Interesting Variety for the Reno Bronze/Silver race for 2017

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2017 1:12 pm

As of now, yes they still plan on making Reno. It will be pretty cool if they're able to show up to the races as the new world record holder.

phil65 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:36 pm

Yuppers...

Phil

Scott WRG Editor · **Posted:** Fri Aug 18, 2017 5:03 pm

phil65 wrote:

This is the year Scott, the kids don't need to eat everyday...

Phil

I keep telling Mrs. WIX that but she insists there is some sort of law about it.

garbs · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:02 pm

Today's Bronze race featured a P-40, a Mark 9 Spit, a Yak-3, an FM-2, an FG-1D, & 2 P-51's (a D and an A). Yak won and the Spit was tail end Charlie

KiwiZac · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:40 pm

Yeah the Yak won! :supz:

2017 Heat 1C by Zac Yates, on Flickr

:supz:

Go Full Noise!

phil65 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:57 pm

I'm having Reno withdrawals...

Phil

KiwiZac · **Posted:** Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:26 pm

Results from today's Unlimited heats:

2017 Heat 1C results by Zac Yates, on Flickr

2017 Heat 1B results by Zac Yates, on Flickr

9.45am is the first of three Unlimited heats tomorrow.

garbs · **Posted:** Sat Sep 16, 2017 8:22 pm

After winning the silver race today, he certainly has a fan club in Section 3!

KiwiZac · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:28 pm

The Full Noise team posted a video on Facebook where they visited Section 3, they were a hit! Graeme and Full Noise were bumped up to the Gold race which is incredible considered they weren't able to qualify and started from last place in the very first heat. There are a LOT of Kiwi warbird fans who are now race fans!

Here's the Bronze results:

2017 Unlimited Bronze by Zac Yates, on Flickr

Silver just finished and it looked like Robbie Patterson 1st, John Maloney in Spam Can 2nd and John Muszala II in Shanty Irish 3rd. Silver was all Mustangs - seems appropriate considering how many of the entries are polished NMF!

KiwiZac · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:31 pm

And it's all over for another year. Fierce battle between Voodoo and Strega for the Gold title.

2017 Unlimited Silver by Zac Yates, on Flickr

2017 Unlimited Gold by Zac Yates, on Flickr

phil65 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:40 pm

Thanks for the updates...

Looks like Dreadnought was fighting for the lead too....

Just out of curiosity, why wasn't Strega there last year ?

Until next year....
Phil

pjpahs · **Posted:** Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:15 pm

Just got back, first time. Awesome. Unlimited Gold ,Strega vs. Voodoo, what a race. Lead changes, strategy, I was told that it was maybe the best Gold race ever. The sound of those two together, side by side, unbelievable. Doing the 8+ miles per lap in a minute. It changed when Voodoo and Strega had to adjust when they started to lap the slower plane, Full Noise. Full Noise won in Silver and made the decision to race in Gold, could have stayed in Silver, but coming this far , go for gold. They weren't "bumped" to Gold. 5 days of awesome.

phil65 · **Posted:** Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:53 am

No gloating please.... :axe:

Glad you had a good time... :wink:

Phil

Blackbirdfan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:56 pm

Reno was great this year. The silver and Bronze classes were great to see and watch.
Here are a few random images that I shot and have processed (I shot 4 32mb SD cards worth).

Will

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