"People, Passion, Pistons and Power" Premiers August 19 on Speedvision

"People, Passion, Pistons and Power – the 2000 Reno Air Races" is scheduled for its debut on the Speedvision Network on Sunday evening, August 19. The one-hour television show was filmed at the 2000 Reno National Championship Air Races last September. The project was produced and is being distributed by World of Wings (WOW), an aviation sports marketing and media property.

"People, Passion, Pistons and Power" is an inside look at the powerful unlimited racing aircraft and the pilots and crews who compete in this extreme sport. Air racing at Reno is the fastest motorsport in the world and aviation’s most spectacular event. Highly modified World War II fighter aircraft capable of speeds up to 500 miles per hour race just above the desert floor in view of 180,000 spectators. In addition to coverage and highlights of the 2000 Bronze, Silver and Gold Unlimited class races, viewers will see interviews with top unlimited pilots including Lyle Shelton (Rare Bear), Tiger Destefani (Strega), Skip Holm (Dago Red), Brent Hisey (Miss America), Tom Dwelle (Critical Mass), and Matt Jackson (Voodoo). Also appearing in the show is Reno’s most winningest crew chief, Bill Kerchenfaut.

The television show recently won two major awards in the category of sports programming – a Silver AXIEM and a Bronze Telly. The AXIEM AWARDS is a national awards program created to honor those who produce the very best in all forms of electronic media and is the only award representing the entire electronic media industry. A Telly Award recognizes outstanding non-network and cable TV programming.

"People, Passion, Pistons and Power" was the work of a fourteen-person World of Wings media team led by Director and host Mitch Carley, Second Unit Director and Co-host David de Vos, Director of Photography and Post Production Jeff Lee, Director of aerial and in-cockpit photography Larry Addison and Co-host and Technical Advisor - Wayne Sagar. The program was filmed at the 2000 Reno air races as the pilot episode of a new aviation sport series, "World of Wings - the Very Best in Aviation."

The one-hour television special is WOW's second television production following "Speeders in the Sky," a 5-part series on the history of air racing filmed in association with Maverick Entertainment and currently airing on the Discovery Wings Channel.

Speedvision Network is a 24-hour all motor sports channel being delivered to 40-million homes in North America. The show will begin airing with the following schedule and will be repeated throughout the next twelve months. All times are Eastern.

August 19, 2001 – 9 p.m.
August 20, 2001 – 1 a.m.
August 22, 2001 – 1 p.m.
August 25, 2001 – 6 p.m.

For more information contact:

Bob Avery
World of Wings, Inc.
770-569-2815
bavery@worldofwings.com