U.S. Sports Class Nationals

Albert Lea, MN

Contest Results

This information was sent to me directly by Paul E. Remde

Alfonso Jurado (ASW-20) had his third win of the contest and ended up in 1st place overall with 7499 points. His speed for the day was 61.56 mph. Joe Owensby finished fifth for the day in his HP-18. This was not good enough to retain his lead in the contest. He finished the event in second place overall with 7382 points. Ron Clarke (LS-6a) placed second for the day with a speed of 53.52 mph and moved up into third place overall with 6888 points. Robert Barber finished 3rd for the day in his Mosquito. Gene Hammond (ASW-20) fell from 3rd place to 11th place because of camera problems. Malcolm Stevenson, who had led the competition for a few days, landed his ASK-21 out for the second time today and ended up in 13th place overall. Tom Gilbert (the Austrailian Libelle pilot) also had a rough day today. If I understood the circumstances correctly, he forgot to take a new declaration photo before his relight. He realized this after getting out on course. It was then too late to start again so he just came home and landed, getting no points for the day. He had been in first or second place for the first half of the contest.

Congratulations to the victors and to all the competitors for flying hard for 8 days with temperatures in the 90s.

The competitors seemed quite happy with the soaring conditions here in Minnesota. We were happy to be able to send them off to compete 8 of the 10 days.

Thanks to everyone who helped out, including:
(I'm sure I'm forgetting many great volunteers):

            Competition Director: Charlie Spratt
                 Contest Manager: Bill Sproull
       Assistant Contest Manager: Bob Wander
Pre-Contest Competition Director: John Wastvedt
              Operations Manager: Bob Nady
              Launch Coordinator: Steve Fischer
           Volunteer Coordinator: Dan Shallbetter
       Administration & Finances: Mike Finegan 
                 Chief Tow Pilot: Bob Lynn
                         Scoring: Paul Remde
                                  Frank LaValley
                                  Dan Shallbetter
                                  John Hodgeson
                                  Bill Donkers
                         Weather: Fred Hewitt
                   Social Events: Steve Nesse
              Turnpoint Booklets: Roger Gomoll
                                  Kevin Finke
                    Gate Manager: Phil Schmalz

Day 8 - Thursday, June 22,1995

Pilot Option Task
Minimum Time: 3:00

RnkPts  #   Pilot              Aircraft        Dist   Speed  Accum
                                               Hdcp   Hdcp   RnkPts
                                               miles  mph  
-- ---- --  -----              --------        -----  -----  -- ----
 1 1000 E9  Jurado, Alfonso    ASW-20          192.03 61.56   1 7499
 2  869 ZA  Clarke, Ron        LS-6a           160.57 53.52   3 6888
 3  833 KH  Barber, Robert     Mosquito        160.05 51.26   7 6550
 4  821 EE  Burton, Anthony    RS-15           165.12 50.56   6 6580
 5  816 3B  Owensby, Joseph    HP-18           160.73 50.23   2 7382
 6  808 HF  Franke, Manfred    LS-3a           151.09 49.75   5 6624
 7  805 1   Mozer, Rudy        ASW-24          150.67 49.53  12 6145
 8  803 GI  Macys, Bob         Ventus          159.25 49.43   4 6880
 9  772 9N  Finegan, Michael   Std. Austria    142.54 47.51  22 4170
10  768 MT  Ridenour, Neal     Mini Nimbus HS7 143.38 47.28  10 6229
11  746 AAA Hutchison, Michael Discus B        137.88 45.93  17 5676
12  741 YV  Wastvedt, John     LS-6            138.92 45.59  15 5992
13  735 V11 Ridenour, Ron      Twin Astir      135.79 45.26   8 6452
14  723 KJ  Wells, John        ASW-20          140.31 44.49   9 6281
15  718 93  Eisenbeiss, Duane  Discus B        140.01 44.18  16 5968
16  679 JA  Kunda, Rudy        Pegasus         128.73 41.80  23 3533
16  679 12  Mozer, Norm        Discus A        125.64 41.77  18 5517
18  652 HH  Meyer, Burt        Mini Nimbus     135.54 40.12  20 4889
19  616 CL  Larsen, Catherine  Libelle 201B    113.84 37.95  21 4484
20  610 E8  Estrada, Ernesto   Ventus C        112.72 37.57  19 5363
21  342 CS  Stevenson, Malcolm ASK-21          153.30     -  13 6142
22    0 GH  Hammond, Gene      ASW-20               -     -  11 6209
23    0 TP  Gilbert, Tom       Libelle 201B         -     -  14 6017
24    0 SB  Bowen, Stephen     ASW-22               -     -  24 2302

Penalties (Day 8): 
#  Pts Penalty Reason
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GH 733 No Turnpoint Photos

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