
Our two RV Gold pilots at the Rocket 100 were Jerry Hajek and Jim Wilson. They had a great race, and finished within 4 seconds and 0.3 mph of each other!
Here's a shot of Jim and his 8 (still looking for one of Jerry's 8)
Wrapping up the RV field was this knucklehead…I was either saying, "look, I found where the fuel goes in", or "hey, I finally got the grounding cable to stop retracting so I can attach it"…it was persnickety like that!
More to follow…
Cheers,
Bob
Well here's a thread that Racer Bob Axsom woulda started, so I'll make a feeble attempt to get the word out on the really fun time had by all in Taylor, TX on 9 NOV, during the last race of the SARL season, and the year-end awards. I'll post a few pics in two posts, and perhaps a few of the other RV racers will do the same!
First the results…from an Supercharged IO-780 powered Super Legacy at 336+ mph to a Grumman Tiger at 152+ mph (Linda at Foreflight would skin me if I didn't add the plus for her Tiger too!). By Speed, then by class:
Here are some pics of a few of the racers and their machines, mostly the RVs…but of course!...
Jeff Barnes, Race 411, who won the RV Blue Class at Taylor, and is the overall Experimental Gold Champion for the year:
And his RV-6. Jeff says it aint purty…but its purty dern fast!
Next is Ken Krebaum and his RV-8. Ken (waving) took the Experimental Bronze Trophy home with him for the year!
On the right are Jim Huff and Travis Smith, known as JT Racing, and our 3rd RV Blue competitor at the Rocket 100. To their left is Chris Murphy, who normally races his RV-4 in RV Red, but has been performing with the Rocky Mountain Renegades for the past few years…Chris surprised us and came by while on an airline trip in the Austin area!
Our two RV Gold pilots at the Rocket 100 were Jerry Hajek and Jim Wilson. They had a great race, and finished within 4 seconds and 0.3 mph of each other!
Here's a shot of Jim and his 8 (still looking for one of Jerry's 8)
Wrapping up the RV field was this knucklehead…I was either saying, "look, I found where the fuel goes in", or "hey, I finally got the grounding cable to stop retracting so I can attach it"…it was persnickety like that!
More to follow…
Cheers,
Bob
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