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Reno Air Races 1999 Official Race Results
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• ON LINE HALL OF FAME- Nominate your favorite Air Racing candidate

• Air Race Humor: Cartoons by "Kraz"

• Air Racing: An Editorial- Editorial commentary on air racing and the events of Reno '99.

• MISS ASHLEY II AT RENO '99- "Slide Show" She was the "Best Looking Girl At The Dance" Join us as we celebrate her time at Reno '99! (slide show format, will show new image page every 2 minutes and take you to the aafo.com main page at the conclusion of the presentation)

• FURYOUS BATTLES! The competition in the Unlimited Silver at Reno '99 was simply "Furyous"!

• Blue Skies Forever: Gary Levitz lost in tragic accident.

• Reno '99: On-Site Action Reports
  (please note: Results posted below are preliminary.. Inaccuracies in some of below posted results will be corrected in the official results posted at top of this page....... thank you -ed-)
  Sunday 9-12-99-
  Monday 9-13-99
  Monday Results and updates
  Tuesday 9-14-99 Pics and Updates
  Tuesday results and updates
  Wednesday results and updates
  Thursday -first day- race results
  Thursday -after action- report-
  First day heat races over..... How are the teams doing, what's up in the Pits? A late night stroll tells the story..
  9-16-99 Cote Beats Nemesis-
  44 win streak broken by Reno Air Race veteran
  Friday race results
  Saturday Race Results
  Sunday Final Race Reults And Update
  

• UPDATE SHEET- Inside Air Racing checks in with the teams who make it happen! [updated 9/09] Watch for AAFO.COM's INSIDE AIR RACING on-site coverage of the 1999 Reno National Championship Air Races! Starting Sunday September 12! -STAY TUNED-

• Reno '99: Entry List! -- The List-- Complete listing for all race class entries (as provided by RARA 8/13/99)

• Reno '99 Critical Mass Returns!
  Critical Mass: New engine.... More aerodynamic.... Returns for 1999!

• STREGA: Update! Reno's getting close, so is Team Strega!

• VOODOO: First Look @ New Look! "Paint War"?
  Reno veteran, Sue Petersen, sends us this "peek" at the flashy new paint scheme on the VERY fast VOODOO!

• Miss Ashley II: The Scoop On The Scoop!!
  Just what have the Levitz-Rogers Racing team been up to up there!?!
  First Look! (picture of the week)

• Howard Pardue Involved in Oshkosh Crash:
  UPDATED 08/03/99
  Pardue OK, "Bearcat" not so lucky.

• NEMESIS:Once More Round The Pylons! While we wait for the debut of NEMESIS NXT, Jon Sharp will make one last run at the Formula-1 Gold at Reno '99!

• 1999 Pylon Seminar:
  Unlimited Course Changes-
  The really big news of this years event- Unlimited course changed. Get the details in our first report form the second annual Pylon Racing Seminar!
  (more coming, stay tuned!)

• Lyle Shelton In Hall Of Fame-
  Rare Bear owner and Pilot, Lyle Shelton inducted into The Motorsports Hall Of Fame.

• Thunder Mustang: UPDATE - -
  New rules from RARA slap down plans to enter Thunder Mustang in two class competition for Reno'99.

• Thunder Mustang: UPDATE-
  Things are shaping up nicely for Nampa, Idaho kit plane builder, Papa 51... Reno '99 could see multi-class entry by sleek new racer!

• Rare Bear UPDATE-
  Rare Bear flies out of Reno! Veteran racer finally on way home.

• Miss Ashley II: UPDATE-
  New air scoop, new paint job and new sponsor name! All this and more in our visit to the Levitz-Rogers Racing shop!

• People Who Race: Lyle Shelton We've long promised this interview! AAFO.COM editor/webmaster, Wayne Sagar, talks with the with the man behind the airplane known as "Rare Bear".

• Thunder Mustang #2 Flies- On Jan 11 the second in what will be a long line of 3/4 scale "Mustangs" began flight testing!

• Rare Bear: UPDATE- New pilot slated to fly the worlds fastest pylon racer for the 1999 Reno Air Races!

• Rare Bear: UPDATE- 1999 will see return of this Reno Favorite!

• Twas The Night Before Reno- Do the "afflicted" live from Reno to Reno? This poem sent in by Mike Lucchesi says it all.

• Learstang- Miss Ashley II -Update- New engine and new look for the Red and White wonderplane!

• Sport Class- Orenda V-8 or Falconer V-12? Which of these powerhouse engines will win the engine war!!

• Thunder Mustang - #2 nearly ready for flight testing!