Here are the current SARL speed records
Every race flight (currently 1133 of them) is recorded and available for download at
www.sportairrace.org at the Records and Stats link. They are available by race, speed, class, aircraft type and pilot. Here are the current best of the lot in each class:
Race Date Class Type Pilot Speed Kts Speed MPH
AirVenture Cup 2010 7/26/2010 Turbine Turbine Legend Abbott, Marty 348.54 401.09
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 EXU Lancair IV Tackabury, Paul 302.84 348.51
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 Sport Lancair Legacy Behel, Lee 291.02 334.90
Grace Flight 2008 10/5/2008 Turbine Twin Merlin III Goforth, Phil 285.96 329.08
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 RG-T Blue Polen Special II Keyt, Dick 272.22 313.26
Texoma 100, 2011 4/16/2011 HMU P-51D, Mustang Hendrickson, Claude 264.54 304.32
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 Sport FX Questair Venture Crawford, Tony 256.27 294.91
Sulphur Springs 130 7/18/2010 Turbine Single Socata TBM 700 Gibson, Michel* 234.33 269.66
Cleveland Texas Air Race 10/15/2011 FX Blue Glasair I TD Hammer, Bruce 231.06 265.90
Texoma 100, 2008 4/20/2008 RG Blue Lancair 360 Henney, Larry 229.36 263.99
Rocket 100, 2010 11/20/2010 HM T-28 T-28B Johnson, Robert 225.75 259.79
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 Sprint VariEze Savier, Klaus 224.64 258.51
Texoma 100, 2011 4/16/2011 Sport FX-T Turbo EVO Rocket White, Dave 217.59 250.30
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 RV Blue RV-8 Huft, John 217.17 249.91
AirVenture Cup 2010 7/26/2010 RV Gold RV-4 Anders, Dave 209.06 240.58
Great Northwest Air Race II 6/18/2011 FX Red Wittman Tailwind W-10 Hamilton, Red & Marilyn Boese 201.55 231.94
AirVenture Cup 2010 7/26/2010 RG Red Lancair 320 Schulze, Craig 199.60 229.69
2011 West Tesas 100 6/18/2011 FAC1RG Bonanza S35 Bennett, Bobby 193.49 222.67
Pagosa Springs 100 2009 9/27/2009 FAC2RG-T Mooney M20M Peck, Jack 192.95 221.90
Pagosa Springs 100 2009 9/27/2009 Twin2 Baron B-55 Crafton, John 191.91 220.69
Texoma 100 2009 5/31/2009 Twin1-T Baron B58 Eggers, Phil 190.38 219.09
West Texas 100 2009 4/12/2009 Twin1 Aerostar Hardage, Tim 188.48 216.90
Tennessee 150 (Tullahoma) 9/10/2011 HM-Biplane Griffon Lionheart Seuell, Gordon 188.28 216.67
Texoma 100, 2008 4/20/2008 FAC1RG-T Mooney Accclaim Rydzewski, Patrick 187.27 215.55
AirVenture Cup 2008 7/27/2008 RV Red RV-4 Murphy, Chris 186.01 214.06
Sulphur Springs 130 7/18/2010 FAC1FX-T Columbia 400 Lay, Rob 184.49 212.30
AirCap 200 8/24/2008 FAC1FX Cessna 350 Bergqvist, Pia 181.77 209.17
Texoma 100, 2008 4/20/2008 FAC2RG Bonanza N35 Huff, Jim 180.29 207.51
Texoma 100, 2011 4/16/2011 FAC4RG Bonanza D35 Tips, Dan 163.66 188.27
Texoma 100, 2011 4/16/2011 FAC3FX Cessna 180 Hamilton, Red & Marilyn Boese 162.77 187.24
Cleveland Texas Air Race 10/15/2011 FAC3RG Mooney M20J Cutri-Kohart, Rebecca 160.70 184.93
Thunderbird 150 10/8/2011 HM Vintage Spartan 7W Levitz, John 160.55 184.75
AirVenture Cup 2010 7/26/2010 Sportsman Sonerai I Lange, Jeff 159.07 183.06
Grace Flight 2008 10/5/2008 FAC4FX Grumman AA5B Morse, Stu 157.85 181.65
Great NW Air Race 6/13/2010 Biplane Blue Pitts S1S Bach, Scott 154.16 177.41
Grace Flight 2010 10/2/2010 FAC3RG-T Mooney 231 Pohly, Mark 150.38 173.04
Thunderbird 150 10/8/2011 FAC2FX Cessna 182 P Benscoter, Nancy 143.21 164.80
Texoma 100, 2011 4/16/2011 Twin3 Piper Apache PA-23 Hardin, Mike 138.59 159.43
Texoma 100 2009 5/31/2009 FAC5 Diamond DA-20 Troiani, Massimo 137.77 158.54
Texoma 100 4/25/2010 FAC6 Diamond DA-20 Troiani, Massimo /Edmon 128.82 148.14
Lone Star Air Rally 5/14/2011 HM-YAK Yak 52 Prejean, Stephan 101.17 116.42
Bob Axsom