'BUCK SHOTS'

[BuckyD]

RACE: Saturday's UNLIMITED Bronze Heat 3C (9-19-09) - Outer 7 Pylon

Veteran race pilot- Jimmy Leeward's havin' way too much fun racing his pal- Doug Matthews' classic F4U-4 Corsair - Race #24! Wait a second- it just gets better...

It's a veritable- 'Floridian 3-Way Duel' goin' on, in a close fight for 2nd-Place! Jimmy manages to keep BOTH- Fred Cabanas' P51D #52-'American Beauty' AND Doug Matthews in Sea Fury #117-'Bad Attitude' at bay ("Jimmy- You're not supposed to beat me w/MY AIRPLANE, man!")

Leeward finished the 6-lap heat in 2nd @ 315.891-av/mph, w/Matthews in 3rd @ 315.687-av/mph & Cabanas in 4th @ 315.121-av/mph! THAT'S GREAT RACIN'!!!

AND... all this action's happening BEHIND- 1st-place finisher- John-Curtiss Paul's Curtiss P-40N Race #17-'Parrothead' (321.549-av/mph)!!! (Jimmy Buffett would be damn proud about all this, I just KNOW IT!)

Now, how cool is THAT, huh?

DBD

[Strega Fan]

That is VERY COOL!!!

[flyingjibus]

That second shot is pretty amazing

[WASP-kid]

Fantastic Bucky! Thanks for sharing them here.

[taglialavore]

DBD
You don´t know me for sure, but at least through this forum, I can thank you for all your cool threads with pictures illustrated with a piece of racing history.
Happy 35th Reno birthday

[sierra fox]

You never cease to amaze me Bucky, awesome spread!!!!

[BuckyD]

RACE: Sunday's UNLIMITED Gold Final (9-20-09) - Outer 4 Pylon

Hunting 4 Gold - "The Pack at Yer Back"! Here's a photo detail- capturing the view young Steve Hinton flying #7-STREGA might've seen during Sunday's UNLTD Gold Championship, while holding onto the lead at the start of Lap-1, (IF- #7 had a canopy fitted w/twin Spit mirrors, ala-WW2 ETO P51s, that is ): Will Whiteside in #5-Voodoo, John Penney in #77-Rare Bear, Dan Martin in #20-Ridge Runner III & Sherm Smoot in #86-Czech Mate, are all running at Hinton's heels like a pack of hungry wolves 'on the scent'! (Talk about- "Makin' the Coffee Nervous"...!)

Probably best Steve DIDN'T have any mirrors to distract from his cockpit chore list! No worries... Hinton never looked back ever & jumped ahead of everyone else- stretching his lead margin for the entire race to take the checkered flag & the Reno 2009 NCAR Championship title- as the youngest champion in air racing history. OH YEAH!!!

DBD

P.S. Thanks everyone for your kind kudos!

[ebutner]

That is soooooo cool. Bucky, can you print a copy of that. I'll gladly pay for it.

Eric

[jarrodeu]

My god, that is AMAZING! Great Picture!

Jarrod

[t-dub]

Now that's just "plane" BITCHIN'! Nice work from a true master of the glass! I have just one word to say, MORE PLEASE! OK that's two. Thanks Buck........