The engines, however, are a major difference. These considerations make the racing affordable, safe, and very equally balanced. It comes down to who can fly the smoothest and tightest race course. Each heat is run around a two pylon course with an official starter, official lap counter, and a personal caller for each pilot. This insures maximum safety for each race.
Heats consist of three planes.
A matrix is made up before the first heat and starting positions are determined by a racers current point standing, giving the advantage of starting first to the lower pointed pilots. This also gives a little more balance to the racing field. Their jobs ranged from Starter to Lap Counter, to Corner Cutter, and various other jobs. The support team made racing easy and great fun for the racers. The AGS saw a club member place first in each division of Quickie 500 Racing.