Reno
Air Races, Sept 19, 1999, Sunday, Final Racing Day
Despite a heavy heart on the part of all participants and
fans at the Reno Air Races for 1999, the races continued
as scheduled Sunday. The day previous was dampened by the
loss of veteran air race pilot Gary Levitz, whose
homebuilt P-51 lost its empenage at the start of the top
unlimited race on Saturday and broke up before striking
the ground in a residential area called Lemmon Valley
just over the hill from pylon one. Levitz is believed to
have not survived the inflight breakup of his aircraft
and died before hitting the ground.
The Gold final race looked like another shoo-in for Tiger
Destefani but on the Seventh lap the Tiger's P-51 Strega
pulled off and landed unceremoniously on runway 14, out
of the race and away from the adulation.
There's one airplane that races at Reno you never count
out and the old battleship Dreadnaught, Race 8, pulled
off another one and finished in the runner up position
flown by Brian Sanders.
The big surprise of the day was Race 20 P-51 Ridge Runner
which finished in third despite a pylon cut on the pace
lap which cost him 16 seconds. That favorite of the race
officials, Bill Rheinschild, brought his "Risky
Business" P-51 in the off podium fourth spot,
followed by Mike Brown flying a Sea Fury named for his
father's bomber in WWII-September Pops.
Howard Pardue is a very lucky pilot. Just last July his
famous #14 Bearcat lost 11 feet of wing at Oshkosh when
it was struck from behind by a departing Corsair who
received a confused takeoff clearance. Pardue, who has
had his share of close calls, managed to bring home sixth
place in Sunday's Gold.
Stewart Dawson was seventh in the "Spirit of
Texas" Sea Fury ahead of off again, on again Bob
Hannah who started the Gold under a curtain of some
question if he was eligible to be there. At any rate the
officials allowed him to be scored in eighth place after
he cruised around the course and only finished six of the
8 laps.
The Tiger was not running at the finish and was scored
ahead of Tom Dwelle's "Critical Mass" Sea Fury
which cracked another set of exhaust collectors,
overheated, and collected metal in the filters.
Rare Bear, Race 77, flown by Matt Jackson and John
Penney, was unable to make the call to the post for his
race due to a failed master rod bearing. Jackson said he
will try again in 2000.
Unlimited Gold Race
1. Race 4 Bruce Lockwood "Dago Red" 472.332 MPH
2. Race 8 Brian Sanders "Dreadnaught" Sea Fury
441.221 MPH
3. Race 20 Daniel Martin, "Ridge Runner" P-51
410.285 MPH
4. Race 45 Bill Rheinschild "Risky Business"
(7laps) 407.799 MPH
5. Race 911 Mike Brown "September Pops" Sea
Fury (7laps) 395.906
MPH
6. Race 66 Howard Pardue "Fury" Sea Fury
(7laps) 395.029 MPH
7. Race 105 Stewart Dawson "Spirit of Texas"
Sea Fury (7laps) 384.258
MPH
8. Race 5 Bob Hannah "Voodoo" P-51 (6laps)
350.827 MPH
9. Race 7 Bill "Tiger" Destefani
"Strega" (7laps)
10. Race 10 Tom Dwelle "Critical Mass" Sea Fury
Unlimited Bronze Race
11. Race 51 Vlado Lenoch "Moonbeam" P-51
368.771 MPH
12. Race 2 Tom Camp "Maniyak" Yak 349.468 MPH
13. Race 204 Skip Holm "Bearcat" F8F 347.182
MPH
14. Race 47 John Bagley "Ole Yeller" P-51
346.123 MPH
15. Race 68 Gen.Bill Anders "Val-Halla" P-51
328.698 MPH
16. Race 29 Sam Richardson "Czech Ride" Yak II
316.433 MPH
17. Race 44 Art Vance Seghetti "Sparky" P-51
309.349 MPH
18. Race 81 Rob Patterson "Lady Jo" P-51
(6laps) 300.571 MPH
19. Race 49 Brant Seghetti "Cottonmouth" P-51
279.807 MPH
Unlimited Bronze Race
1. Race 74 Bill Rheinschild "Bad Attitude" Sea
Fury 385.404 MPH
2. Race 22 Stu Eberhardt "Merlin's Magic" P-51
377.851 MPH
3. Race 50 Ike Enns "Miracle Maker" P-51
372.793 MPH
4. Race 106 Gen.Bill Anders "Wampus Cat" F8F
371.871 MPH
5. Race 51 Vlado Lenoch "Moonbeam" P-51 366.994
MPH
6. Race 2 Tom Camp "Maniyak" Yak II 342.133 MPH
7. Race 47 John Bagley "Ole Yeller" P-51
329.713 MPH
8. Race 204 Skip Holm "Bearcat" F8F (DNF Lap 1)
BiPlane Gold Race
1. Race 3 David Rose "Rags" Rose Peregrin
210.122 MPH
2. Race 88 Jim Smith, Jr. "Glass Slipper" Mong
Sport 201.397 MPH
3. Race 21 Tom Aberle "Class Action" 201.114
MPH
4. Race 13 Robert Jones "One Armed Bandit"
180.025 MPH
5. Race 00 Stephen Brown "Tonopah Low" Pitts
S-1 179.256 MPH
6. Race 16 Frank Jerant " Reno Rabbit" Pitts
S1S (5laps) 171.183
MPH
7. Race 12 Charlie Greer "Slo Poke "Pitts S1S
(5laps) 170.989 MPH
8. Race 12 Charlie Greer "Slo Poke "Pitts S1S
Race 16 Frank Jerant
"Reno Rabbit" (5laps)
Formula One Gold Race
1. Race 3 Jon Sharp "Nemesis" Sharp DR-90
243.523 MPH
2. Race 4 Ray Cote "Alley Cat" Grove Owl OR-71
239.595 MPH
3. Race 95 Gary Hubler "Mariah" Cassutt M111
238.797 MPH
4. Race 11 David Hoover "Frenzy' Cassutt M111
235.909 MPH
5. Race 39 Dan Gilbert "Shadow" Gilbert DG-
234.182 MPH
6. Race 92 Eric Matheson "Yellow Peril" Cassutt
M111 226.874 MPH
7. Race 50 Scotty Crandlemire "Scarlet
Screamer" Cassutt M111 226.567
MPH
8. Race 2 Ray Sherwood "Okie Swinger" Ellis
Wagner I 212.480 MPH
Formula One Silver Race
1. Race 57 Robert Jones "Aggressor" Cassutt
M111 220.559 MPH
2. Race 43 John Housley "Aero Magic" Cassutt
Mod 217.496 MPH
3. Race 17 Carl Swensen, Jr. "Annie" Cassutt
M111 208.240 MPH
4. Race 7 Stephen Alexander "Lumpy Custard"
Cassutt (9laps) 194.128
MPH
5. Race 19 Ray Sherwood "Okie Streaker" Cassutt
(9laps) 190.675 MPH
6. Race 26 Cris Ferguson "Midnight Oil" Cassutt
(9laps) 189.016 MPH
7. Race 45 Eric Matheson "Quadnickel" Cassutt
(9laps) 183.158 MPH
T-6 Silver Race
1. Race 37 Jim Bennett "Tinker Toy" 222.304 MPH
2. Race 90 Gene McNeely "Undecided" 222.016 MPH
3. Race 9 Bud Granley "Lickety Split" 214.210
MPH
4. Race 8 Robert Jones "Crossings Aviation"
213.938 MPH
5. Race 50 Carl Penner "Big Wind" 206.995 MPH
6. Race 30 Jim Eberhardt "Archimedes" 196.909
MPH
Sport Plane Gold Race
1. Race 99 Dave Morss "Prototype" Lancair IV
319.671 MPH
2. Race 25 David Anders "Eggstra Spl." 302.784
MPH
3. Race 5 Lee Behel "Deviled Egg" Venture
290.083 MPH
4. Race 71 Michael Dacy Venture 281.590 MPH
5. Race 9 Livio Bognuda "Livewire" 273.581 MPH
6. Race 7 Dan Wright "Sleek" SX300 270.053 MPH
7. Race 14 Charles Bangert SX 300 269.937 MPH
8. Race 2 Greg McKenzie Lancair IV-P 268.770
Sport Plane Silver
1. Race 10 Mike Jones "Cheeky Charlie" 271.098
MPH
2. Race 51 Dave Ronneberg "Berkut" 261.702 MPH
3. Race 8 Arnis Luters "Pegasus" Glasair III
249.845 MPH
4. Race 4 William Billips, Jr. Glasair III 248.840 MPH
5. Race 1 David Cronin Glasair III 246.190 MPH
6. Race 40 Earl Hibler "Baby Doll" 235.613 MPH
7. Race 17 Jeff Wernli Glasair III 235.347 MPH
8. Race 70 Richard Ogg Glasair IFT (4laps 157.441 MPH)
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