Reno National Championship Air Races - the only place in the World where you can see five days of real air racing by six classes of aircraft. The Air Races have been run since 1964 near Reno, Nevada, USA, and are currently held at Reno Stead Field, about eight miles North of Reno

REVUE THOMMEN since1853.us are proud to sponsor Smokey Young at Reno in 2009, in International Formula 1 aircraft #3 'Sly Dog'. Smokey placed 4th in the 2008 Gold Race in the same aircraft

2009-09-18 Smokey described today's race as "a drag race that turned into individual knife fights". Smokey went on to say "The 'Sly Dog' has performed flawlessly, in some of the closest racing I've seen at Reno in years"

2009-09-19 Smokey's next race is the Formula 1 Gold Race on Sunday 20th September. Smokey has a rest day today, so he'll be taking the rare opportunity of visiting the 'valley of speed' to watch the Unlimited Class aircraft pass overhead at 50ft !!

2009-09-20 Smokey raced today in the Formula 1 Gold Race, where he placed 4th, narrowly missing out on 3rd when he was passed on the line...

Date	Race	Course	Time	Speed	Place
2009-09-16	Formula One Qualifying	1 lap, 3.19 mi	00:48.023	238.948	7
2009-09-17	Formula One Heat 1A	8 laps, 25.50 mi	06:46.638	225.754	5
2009-09-18	Formula One Heat 2A	8 laps, 25.50 mi	06:38.629	230.289	5
2009-09-20	Formula One Gold	8 laps, 25.50 mi	06:45.615	226.323	4

Check out some of the media coverage of the event

Footage courtesy of our friends at kolotv.com

Here's the course for the Formula 1 Class aircraft