Parker AZ Race Results

[Tom K]

Congrats to all the winners of the Gold and Silver races!

Ulimited: Dave Smith (What a great race! Dave got us by .6 sec. I'm still picking the Tumble Weeds off of my airplane)
F1 Alcahol: Ken McSpadden
F1 GT: Mike Tallman
F1GT Silver: Joseph Zimmerman
BiPlane and Dominator: John Lockwood
AT6: Dennis Friesel
Sundowner: Terry Williams

The race series Champions:

F1GT: Mike Tallman
F1 Alcahol: Ken McSpadden
Unlimited: Yours truly Tom Keating with The Mighty Mouse Motor (DA150!!!)

We had a great turn out with around 70 entries. Almost 20 Sundowners. The Sundowners have come into their own. The engines and race settings have been figured out. For more info check on the Sundowner thread.

A big THANKS to the series sponsors: JR, Horizon Hobby, Zenoah, CRT and all the rest!

I also want to thank my wife Patti and her patiencs, JR Racing Team (Chris, Pete, Scott, Ralph, Jo Ann, Craig and Travis) and our sponsors; PMB, JR, Horizon Hobby, Desert Aircraft, Vess Propellers, RCATS!

Shake and Bake Cal!

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[rcplane]

Hay all. It was a great race at Parker and everybody had a good time. There was some close racing and it got exciting.
Here are a couple pictures to get you a piece of the action. I haven't had time to do much of anything yet so, soon more will get posted.


A huge thanks to all the racers and everybody else there. You all know how to make a photographer feel welcome.

Thanks Mike

[Mithrandir]

I got a brief pull on one of those GR7's a few years ago... what a smooth flying plane... very docile.. no bad habbits!

Is that a picture of Chip???

[Tom K]

Yup, thats Chip. He did a nice job flying for Bandit racing. He finished four in the F1 Gold race.

Other high profile names that have raced with us this year are Peter Goldsmith, Frank Noll, Travis Flynn, Craig Greening, Craig Grunkmeyer, Tim Lime and Randy Ritch. Last year Mike McConville, Robert Vess and QQ joined in. Robert is working on a new design for F1. That will be big trouble for the rest of us.

Mithrandir you need to get yourself another ride. After my first race in 97 the hook was set. I sold off all of my Pattern airplanes to go racing.

[mmcconville]

I really missed racing this year. Had an absolute blast last season!! Maybe next year!

[RobertV]

Tom,

Congrats to you and all the championship winners! It looks like you have that DA working well now.

Like Mikey said, it's hard to be away from the sport once you've had a taste for it. The plan is for the NC contingent to return next year. And from the looks of the Sundowner class you'll have a bunch of new guys who now have the bug. That's awesome.

I'd say Dave Smith and KMac still have things in order, too! Great job and congrats, guys!

Give us some more pics..............

[DATech]

Congrats Tom and crew! Hopefully we can join the fun and get back into racing this year.
Dave

[CRG]

Parker was a lot of fun this year.

Congrats to the series champs, Mike, Kenny and Tom. These guys put in the hard work and it really paid off.

I raced Mike a couple times in GT and couldn't get to him, was close but he has a great airplane/engine combination and the skills to make it work.

Kenny's dominance this year was no accident. I'm fortunate enough to be able to build and fly with Ken year round and seeing the effort he puts into racing it's no surprise that he gets the results.

And Tom Keating, great job. Designed and built the airplane from scratch, a powerhouse DA150 and solid flying. Well deserved and I love seeing a scratch builder make it all come together like that.

Speaking of scratch builders, Fred French raced his Cassutt 'Plumb Crazy' in GT and gave everybody a good run. I'm a sucker for Cassutt's and Fred's was really well done. Now in the hands of Jose Macias.

Looking forward to next year, at the very least I'll have a new wing on the Junkyard Dog and hopefully can go a little faster.

Craig.

[CRG]

People and planes to Mike's nine pics above, L-R, top to bottom.

Chip Hyde with his Bandit Racing GR-7
Ken McSpadden and Scott Hanbury on the line with Kip McCleary's Sundowner.
Polecat flown in GT by Travis Flynn

Polecat flown in GT by Doug Killebrew
Martin Treat's GR7
Rankin AR-6 flown in F1 by Randy Rich

Peter Goldsmith's DA150 powered Miss Ashley
Ken McSpadden's GR7 in flight
Martin Treat's GR7 landing

[AV8ORS]

I especially like the foam bicycle helmuts

[Tom K]

I added a few photos my dad took at the Parker Race to the Member Media Gallery