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Posted on 09/21/2014 9:40:48 AM PDT by EveningStar
At the end of the closest race in the 51-year history of the National Championship Air Races, seven-time race champion Tiger Destefani came within a spinner’s length of stealing first place from rival and one-time protégé Steve Hinton. The photo finish ... came at the end of Saturday’s Unlimited Gold Race, run to determine positions for the final championship event the following day, Sunday, September 14. After flying a high course for all eight laps, Destefani, in the red-and-white Mustang Strega—which Destefani owns and Hinton flew to four straight Gold wins beginning in 2009—traded altitude for speed and plunged toward the finish line, pulling abreast of Hinton flying the evenly matched and exquisitely engineered Mustang Voodoo.
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Whose your daddy!
Instead of a “shockwave video”, just the photo-finish picture would suffice.
Last week, the air race that was SUPPOSED TO BE ON FOXSPORTS ONE, was shifted over to foxsports2, which could be seen at a price. After an hour on the phone, the bubmbler cable rep on the other end, was totally unaware that the switch was made! last week’s air race was historic, in being the first one held at an automotive race track in Austin Texas.
I was so angry.
Fast forward to 7:30:30 to see the replay.
Well the best race used to be 91’ with Rare Bear, Strega and Tusnami 1, 2, 3, in very close and I think Perastrokia, the Late Bob Yancey’s Yak was 4th. That bird I believe is now Czechmate.
Did you enjoy the races?
Haven’t been since I was a kid.
Maybe next year...
That was an amazing finish!
To offer a high complement, these fine gentlemen are pilots' pilots.
(And, I can say that.)
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Very much! A former FReeper was one of the pilots.
Munged up my knee with all the walking, though...
Ice, Naproxin and a wrap when walking, til it’s better.
Or you can just be your usual bad ass self and blow it off:
“Tis but a paper cut. I will protect it from vinegar or salt. Don’t wanna go owie!”.
Too bad Tiger was too high at the last pylon and got DQd.
It was a great race and had an electric finish...but Tiger screwed the pooch.
Go Bear!
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