“After considering all currently available information and in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ARC Board of Directors has regretfully decided to not hold the race in 2021.”
Air Race Classic
Registration opens for 43rd Air Race Classic
Registration for the 2019 Air Race Classic closes March 31, 2019.
121 women pilots to compete in 42nd Annual Air Race Classic
The 42nd Air Race Classic (ARC) field is set, according to organizers. The annual all-women cross-country airplane race is set for take off at 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, from Sweetwater, Texas. The 2,656-mile sprint across the United States ends Friday, June 22, in Fryeburg, Maine. Fifty-six teams, consisting of 121 women pilots from around the […]
Registration opens for Air Race Classic
Registration is open for the 42nd Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. More than 100 women pilots from around the world are expected to compete in this year’s ARC, which begins Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Sweetwater, Texas, and ends Friday, June 22, 2018, in Fryeburg, Maine. The oldest race of […]
Air Racing’s Royal Flush
Some people say air racing is dead. I say those folks aren’t playing with a full deck. Not only is the game of air racing alive and well, this year I was dealt a royal flush, and won a huge pot of fun. The Ace of Hearts A handful of ace aerobatic pilots from around […]
118 women pilots set to compete in air race
The field is set for the 41st Air Race Classic (ARC), the annual all-women cross-country airplane race. Fifty-four teams, consisting of 118 women pilots from across the country and around the world, will take off Tuesday, June 20, 2017, from Frederick, Maryland, for a 2,648-mile sprint across the United States that ends Friday, June 23, […]
Montana teen wins aviation art contest
Kassi Slowey, a freshman at Billings West High School in Montana and a student pilot, is the winner of a nationwide art contest sponsored by the Air Race Classic, the historic all-women cross-country airplane race. The competition was open to girls ages 12 to 17. A panel of judges from the American Association of Aviation […]
Picture of the day: Keep calm and race on
Ace reporter and photographer Joni M. Fisher snapped this photo at the end of the Air Race Classic in Daytona Beach, Florida, in late June. It shows the many sponsor and attitude stickers that adorn the Team 12 plane.
Air Race Classic: Women with attitude
The 40th Annual Air Race Classic buzzed the U.S. from June 21-24 on a demanding 2,716-mile route involving 13 airports from Prescott Municipal Airport (KPRC) in Arizona, to Daytona Beach International Airport (KDAB) in Florida. For this year, the annual all-women cross-country airplane race paid tribute to college and university teams, with race stops at airports near or affiliated […]