U.S. Standard Class Nationals

Siskiyou County Airport, CA

Contest Results

This information was sent to me by Walter Rogers and Peter Masak.

COMMENTS ON DAY 7 - STANDARD NATIONALS - July 17, 1995

Well, today was a big overdevelopment day. It was supposed to be the best weather of the contest. Charlie and the task committee (Ray Gimmey, Dale Bush) sent us to Callahan (south) , Dry Lake (east), Radar Dome (northwest), Deer Mountain (south southwest), and home for about 220 miles. Scattered thunderstorms clobbered the east half of the contest area with considerable stable air and anvil blowoff over the second turn.

There were only four finishers: Bruce Dyson (Y5), Claudio Ponte (CP), Rick Walters (3R), and John Byrd (30) who landed close to sunset. Many of of the top ten to fifteen landed out. Many more (including this author, WX) elected to abort rather than flying between thundertorms to the second turn (Dry Lake).

Unfortunately, Jay Walker, landed early, at Weed about 23 miles out before the first turn.

It's now 9:30 pm Monday night and too early to say anything about who out front. Looks good, though for John Byrd.

Walt Rogers, WX

Bruce Dyson won the day in his Discus. There were only a handful of finishers - Johnny Bird, Claudio Ponte, Rick Walters, and Bruce Dyson. The task called was the largest of the contest - 219 miles - evidently an overcall! Jae Walker, who had led the contest from the 2nd day landed out and has dropped to second place. The first 9 places are held by pilots in Discus' - again proving this ships superiority in weak conditions. The Genesis flown by Karl Striedieck landed with 8 other pilots after 57 miles. Karl is in 21st spot overall. Four of the 29 pilots do not appear to be flying anymore.

Peter Masak, Houston, TX

Today was another tough day, with T-storms a strong possibility. The task committee called a task to the east, hoping the storms would hold off. The task was Dry Lake, Radar Facility, Deer Mountain, and return. Most of the pilots ran into the storms before Dry Lake, and some opted to just get home from there while others pressed on and landed out. The only finishers were Bruce Dyson, John Byrd, Rick Walters, and Claudio Ponte. Dyson, who managed to stay very high throughout the day, and was the pilot not to get scared, won the day. The real story was John Byrd's flight through T-storms at the end of the day, almost landing several times, to make it back and finish at 7:30. This flight put him in first over Walker, who landed out early.

Bo Zimmerman

Day 7

CONTEST DAY        7                             DATE FLOWN JULY 17

           STATISTICAL DATA --  ASSIGNED TASK SCORING
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TP# ID TURNPOINT       LAT   LONG     LEG    CUM

  1 30 START GATE     41.78 122.47
  2 5  CALLAHAN       41.32 122.81   36.3   36.3
  3 23 DRY LAKE       41.68 121.26   84.0  120.3
  4 13 RADAR FACILTY  42.06 121.97   45.0  165.3
  5 6  DEER MOUNTAIN  41.58 122.19   35.0 200.30
  6 31 FINISH GATE    41.77 122.47   19.5 219.80

NUMBER OF LAPS     1  LAP DISTANCE 219.80    TASK DISTANCE  219.80
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TOTAL CONTESTANTS        25               BEST FINISH SPEED  58.47
SPEED FINISHERS           4               BEST LANDOUT DIST    132
DISTANCE FINISHERS       21               STD MIN TASK TIME    180
PCT COMPLETION           16%              STD MIN TASK DIST.    60
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                                                 |--DAILY--|  CUMULATIVE
ID  NAME             SHIP            DIST  SPEED SCORE PLACE SCORE PLACE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
30  BYRD, JOHN       DISCUS A        0.00  42.70   395    4   4024    1
JW  WALKER, JAE      DISCUS A       14.72   0.00    23   23   3823    2
CP  PONTE, CLAUDIO   DISCUS B        0.00  52.23   500    2   3749    3
PG  GAISFORD, PHIL   DISCUS B      131.95   0.00   205    5   3587    4
HW  ROY CUNDIFF      DISCUS B      131.95   0.00   205    5   3528    5
JP  PAYNE, JIM       DISCUS A      124.94   0.00   194    9   3470    6
CG  GARNER, CHIP     DISCUS A      104.82   0.00   163   10   3455    7
JJ  SINCLAIR, JOHN   DISCUS B       80.89   0.00   126   12   3345    8
3R  WALTERS, RICH    DISCUS B        0.00  49.22   471    3   3329    9
40  BOWMAN,CLEM      ASW 24         14.72   0.00    23   23   3252   10
JL  LUBON, JOHN      DISCUS B      131.95   0.00   205    5   3173   11
Y5  DYSON, BRUCE     DISCUS B        0.00  58.47   560    1   3130   12
7V  GIMMEY, RAY      DISCUS B       57.53   0.00    89   13   3067   13
57  PHILBRICK, PAT   DISCUS B      104.82   0.00   163   10   3036   14
SN  NORTHCRAFT,STEVE LS4-A         131.95   0.00   205    5   2866   15
51  MEARS, BUD       LS4-A          57.53   0.00    89   13   2842   16
SZ  ZIMMERMAN, SAM   LS7WL          57.53   0.00    89   13   2648   17
LX  MURRAY, JOHN     ASW 24         57.53   0.00    89   13   2436   18
WX  ROGERS, WALT     DG 300         57.53   0.00    89   13   2430   19
NK  KEMP, GARY       PEGASUS 101A   57.53   0.00    89   13   2417   20
KS  STRIEDIECK, KARL GENESIS        57.53   0.00    89   13   2348   21
NT  BUSH, DALE       DISCUS B       57.53   0.00    89   13   2175   22
UU  NYE, BOB         DISCUS B       57.53   0.00    89   13   1639   23
DV  GRAY, DOUG       DG 300         57.53   0.00    89   13   1327   24
7A  KLEMMENDSON, BOB STD CIRRUS     11.70   0.00    18   25   1310   25
LL  HINES, KAROL     ASW 24          0.00   0.00     0   26   1079   26
7X  GRISWOLD, CHUCK  DISCUS B        0.00   0.00     0   27   1050   27
13  VOLKOBER, JOHN   DISCUS B        0.00   0.00     0   28    372   28
4B  BOSTROM, PHIL    DISCUS B        0.00   0.00     0   29    303   29


NOTES:
30: No target photo of Dry Lake - 2.5% of max daily score = 14 pts

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