Mike Brown won the Unlimited Gold Race at Reno on September 17 2006 at a speed of 453.61 m.p.h. in Hawker Sea Fury September Fury. Second was Matt Jackson in Sea Fury Dreadnought, with Sherman Smoot third in Yak-11 Czech Mate. The other three finishers were all Sea Furies, the only two North American P-51 Ds in the race having retired.
After five days of qualifying, heats, and semi-finals, the 2013 Reno Air Races came to a finish on Sunday with Steve Hinton, Jr., flying the modified P-51 Mustang known as “Voodoo,” winning the Unlimited Class Breitling Gold Race, with a time of 7:59.313 and an average speed of 482.074 MPH.
Hinton beat the second place finisher, Matt Jackson flying “Strega,” by more than seven seconds. Sherman Smoot, flying the Yak 11 “Czech Mate,” finished third.
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