Precious Metal in the Pits. Before leaving, Bear Bear shared his "prognostications" (? whatever!) with me, and said that we are looking at the 2002 National Champion. He believes that the preparations made by Ron Buccarelli and his crew, plus the amount of training and practice Ron is putting in as a pilot, will earn them the National Championship when luck and attrition put the leaders out. The battle appears to be between five fast planes at this moment...Dago Red, Strega, September Fury, Precious Metal, and Voodoo.
Bear Bear says to watch for pylon and deadline cuts in the final determination of the race. The winner will be the one with the least, and don't be surprised if a stock racer wins this year...the five leaders may go so fast, that they all could wind up unintentionally violating the deadline by pushing each other so hard. Bear Bear says that of the five, only Skip and Bill have experience at high speeds (i.e., 490s) on the Reno course. He thinks that Ron will "lay in wait" for attrition to take their toll, then cruise at lower power settings to victory, without violating the deadline or cutting a pylon.
He said to watch out for Matt Jackson - whether he's sandbagging or not - he could win by pressing the leaders, or win by kicking back and taking it easy...at stocker (stalker) speeds!
Bear Bear also predicts:
AT-6 -- Mary Dilda
Formula One -- Gary Hubler
Sport Biplane -- David Rose
Sport Class -- UPSET!!! John Parker!
Jets -- Mary Dilda! He says she's going to wax some fannies, and boy, are the boys going to scream and cry!
What a Bear Bear! There are astronauts and test pilots looking for him, but NO WAY I'm going to tell where he is -- not for the right price, anyway!
GO GRIFFONS!!!
Bear Bear says to watch for pylon and deadline cuts in the final determination of the race. The winner will be the one with the least, and don't be surprised if a stock racer wins this year...the five leaders may go so fast, that they all could wind up unintentionally violating the deadline by pushing each other so hard. Bear Bear says that of the five, only Skip and Bill have experience at high speeds (i.e., 490s) on the Reno course. He thinks that Ron will "lay in wait" for attrition to take their toll, then cruise at lower power settings to victory, without violating the deadline or cutting a pylon.
He said to watch out for Matt Jackson - whether he's sandbagging or not - he could win by pressing the leaders, or win by kicking back and taking it easy...at stocker (stalker) speeds!
Bear Bear also predicts:
AT-6 -- Mary Dilda
Formula One -- Gary Hubler
Sport Biplane -- David Rose
Sport Class -- UPSET!!! John Parker!
Jets -- Mary Dilda! He says she's going to wax some fannies, and boy, are the boys going to scream and cry!
What a Bear Bear! There are astronauts and test pilots looking for him, but NO WAY I'm going to tell where he is -- not for the right price, anyway!
GO GRIFFONS!!!
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He was covered in oil during his Mayday while in the cockpit:
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