October Play-by-Play

      by Duane Barrett, Contest Coordinator

Overview
I arrived at the field about 8:00am to find three pilots already flying, not all were racers. Weatherman predicted cloudy and only a 5% chance of rain, but we had a mostly sunny day. By the time racing started the wind was about 6mph and in the right direction for immediate racing. We had a good turn out for today. The last Competition Saturday of 2026 was an interesting day for all and a fun day, though there was some carnage today. Thank you to everyone who were kind enough to show up and support us today. We had about 18 people counting all the spectators and racers.

Weather
Mostly sunny with about a 5 to 7 mph wind blowing the right way down the runway for immediate racing. Perfect weather fo us.

T-28 Class

Heat 1, Section 1: We had six pilots so we only had one section. Terry first, Rick F. second,  Dave H. third, Geo B. and Dave H. collided, 3rd lap and Geo crashed out while Dave was able to continue. John C. also crashed out about the third lap coming out of the north pylon turn and that left Marlon finishing fourth.

Heat 1, Section 2: No Section 2

Heat 2, Section 1: Terry first, Rick F. Second, Geo B. third, John C. fourth, Dave H. fifth, and Marlon sixth.

Heat 2, Section 2:  No Section 2

Heat 3, Section 1: Terry first,Rick second,  John C. third, Geo B. fourth, Dave H. fifth, and Marlon sixth.

Heat 3, Section 2: No Section 2

T-28 Wrap Up: We had six pilots for today's racing. We flew again today without pylon judges on the honor system and the CD's calls. Also No streamers since we had no pylon judges. Back to having more fun racing and less restrictions. I believe that everyone had a good day today. See you all next season.

Reno Class

Heat One: Terry first, Rick second, John C. third, Geo fourth.  

Heat Two:  Rick first,  John C. second, Geo third, and Terry and collision with someone and crashed out.

Heat Three: Terry first, Rick second, John C. third, and Geo fourth.

Reno Wrap Up: With only four planes flying today things were a little easier to watch everyone at once. There were only a couple called cuts during the racing and the pilots flew excellent racing. We flew Reno also without pylon judges and on the honor system and the CD's calls, also No streamers.   Thanks guys for coming out and joining the fun.

T-28 T-28 Oct. Scores




Place Heat
1a 
Heat
1b 
Place Heat
2a 
Heat
2b 
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
DNF

DNF
Terry
Rick
Dave H.
Marlon
John
Geo


1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Terry
Rick
Geo
John
Dave H.
Marlon

 
Place Heat
3a
Heat
3b
Pilot(s) H1 H2  H3
points
Total
points
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th



Terry
Rick
John
Geo
Dave
Marlon








Terry
Rick
Dave H.
Marlon
John
Geo







25 25  25
18  18  18
15  10  10
12  08  08
00  12  15
00  15  12







75
54
35
28
27
27








T-28 T-28 Oct. Standings /Final


 As of Oct. 4th
Place Pilot(s) Points Place Pilot(s) Points
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7h
8th


Terry
Rick
John
Geo
Dave H
Marlon
Tom R
Nick M.


418
275
225
223
180
134
96
58

 
  9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th




Ron G
Joseph







45
16











Reno Reno Oct. Scores




Place Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Pilot(s) H1 H2 H3
points
Total
points
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
DNF





Terry
Rick
John
Geo







Rick
John
Geo

Terry





Terry
Rick
John
Geo






Rick
Terry
John
Geo







18   25   18
25  00   25
15  18    15
12   15   12






   
61
50
48
39






 

Reno Reno Oct. Standings /Final


 As of July 4th


Place Pilot(s) Points
1st
 2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Terry
Rick
John C
Geo
Nick
387
295
242
198
62


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