Scene from the 2025 Reno Air Races in Nevada [Reno Air Racing Association/Tim O'Brien]
Key Takeaways:
The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) will take place from September 10-14, making its inaugural debut at the Roswell Air Center in New Mexico after 60 years in Reno.
The official competitor lineup has been released for the Biplane, Formula 1, Jet, STOL, and T-6 classes, marking the countdown to race week.
New Mexico and Roswell invested a year in building the necessary infrastructure for the event, which will also feature airshow acts, aircraft displays, and a STEM Discovery Zone.
This is the inaugural event at the new location, located 6 miles south of the city of Roswell. The races had been previously conducted for 60 years in Reno, Nevada.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
