Dave is one of the Gold racers so your friend should be able to hook the two of you up and you can work it from there. Mather is very close to SAM's and you can usually find some W/B racers there on any given Saturday or Sunday as well. I know that many will be out on Saturday gearing up for the race this weekend. If you really are interested and can't make the Sunday event go out Saturday and I'm sure that you will get your fair share of Nitro fumes, Trash talk, and fast planes. It's a good group of guys and the all are willing to share with someone getting their feet wet.

Tommy Gun won't recommend a P-51 but about 50% of the guys are flying World Models P-51's. Easy plane to fly, easy plane to get, and fairly simple to "beef up" for racing. But there are a ton of other choices that fit the bill out there as well. SAM's also runs a .25 size race once a month.... The Outlaws. Same plane, same engine, shared fuel and the only thing seperating the pilots is skill and luck. We run on the 3rd Sunday of the month after 12:00pm when things at the field quite down. SAM's is a morning field where as Mather is more an afternoon field.

See you at the races............

Jimmy Skids