Competition underway at the 2021 National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. [File Photo/ Mark Loper]
Key Takeaways:
The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) will relocate from Reno, Nevada, to Roswell, New Mexico, and are set to resume in 2025.
The move was necessitated by regional growth and safety concerns at Reno-Stead Airport, which could no longer accommodate the expanding event.
Roswell Air Center, a large and historic facility, was selected from numerous bids and is expected to present fresh challenges for racers and facilitate the event's future growth.
The National Championship Air Races (NCAR) have a new home: Roswell, New Mexico.
According to the Reno Air Racing Association (RARA), the races will return in 2025 and continue to feature seven classes of racing, static displays, and military demonstrations.
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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.
