SkyfireVideo Presents
Exclusive video of the Reno National Championship Air Races
COLLECTOR’S SERIES
You’ll See:
• P-51 Mustangs
• Bearcats
• Navy Corsairs
• Hawker Sea Furies
• P-38's
• A B-26

They’re All:
• Banking
• Rolling
• Racing
• Inches above the
desert floor!!
• OVER 450 M.P.H.!


See the spectacular 1979 crash of the Red Baron, historic footage of the 1964 Cross Country Dash from Florida to Reno and more.

Watch the unbelievable conclusion of the Unlimited Gold Race and see if you can guess who's going to win. See the death-defying act of Jimmy Franklin and wing-walker extraordinaire John Kasian as they perform the most shocking maneuvers you'll ever witness.

This tape is best known for an interview with Art Scholl and his dog Aileron at his very last airshow performance on Sunday September 15th before he was lost the following day during a filming accident.

PACKED WITH ACTION!******AVIATION EXCITEMENT!

1985 Reno Unlimited Class Gold Race Results
8 laps / 73.776 Miles / September 15,1985
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Steve Hinton 1 F2G Super Corsair 438.186 (1)
Niel Anderson 8 Sea Fury Dreadnought 429.430 (2)
Rick Brickert 4 P-51 D Dago Red 426.848
Lloyd Hamilton 15 Sea Fury Furias 411.952
Lefty Gardner 25 P-51 D Thunderbird (3)
Bud Granley 11 P-51 D Miss America (3)
John Crocker 6 P-51 D Sumthin Else (4)
Skip Holm 84 P-51 D Stiletto
(5)
Ron Hevle 7 P-51 D Strega (6)
***
(1) New record
(2) Cut pylon 8 on lap 8 while leading race, 16 second penalty
(3) Given checkered flag instead of white at end of lap 7, left race
(4) Out lap 6, broke connecting rod
(5) DNS - could not retract one main gear
(6) DNS - broken piston

1985 Reno Unlimited Class Silver Race Results
8 laps / 73.776 Miles / September 15,1985
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Tom Kelley 19 P-51 D Lou IV 374.418
Bob Yancey 101 F4U-4 Old Blue 374.392
Dennis Sanders 924 Sea Fury 360.577
John Maloney 0 P-51 D Spam Can 360.078
Howard Pardue 14 F8F-1 Bearcat 359.415
Dale Clark 40 Sea Fury Nutin Special 359.736
Art Vance 16 Sea Fury Baby Gorilla 356.597
Bob Love 2 P-51 D Hovey Mustang 354.915
John Dilley 27 P-51 D Double Trouble 353.347

1985 Reno Unlimited Class Gold Race Results
6 laps / 55.332 Miles / September 15,1985
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Wiley Sanders 96 P-51 D Jeannie Too 355.725
Richard Drury 43 Sea Fury 345.903
Fred Sebby 51 P-51 D Simply Smashing 337.903
Lefty Gardner 31 P-38L White Lightnin 324.575
JK Ridley 37 F4U-4 Big Richard 359.415
Alan Preston 12 F4U-5NL Old Deadeye 314.878
Jimmy McMillan 404 AD-4N 314.223
Mike Wright 85 B-26C Puss & Boots 283.960
Bob Guilford 93 F4U-7 Blue Max 282.904

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