About 120 airplanes competed in a number of race classes, including the Sport and T-6 classes captured in photos below.
Also competing in the Sport Class was Kevin Eldridge in “Relentless.”John King, FlyerFocus.comBob Mills races in the Sport Class with his Thunder Mustang “Clas Thunder.”John King, FlyerFocus.comPeter Balmer competes in the Sport Class in “Swiss Thunder.”John King, FlyerFocus.comRetired military and airline pilot Lynn Farnsworth rounds out the Sport Class on Thursday in “Miss Karen II.”John King, FlyerFocus.comFour planes round the home pylon at the start of Thursday’s T-6 Texan Race start.John King, FlyerFocus.comPhotographers on the flight line look upward as airplanes zoom by.John King, FlyerFocus.comThree T-6 Texans vie for initial advantage during the first lap.John King, FlyerFocus.comThe T-6s round Pylon 3 during the race.John King, FlyerFocus.comChris LaFace flies the SNJ-4 Midnight Express.John King, FlyerFocus.comHere comes Abracadabra, an AT-6C piloted by John Krawczyk.John King, FlyerFocus.comBare Essentials and Midnight Express duke it out rounding Pylon 3.John King, FlyerFocus.comInches from each other at speeds up to 230 mph, these planes race the 5.06 mile T-6 course.John King, FlyerFocus.comGene McNeely in his AT-6 Baby BoomerJohn King, FlyerFocus.comBaby Boomer rounds a pylon.John King, FlyerFocus.comHere comes Pole Dancer, piloted by Eric Woelbing.John King, FlyerFocus.comHere’s a closer Look at Pole Dancer, an AT-6C passing at over 210 mph.John King, FlyerFocus.com