The heat competitions on Saturday are usually good indicators of what race fans can expect in the final money races and this year was no exception. All three of the unlimited events proved to be very close and exciting competitions. In the course of the next five laps Leeward flew an almost perfect race. Their respective speeds were 365.258 mph and 365.067 mph. Next came the event the races fans had been waiting for.
Speculation abound in the racing pit area.
At the start David Price took up where he had left off by speeding his plane to an early lead. Before the races entered the eighth lap Bob Hannah, Bill Rheinschild, Lloyd Hamilton, Brian Sanders and Howard Pardue had also dropped out of the race. However, in the final lap he noticeably dropped back and it appeared that David Price had won the day as he took the coveted checkered flag. Then the announcer stated that there had been pylon cuts. Return to AVweb welcome page .