SkyfireVideo Presents
Exclusive video of the
Reno National Championship Air Races


In The Tradition of the Champions


Skyfire '91 is all about racing. You'll follow three top unlimited racing teams:

• Rare Bear
• Tsunami
• Strega

Meet the crew, the pilots and the owners. Follow them from qualifing through race week and the incredible Gold Race on Sunday where they put it all on the line. Out on the racing pylons and down in the pits,you'll relive the whole story of Reno as you ride in the cockpits with these daring race pilots.

At the end of the tape, you'll also see a complete back-to-back aerobatic show and an incredible non-fatal cartwheeling crash of an AT-6. An action packed documentary!

Over 90 Minutes

1991 Reno Unlimited Class Gold Race Results
8 laps / 73.024 Miles / September 15,1991
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Lyle Shelton 77 F8F-2 Rare Bear 481.618 (1)
Bill Distefani 7 P-51 D Strega 478.680 (2)
Skip Holm 18 Original Tsunami 478.140 (3)
Bob Yancey 101 Yak II Perestroika 428.293
Dennis Sanders 8 Sea Fury Dreadnought 426.507
Bill Reinschild 45 P-51 D Risky Business 423.498
John Maloney 1 F2G Super Corsair 406.420 (4)
Howard Pardue 66 Sea Fury Fury
357.671 (5)
Del Williams 55 P-51 D Pegasus (6)
***
(1) New race record, one lap at 487 mph
(2) Second and third place also broke old race record
(3) Racer crashed on way home killing owner John Sandberg
(4) Completed 7 laps
(5) Cut pylon 5 on lap 2 - 16 second penalty, completed 7 laps
(6) Out lap 3

1991 Reno Unlimited Class Silver Race Results
8 laps / 73.024 Miles / September 15,1991
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Gary Levitz 38 P-51 D Miss Ashley 411.158
Mickey Rupp 5 P-51 D Old Crow 409.915
Matt Jackson 553 P-51 D Miss Fit 396.235
Dean Cutshall 91 P-51 D Cutter's Capers 383.821
Kevin Eldridge 28 P-51 D Platinum Plus 382.831
John Muszala 20 Sea Fury Cottonmouth 382.586
Brian Sanders 924 Sea Fury 367.483
Lloyd Hamilton 16 Sea Fury Baby Gorilla 364.735
Rick Brickert 21 Original Pond Racer DNS (1)
***
(1) Broke two connecting rods while forming up to race, returned to airport safely

1991 Reno Unlimited Class Bronze Race Results
8 laps / 73.024 Miles / September 15,1991
Pilot Race # Aircraft Aircraft Name Speed
Howard Pardue 14 F8F-1 Bearcat 348.494
Skip Holm 39 P-51 D The Healer 330.562
Don Crowe 181 Sea Fury 326.243
Rob Patterson 52 P-51 D Lady Jo 320.296
Joe Haley 111 Yak II Defector 319.207
Thomas Camp 58 Yak II Maniyak 299.325 (1)
Matt Jackson 44 T-28 Stumpy (2)
John Maloney 17 P40-N Spud Lag 273.063 (3)
(1) Completed 7 laps
(2) Out lap 1
(3) Moved to last place and fined for crossing Deadline

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