Radio Control: Pylon Racing
Jerry Christensen
IT SEEMS THAT the 1974 racing season has just ended and with the long winter months to build up a new stable of racers, we are really going to be ready for 1975. There is only one problem, the winter months have flown by and here we are into the new season building madly to have at least one new ship ready. It happens every year. I think the months are getting shorter.
The U.P.R.C. have cranked up for a new year with a warm-up race scheduled for May 4, Jamestown, N.Y. In addition they have six more races scheduled for the year, including their championship race in Waterford, Ontario, on Sept. 20 and 21. This is an active group; they fly Formula II and FAI combined. Also Novice and Expert, Sport Pylon, and Formula I. They are the only ones I know of still flying Form II, but it suits their field conditions, and seems to be the way to go.
Had a chance to read a newsletter from the Central Penna. Pylon Racing Assoc., edited by Ron Bressler. This group has varied interests, although they primarily fly 1/4 Midget. On July 5 and 6 the C.P.P.R.A. have scheduled a combined 1/4 Midget, Form I race. This is of special interest; for to my knowledge, it's the first Form I race, other than the '69 NATS, ever held in Penna. Congratulations fellows and best of luck! The C.P.P.R.A. is a fairly new organization and is a good example of what can be done to promote racing, if a few dedicated people are willing to pitch in and do some work.
M.A.R.A. is another group that showed it could be done. M.A.R.A. flies 1/4 Midget and is composed of racers throughout the greater N.Y. area. George Zink was the spark plug who helped get things started last year. George edited a very nice newsletter and I'm sure he burned more than a little midnight oil getting things going.
From the Northern Conn. R.C. Club News, edited by the little gal with the big heart, Bernice Williams, I hear that they intended to use the 1974 FAI rules in '75, except for use of '75 muffler rules. This proposal was put forth by N.M.P.R.A. district V.P. Adam Sattler. This area has been one of the last remaining groups with FAI activity, and like most of the country, they are not too happy with current FAI rules. Even though the U.S. originated pylon racing, and has as much or more racing activity than the rest of the world combined, we have no more say on FAI racing than a country that has no participation at all. I personally feel that racing rules should be written by the racing fliers. They are far more cognizant of our problems than those outside of racing could be. If proper consideration is to be given to safety, why shouldn't the racers be the ones to decide what the rules should be?
The Southern California racing season was off to a good start April 19 and 20 with a race at Sepulveda Basin, co-sponsored by the Valley Flyers and the So. Cal. N.M.P.R.A. district. The weatherman smiled and both days were beautiful temperatures in the high 70s. Kent Nogy came through in the expert class. Kent's times.
Radio Control: Pylon Racing
Jerry Christensen
UPRC have cranked up the new-year warm-up race scheduled May 4, Jamestown, N.Y. In addition they have six races scheduled this year including the championship race at Waterford, Ontario, Sept. 20-21. An active group fly Formula II and FAI combined. Also Novice, Expert, Sport, Pylon, Formula One's—who still fly Form II—suits field conditions and seems the way to go.
Chance to read the newsletter Central Penna. Pylon Racing Assoc., edited by Ron Bressler. The group has varied interests although primarily flying. July 5-6 CPPRA have scheduled a combined FAI/Form race — special interest being its first FAI/Form race other than the '69 NATS ever held in Pennsylvania. Congratulations, fellows, and best of luck. CPPRA is a fairly new organization and a good example of what can be done to promote racing by a few dedicated people willing to pitch in and do the work.
MARA, another group, showed what could be done. MARA flies FAI and is composed of racers throughout the greater New York area. George Zink, spark-plug, helped get things started last year. George edited a very nice newsletter; I'm sure he burned a little midnight oil getting things going.
Northern Conn. R.C. Club News — edited by the little gal with the big heart, Bernice Williams — I hear they intended to use the 1974 FAI rules in '75, except for the use of '75 muffler rules. This proposal was put forth by N.M.P.R.A. district V.P. Adam Sattler. This area has one of the last remaining groups with FAI activity. Like most of the country, they are not too happy with current FAI rules. Though the U.S. originated pylon racing and has as much racing activity as the rest of the world combined, we have no say in FAI racing if a country has no participation. I personally feel racing rules should be written by the racing fliers; they are far more cognizant of our problems than those outside racing could be. If proper consideration is to be given to safety, why shouldn't the racers be the ones to decide what the rules should be?
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
