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[Gavin Botha]

As promised the International Slope Race (ISR) will return to Davenport, North CA this year. The ISR and Davenport represent unlimited slope racing at its best. Davenport is probably one of the worlds best slope racing sites. The wind cranks, the lift is great, and your are treated to a spectacular view of the wild North Californian Pacific Ocean. The ISR used to be listed as the longest running annual R/C glider event. However, due to a CSR management burn-out we skipped a few years. But is back, and promises to be bigger and better than ever.

This 2 day race featuring 3 person 'man on man' format will be held on May 13th , and 14th, 2000. I checked last years wind archives for the time spanning about 15 days either side of this date, and the wind blew like crazy almost every day. This time of year is as close to a sure thing as you can get for wind at Davenport.

We pride ourselves on running a top notch event, fully staffed with course workers to make the contest run smoothly and efficiently. Over the next month or so I will make periodic posts to the exchange providing more information about slope racing, the site, and dispelling some horrible myths. I have actively competed in almost all forms of R/C soaring from HLG, F3B, F3J, Cross Country and more, but nothing beats slope racing for shear fun, exhilaration, and all around blast. Slope racing is about fun, please don't feel that this is a big event strictly for the experts. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come and play. In later posts I will talk about what skills and equipment are needed to compete. Relax you wont need to spend a ton of money on the latest molded XXX. If we get 50 or more entries there will be 2 divisions. Division 1, will be better pilots with faster racers flying for cash prizes. Division 2 will be for beginners or pilots with slower gliders flying for trophies.

You MUST pre-register to fly in this event, so that we can have a flight matrix prepared prior to the event. Hopefully the F3F exchange will let me post a registration form on their site, else email me directly. Please register early, so this race can start building some moment


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