Mark That is a hot looking front end (surprized at the round head screws on the spinner though) are you going to fly the 2005 AirVenture Cup Race? If you haven't entered yet it is too late of course but it looks like you could be a winner.
The other much bigger race is still open for entries at
http://www.us-airrace.org. The entry fee is higher but it is not just a trophy dash - the last time I raced first place paid $5,000. I even got $200 for my embarassing 14th place finish. In the past experimentals have definitly been in the minority in this non-EAA event. In the 1998 race from Shreveport, LA to Frederick, MD Ken Johnson from Erwinna, PA flew his Glassair III that he had finished second in the 1994 Round the World Race as well as second in the 1996 and 1997 US Air Race. In the same race Tim Berry from Hampstead, MD and Jack Savage from Westminster, MD flew their RV-4s. I received an e-mail from organizer Pat Purcell yesterday saying that a LongEZ pilot from Pennsylvania was considering an entry so things could be changing.
The race is handicapped with individual full throttle at race weight speed runs (with all of the equalizing constraints) then subtracting 20 MPH to establish the handicap speed for each airplane in an attempt to give all entries an equal shot at winning. However, Pat told me months ago that if enough RV entries were interested she would set up a no handicap head-to-head race class within the race for them (us). I don't think there is sufficient interest for that to happen however.
Anyway, I hope you entered both races and do well in them.
Bob Axsom (Racer #11 in the 2005 US Air Race)
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