Abingdon Watches Official Timekeeper, Sponsor of Air Race Classic

Timepieces designed for adventurous women to be part of legacy race.

Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 01:36 PM ET

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Alex Small, a senior at Purdue University, performs a preflight fuel check for the aircraft her team used for the 2022 Air Race Classic. [Credit: John O’Malley/Purdue University]

Key Takeaways:

The Abingdon Co. has become the official timekeeper and a major sponsor of the Air Race Classic (ARC).
The 2025 Air Race Classic is a four-day, women-only, cross-country air race focusing on pilotage and operational precision, running from June 17 in Fairhope, Alabama, to June 20 in Spokane, Washington.
This partnership aligns Abingdon's mission of creating timepieces for adventurous women with ARC's goal of empowering and encouraging women in general aviation.

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The Abingdon Co., maker of timepieces for adventurous women, is now a sponsor of the Air Race Classic (ARC) and becomes the official timekeeper of the women-only air race that features female pilots flying stock airplanes across the country.

The 2025 ARC begins on June 17 at H.L. Sonny Callahan Airport in Fairhope, Alabama (KCQF). The route takes the racers through George M. Bryan Airport (KSTF) Starkville, Mississippi, Boone County Airport (KHRO) in Harron, Arkansas, McPherson Airport (KMPR) in McPerson, Kansas, Sterling Municpal Airport (KSTK) in Sterling, Colorado, Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport (KGCC) in Gillette, Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (KRKS) in Rock Springs, Jerome County Airport (KJER) in Jerome, Idaho, La Grande/Union County Airport (KLGD), in La Grande, Oregon (KLGO) by way of Willard Field in Tekoa, Washington, before terminating in Spokane, at Felts Field Airport (KSFF) on June 20.