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P-51 Mustang at Reno 2014
T-6
story and photos by Curtis Fowles

Get ready for some loud, slow and close racing action. The T-6 class is always competitive and you know when they are racing - LOUD. Their course measures 5 miles. The aircraft are fairly stock versions of the T-6 Texan, the Canadian built Harvard and the Navy version - the SNJ. They are taped up heavily to seal off all unwanted drafts on that big airframe.

The T-6 class uses an air start that comes right down the home stretch pass the home pylon. It is common to have wing to wing racing in this class.

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T-6 Class Qualifying

  1 - #43 Midnight Miss II, Dennis Buehn - 243 mph
  2 - #88 Radial Velocity, John Lohmar - 242
  3 - #14 Baron's Revenge, Chris Rushing - 235
  4 -  #6 Six Cat, Nick Macy - 234
  5 - #89 Baby Boomer, Gene McNeely - 230
  6 -  #5 Big Red, Joey Sanders - 225
  7 - #90 Undecided, Greg McNeely - 224
  8 -  #2 Bare Essentials, Thomas Baber - 220
  9 - #42 Defector, Kevin Sutterfield - 217
 10 - #94 Midnight Express, Chris LeFave - 214
 11 - #25 Miss Fay, Terry Adams - 213
 12 - #73 Strip Teeze, Ralph Rina - 209
 13 - #54 Midlife Madness, Michael Pfleger - 208
 14 - #87 Stocker, Rick Siegfried - 205
 15 - #69 Eros, Lee Oman - 202
 16 - #19 Scrap Iron, Dennis Buehn - 201

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T-6 Class Gold Final

  1 - #43 Midnight Miss II, Dennis Buehn - 239 mph
  2 - #88 Radial Velocity, John Lohmar - 237
  3 - #14 Baron's Revenge, Chris Rushing - 237
  4 -  #6 Six Cat, Nick Macy - 231
  5 - #89 Baby Boomer, Gene McNeely - 227
T-6 Class Silver Final
  1 -  #5 Big Red, Joey Sanders - 229
  2 - #90 Undecided, Greg McNeely - 227
  3 -  #2 Bare Essentials, Thomas Baber - 217
  4 - #94 Midnight Express, Chris LeFave - 215 ** DQ T-6 Rules
  5 - #25 Miss Fay, Terry Adams - 213
  6 - #42 Defector, Kevin Sutterfield - 212 * Cut #2 Lap 2
T-6 Class Bronze Final
  1 - #73 Strip Teeze, Ralph Rina - 204
  2 - #54 Midlife Madness, Michael Pfleger - 204
  3 - #87 Stocker, Rick Siegfried - 190
  4 - #69 Eros, Lee Oman - 187
  5 - #19 Scrap Iron, Thomas Baber - 186

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