Rookie wins first Sport Air Racing League race for 2010

Taylor, Texas - the Sport Air Racing League completed the first race of the 2010 season with a surprise rookie win.

The Cross Country Air Race format places as much demand on pilot skill as it does on fast airplanes, especially a seven-turn, 160 nautical mile race as was the 2010 season opener on Saturday.

Jim Smetzer flew his early-model Glasair III to a class win, fastest overall in the experimental class as well as overall race winner!  Congratulations, Jim!

Final results are available on www.sportairrace.org as well.

Race #	Name	Aircraft	Class	Speed (MPH)	Speed (KTS)
Race 4K	Jim Smetzer	Glasair III	Sport	261.72	227.43
Race 91	Bruce Hammer	Glasair I TD	FX Blue	260.91	226.73
Race DG1	Dick Gossen	Glasair III	Sport	257.84	224.06
Race 43	Bob Mills	RV Super Six	Sport FX	237.14	206.07
Race 58	Mark Frederick	EVO Rocket	Sport FX	235.42	204.57
Race 84	Russell Sherwood	Glasair I	Sprint	217.55	189.05
Race 888	Deene Ogden	RV-8	RV Gold	217.14	188.69
Race 729	Chester Juskis	Bonansa S35	FAC1RG	205.26	178.37
Race 26	Mike Thompson	RV-6	RV Blue	202.03	175.56
Race 41	Cam Benton	RV-4	RV Red	200.36	174.11
Race 193	Bobby Bennett	Bonanza S35	FAC1RG	198.26	172.28
Race 83	David Adams	Long EZ	Sprint	196.71	170.93
Race 77	Jim Huff	Bonanza V35	FAC2RG	194.06	168.64
Race 007	Darrell Reiley	RV-7A	RV Red	190.96	165.94
Race 311	Robert Faubion	RV-4	RV Red	186.71	162.24
Race 01	Dan Hopkins	RV-8	RV Blue	180.07	156.48
Race 167	Terry Hines	Mooney 231	FAC4RG	160.01	139.05
Race 448	Jim Porter	Cirrus SR20	FAC3FX	154.87	134.58
Race 483	Jim Hard	RV-7A	RV Blue	154.06	133.88
Race 456	AnnElise Bennett	Cessna 182	FAC3FX	147.32	128.01

The next race in the 2010 Championship Series will be at Sherman, TX, the Texoma 100 Air Race on April 24th.
More information is available at www.sportairrace.org