Jack Beale wrote:

Rotorheads,

    Have the Sun-100 race results been posted somewhere...?

    I attended the Sun-N-Fun event on Wednesday - even spoke to Tracy Crook after the race.  Then waited all day for the results, which weren't posted...!!??

Jack Beale

Tracy Crook went 216 MPH this year with no engine changes other than changing the gear
box from 2.17:1 to 2.85:1 and the prop of course. He went 209 MPH last year. The prop is 
now 74 D by 88 P as I recall. He also made a few minor aerodynamic cleanups such 
as prop cuffs, more streamlined muffler  and tail wheel fairing. He did not win 
the class this year as the officials added the faster retractable Lancair's to his class.
He had the fastest RV however.

His main error failing to win the $750 220 MPH average Everett Hatch Memorial prize was 
failing to allow for the affects of wind. You never make up going downwind what you 
lose coming up wind. His downwind ground speed was 235 MPH but too less coming up wind.

To all my Japanese friends at Mazda; Please post this on the Mazda rotary engine assemble 
line bulletin board. I think it will raise morale even further than the high level is is
already.
 
BTW it was cold in Florida the first few days of the air show.
  
Paul Lamar
 
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