|
|
|
Airpark Elite Pylon Race, June 12, 2004 Airpark Elite’s second race of the season was held on Saturday, June 12, 2004. Six racers entered 424 and 8 entered 428. Not bad for this time of year. The Colorado weather was great with winds basically straight down the runway. Duane Gall graciously volunteered to CD the event with only one requirement; that he would get to wear his judge’s robe just as he does at work in order to ensure some authority. We all said fine, whatever Duane. Two full rounds of both classes were completed by noon. Once again, lunch was terrific – brauts and burgers. Racing resumed shortly after 1:00 allowing us to easily complete three more rounds after lunch. A few mishaps were observed throughout the day: Gary Johnson landed before finishing all ten laps (polite way of saying he crashed) and our NMPRA district VP John Sandusky lost his fast flying Jett-propelled Bird of Prey. Tom Neff was plagued by “little prop” syndrome most of the day and struggled to get his motor to turn up. Tom’s son, Brian, did very poorly due to silly little career pressures (i.e. Brian couldn’t attend because he had to “work” – give us a break Brian!) John Willams with his new Shotgun seemed to be the one to catch most of the day. However, John graciously cut allowing me to slip by into the top spot. The top three in 428 were: 1st: Kurt Bozarth 2nd: John Williams 3rd: Tom Neff The top three in 424 were: 1st: Gary Johnson 2nd: Mike Trenkle 3rd: Alan Thovson Evidently Duane Gall was a graphic artist before he was a graphic lawyer. This explains Duane’s incredible custom awards presented to the winners of the race. Duane hand-drew a picture of a quickie in a turn around pylon #1. The perspective is awesome. He then added custom color to each award. Duane’s awards are definitely the best to date. The cat is out of the bag Duane…we need to talk about next month’s awards! Sorry for the less abusive than normal write-up. Maybe next time. Kurt. |