News

Jun
3
The Jon Sharp Story

Recently a company named Coastal Enterprises, manufacturers of foam tooling board called Precision Board, detailed the history of the “winningest pilot in the history of air racing”, Jon Sharp.  The definition of winningest pilot would be this: 15 Reno Air Racing National Championships.  This article, beautifully written by Brad Burnett, covers the entire history of Jon Sharp and Team Nemesis from the beginning in Formula 1 to the fire breathing NemesisNXT sport class racer.  Follow the links below to read the full story on the Coastal Enterprises website. Part 1: A detailed history about Jon and his background with manufacturing prototypes Life at Skunk Works Through The Eyes of Jon Sharp” color_override Part 2: Nemesis and his racing career Races in The Sky: The Jon Sharp Story

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Feb
12
Blue Thunder Crew Report 09/25/13

www.bluethunderairracing.com The 2013 Reno Championship air races are in the history books and the Blue Crew must congratulate Jeff LaVelle for his outstanding work and the win in the Sport Gold race. Putting the best spin on second place being the first loser, the Blue Crew is proud of our performance in taking second in the Gold at respectable speeds of 390 and change MPH. Though 390+ was not quite enough to win, it is all we had and we were quite consistent all week long.

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Jan
14
Reno 2013 – A Report from Race 99

Reno 2013 – A Report from Race 99 by Karen Morss www.DaveMorss.com Me: What time are you leaving tomorrow, Dave? Dave: Wheels up, 7am. Me: Isn’t that a little early? Dave: Are you kidding me? There are seven planes there already. And so began our trip to Stead, Nevada for the 50th National Championship Air Races. This year had been fraught with challenges. But you know what they say, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. We were thrilled just to be going. And especially honored by the story in the program, ‘A Racer and his Wife’.

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Oct
13
Jeff Lavelle Repeats At Reno 2013!

By Jon Sharp Photo By Bruce Croft TwoZeroWest.com Jeff LaVelle, of Mukilteo WA. flying his immaculately prepared #39 Glasair III lead wire to wire in each of his heat races then finished off Reno 2013 bywinning the Sport Class Gold Final! Jeff and his team put some sizzle in the Sport Class hangers by leading the field inqualifying with a speed of 403.059 MPH! Jeff and his team joins Jon Sharp and Team Nemesis as the only members of the 400+ MPH club in the SportClass.

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