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Jun
26
Freshly Minted Racer

Tom McNerney June 26, 2013

2013 Sport Class “Rookie” School – Thrills Without the Spills After nine years of crewing for friends in the Sport Class and watching racers circle the course at Stead field in front of adoring fans (many in Orange), I finally bit the bullet and signed up for the 2013 Pylon Racing Seminar and FAST formation clinic. I arrived in Race 52, a borrowed Lancair Legacy named “Poncho” (built and owned by Jim “JT” Thomas), on Sunday afternoon ahead of some impressive afternoon thunderstorms and was quickly tucked away into the cavernous Sport Class hangar on the west end of the ramp.

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Sep
19
Fastest Glass!!!! Race 39 Brings home win….

Tom McNerney September 19, 2012

Glasair that is! Jeff LaVelle and his one man crew Grant Samanski have methodically refined their Glasair III over the past 4 years and in 2012 it paid off. While Jeff did not offically record speeds over 400 mph, he was unofficially clocked at 403mph during his final Gold race. Keeping last year winner John Parker at bay on Sunday, Jeff will bring home the 2012 Gold win and quite allot of nasayers about just how fast the Glasair III can go.

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Nov
10
John Parkers Crowned Sport Class Winner 2011

Tom McNerney November 10, 2011

There is a little good news that can be gleaned from the September air races and that is we won the only Sport Gold Race that was completed. The Thursday race was canceled when Mike Dacey had an engine failure on takeoff and put his Venture down in the infield. The good news is that Mike is back home in San Louis Obispo facing a long recovery. Thanks to many of you who donated to fly him back in a King Air arranged by Kevin Eldredge. As much as I would like to, of course, it is impossible to avoid touching on the unpredictable tragic event with our friend Jimmy Leeward that happened on Friday just after we won the Sport Gold. Our condolences go out to everyone affected by this tragic accident.

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Aug
18
Jon Sharp Retires

Tom McNerney August 18, 2011

After 32 years of pylon racing success, and innovation, aIr racing legend Jon Sharp, and team leader of Nemesis® Air Racing is “Callin’ It A Day” by announcing his retirement from pylon racing, He’s walking away as the winningest pilot in the history of Air Racing. Jon and his Team holds many of the most cherished records in air racing, including speed records on every race course flown in both the Formula 1 “Nemesis®”, and the most recent Sport/Super Sport class NemesisNXT®. His Team’s prestigious pylon racing resume includes winning a record 15 Reno Air Racing National Championships.

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Jul
7
Sport Class at Oshkosh

Tom McNerney July 7, 2011

While the race was a bust due to weather at the finish line we all had pleanty of fun just getting to Dayton for the Airventure Cup Race. Highlight was the two hour foour ship flight in with race 5, 13, 41, and 42. Low was my canopy deciding it didn’t want to race at the start! Check in with the Sport Class Page on Facebook for video I am working on of flight out from California. Great fun.

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