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My Internet was down so I did not see it happen, however, I did see a replay over and over and looks like it was just outside pylon 6ish but RIGHT outside the stick, maybe 300' or so, hope everyone on ground OK!!! Sad day once again for Air Racing.
It looked to me like there might have been a problem starting on the previous lap, as the 2nd place aircraft had to climb rather quickly to perhaps avoid contact. Things developed after that, and I sat up in my chair yelling "NO, NO, NO!!" as the pilot fought for control after the hard right bank. My wife was watching with me and it hit both of us pretty hard. I am profoundly sad.
I was watching the live stream, L29s were close to each other and one corrected to the right and then appeared to veer to the left and then went in. No Midair. No collision. Not a visible structural failure. Maybe too may Gs on the course correction. Close to pylon 5 on the flats, not near the fence line, I just talked to my buddy who is on the fence line now and they are reviewing video they shot from there. Shocking end to the day. I was there in 2011 and this hurts almost as much.
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