DonStegall

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October 2009 extravaganza at Old Julian Airport

October is going to be an exciting month for racing in the Carolinas. We have the Fall Air Races at Old Julian Airport on October 24 and 25, 2009. These are 3 pole races and will feature some hot AMA 428 racing. Plus we will have entry level racing with Club 40, Quickie 25 and AMA 424. Visit the web site at www.OldJulianAirport.com and the flier page at http://www.oldjulianairport.com/Event_2009-10-24.aspx

To get everyone ready for the race, we will have a “Warm-up� practice session on Saturday, October 3, 2009. There will be no landing fee for this session. It will be a “Race What You Bring� day and while the focus is on the guys getting ready for the race, newcomers are invited to being planes out and try the 3 pole course.

Expert help will be available to help you get your planes tuned up for the fall race. And time on the course will help you get those thumbs tuned up.

Mike Langlois has installed a new takeoff pad for the 3 pole course and it is great. No pizza cutter wheels digging into the ground on takeoff. Mike has done a tremendous amount of work to make Old Julian Airport a great facility and October is going to be a rocking month for pylon racing. So pack your drink coolers and sandwich bags and come to the practice session on October 3. If you’re coming, feel free to post a message and let us know.

EXPRESSO PYLON RACER

HEY DON , I will drive up from FLA for that race . EXPRESSO PYLON RACING

luv to race

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what's the landing area look like? grass I'd assume? how smooth is it? tightly mowed so the 428 type wheels will roll on it?

DonStegall

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If you look at the third photo, you are looking down the main runway. It is graded smooth and has bermuda grass on it. Unfortunately it has been dry this year and the grass has not grown in as well as it otherwise would have. But Mike has been irrigating lately and has gotten more grass up.

There is another 700+ feet behind the camera.

Mike has considered paving the runway. The takeoff pad has 66,000 pounds of asphalt on it. Good attendence at the races may drive paving the full runway.

But the pizza cutters work fine on the grass for landing when the grass is trimmed to short length.

luv to race

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Looks good. See ya there.

WC

DonStegall

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Great.

If you come for both days, you can fly one of my Club 40 planes. It would be cool having you in Club 40 as well.

The plan is for me to be running the matrix and the scoring since I did that at the Lowe's races and have my laptop and color laser printer all set up for it.

The food at the race will be great. Mike's family and the people from Aero Precision really did a great job at the spring race.

DonStegall

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Randy,

I'll reserve the 88 for you. Jim Katz and Mike Langlois have flown it at Lowe's and it is as fast as anything out there.

vicman

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To all who have been watching what we have been doing in the Carolinas for the last little while, this race will be the premiere event of the year! I can't imagine how a better place to race would be created and if it runs anything close to Mike's first race this year it will be flawless. If there is any way to be there be sure to take advantage of it.
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