Mid-America Challenge
By Matthew Usher & Ruth Chin
The 1995 Mid-America Challenge was held August 16–20 at Muncie's National Flying Site. Pilots from as far away as California competed for top honors in three classes of air racing: Formula I, Thompson Trophy, and AT-6. First place in each class earned a $1,000 cash prize.
Pilots competed on the site's newly completed Stage Center runways. Each race consisted of six laps around a two-pylon, left-hand pattern course.
Results
- Formula I
- Ed Rankin — 1st place
- Roger Cirelli — 2nd place
- Bill Bloss — 3rd place
- AT-6 (almost 30 entrants; 12 heats)
- Fred Burgdorf — 1st place
- Jim Hoeffer — 2nd place
- Kelly Carter — 3rd place
- Thompson Trophy
- Mike Barbee — 1st place (flew his Gee Bee)
- Kerry Sterner — 2nd place
Awards and Sponsors
- AMA Persistence Award: Fred Partenheimer
Special thanks to corporate sponsors:
- JSC International
- Landing Products
- Klotz Special Formula Products
- The Discovery Channel
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
