 Dennis Sanders, in Argonaut, and Jimmy Leeward, in Cloud Dancer, tangle over Outer Pylon 8 at Stead during a heat event in Air Racing. Photo:
Mark S. "RARA Still Wants Him Dead or Alive"
Daniels A Dying Breed... Oh, how we're all going to miss this (see photo above), but just the same, there are still others out there trying to get new Air Races organized. And when those races occur, you won't have to sell your soul to the Devil (perhaps Ticketmaster, but not the Devil...) to get this kind of action, as a fan, as a spectator, up close! Times are changing! The mentally ill can fly Glasair III's and Rocket Racers at the Reno National Championship "Invitational" Air Races, well then by God, they can start putting grandstands in the infield! Until that time, the way Houghton has them set-up, the National Championship Air Races are a dead event! Invitational means "fixed races" because competitors and contenders can be eliminated "just because Mikey H says so," and its classified by Der Houghton as an "Entertainment" event... ...I guess much like the Spanish Inquisition was an "Entertainment Event" and Fray Tomas de Torquemada was the "Jerry Springer of his day." So, if you're sick of Dog & Pony Shows, consider some of these alternatives (below), even though the purse money in Pigeon Racing may not be spectacular, it's probably looking pretty good to Formula One Air Racing right now, who are wishing they had an "Unanticipated Expenses Fund" to handle the fact that Houghton's "Unanticipated Expenses Fund" was, well... ...Unanticipated? <G> And who's going to know a Pigeon from a an IF1 racer... ...Pigeons are a damned sight louder and the pilot can always fill up the fuselage with marshmallows that fall out the tail wheel (roller skate) well every now and then...making "the bird" look realistic. That a Pigeon has longer range well, that might be a problem, but I digress... Hell, even Houghton can't tell the difference! between Planes and Pigeons! If they fly, they all look like Pigeons to Mickey Da Rat! That's why he takes their money and they're so willing to give it, all so that they can be treated like dirt in order that they can race for him! Not even for peanuts! Not even for chicken scratch! If a Pigeon has the entry fee and Sponsors, Adolf Houghton will happily take both! Then have Squab when the two do "lunch..." Anyhow, this is a perpetual page that we'll be updating from time-to-time...have a look around...seek out the alternatives. There is a Methadone for Air Racing withdrawals. It's called a "good book," but if you need pistons, or just want some spontaneous, non-fixed-by-Racketeers, good-old-fashioned American excitement made in Taiwan, well there's Tennis, Bowling, Beach Volleyball, Shuffleboard, Horseshoes and a whole host of other sports that aren't fixed ~ yeah, like World Wrestling Entertainment! Oh, wait a minute, I just described a non-sporting event. Bad word. Naughty word. Can't have people believing Wrestling is fixed or for that matter, entertaining... ...THE ROLLER DERBY! Yeah, I can live with that! People on roller skates trying to kill each other...er, wait... I just described the target rich environment in an Air Racing Pits...well, that won't work. The Air Race Nazis have too much fun tying piano wire from propeller blades across the access ways in the Pits... So, give me some time. I'm working on it. Trying to find you some alternative Sports and Motorsports where cheaters never prosper, where politics are "out the door," where piston engines ring, even if they are "Briggs & Stratton," and where people don't have to risk their lives or their planes to satisfy Mike Houghton before paying him for nothing. Bowling! They Bowl in Reno! ...now, do you fit a piston engine to those things, or a radial, or better yet, a rotary engine? I don't know...let me think about that one, too. This is a work in progress...enjoy...consider the little sidebars on how the purse is $1,001,000.00, but the Ticket Sales prospects for 2007 alone indicate potential revenue of up to $31,500,000.00, if someone would just get Public Radio to put a PSA out there for Air Racing in the Northern California communities of San Francisco, San Jose, Silicon Valley and Sacramento! Then, Herr Houghton, Mob Boss wannabe, the "Godfather of Stole," sitting there in his office while Birch Entriken, Mike Jones and Blayne Slagar take turns kissing his ring (among other things), while he treats good men and women like filth, might actually do something that help the Air Races to make a profit. You know...like that $100 million per year business Jim Campbell says Houghton created for United Airlines! LOL!!! No, I KID YOU NOT! <G> Check out Houghton's Bio at RRL! Yeah, you folks in Reno have a real Peter Uberoth going for you there! Otherwise, if I were you in Air Racing, I'd either get control of RARA by organizing Classes into one enormous Air Racing Organization, and tell Mr. Houghton where he can stick his "Unanticipated Expenses" fund, or just roll up your sleeves and clean house on RARA yourselves the "Old Fashioned Way," because if you don't and soon... ...You're not even going to have a Dog & Pony Show to "show" up to. And the way things are going, Houghton will probably walk away owning your airplanes, the rights to your first born male child and your family jewels to boot! Ask Entriken, Jones and Slagar...he's already got them by their "fine hairs." All of you are next. Or, you can: STRIKE! Haven't you People Taken Enough RUBBISH off Mike Houghton and his Goons to Last You A Lifetime YET!? Being a "National Champion" at Mike Houghton's Air Race doesn't make you a hero, let alone, a Champion, or even a man. Looking out for your friends does... ...just like most of you do when your brothers and sisters are out there on the course! Caring about your brothers and sisters while they're sucking up or getting dressed down in Houghton's office and standing up for what's right, makes you a man, a hero, a Champion, in ways a Finish Line and a "Gelden Calf" of a Trophy can't! In the meantime, look around and tell me ( bearzbearzbearz@yahoo.com )... ...whom among you are going to be the final, National Champions of Air Racing on Earth, even though they're fake and the glory is in a "Trademarked" title, not in your souls. Who among you wants to finish last being first!!?? <G> Who among you wants to be first in Mike Houghton's eyes? Sagar, Entriken, Jones...duke it out amongst yourselves...Air Racing already knows about the three of you! :>( Go ahead! The rest of you! Raise your hands so Mikey Hitler can see them! You know..Zieg Heil! <G> ~~~~~~~~~~ |