Weather grounds Reno races

摘要

For the first time in its 47-year history, strong winds caused the final day of the National Championship Air Races at Reno, Nevada, to be cancelled. The Unlimited Gold and T-6 Gold races could not take place, so the winners were decided by their times in the heats. As a result, Steve Hinton flying NA P-51D Strega was crowned Unlimited champion for the second year running. Prior to this, the annual event - which took place from September 15 to 19 -featured a full programme of racing, the skies thundering to the sound of highly modified warbirds, jets and biplanes. Ai Races' boss Mike Houghton said: "The decision to cancel our championship race was not an easy one but it was the right thing to do.