Our fifth and final pylon racing event of the 2026 season will be taking place Oct 24th, 10am at Bob Gizzie Memorial Field. Come on out and enter your piece or just come out and see the action! Steve Cross will CD this final Championship Event. If you are ableContinue Reading
The racing season finally continued after weather canceled the Aug 15 event and delayed the fourth pylon racing event until Oct 3rd. The weather was fantastic with an Easterly breeze that persisted all day keeping the temps down and making the course a bit challenging – lots of cuts. Big props toContinue Reading
Our 2025 Championship Pylon Series turned out to be a hit. It was the club’s first run at this type arrangement versus stand-alone events. The racing turned out to be very competitive, quite fun and even a growing number of spectators enjoyed as well. Prizes were awarded to our eventualContinue Reading
*** Due to excessive heat warning, this round of pylon racing has been canceled. See you at Sep 19 event. The 2026 racing season continues with our fourth pylon racing event of 2026, to be held on August 15th, 10am at Bob Gizzie Memorial Field. We look forward to StephenContinue Reading
The racing season continued with our third pylon racing event of 2026, held on July 18th. Big props to our first time CD for the event, Michael Graves! Special shout outs to our volunteers Ryan Jones, Alvin Slatton and his wife, Ed Morrison, Curt McIntyre and quick CD stand-in by SteveContinue Reading
The racing season continued with our second pylon racing event of 2026, held on June 20th. The weather was beautiful and the field looked terrific! Everyone shout out to our volunteers that make these events work! Ryan Jones, Kevin Mayden, Chris Webb, Ed Morrison, Curt McIntyre and Steve Pokorny – THANKContinue Reading
The racing season has started with our first event held on May 30th. The race was originally scheduled for May 16th but was moved due to weather and the CAP cadet event held the following weekend. The racing went well and we had our first event with the 50mm EDF class. There wereContinue Reading
Our 2025 Inaugural Pylon Racing Championship Series has wrapped up. Steve Cross expertly managed as Contest Director and was helped with officiating by a host of volunteers, including Jon Brines and Dave Brown as cut judges, Ed Morrison, Wayne Salzwedel, Steve Pokorney and Mike Lindsay kept track of the laps.Continue Reading
Greg Tesson was CD for Round 5 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday September 20th. The temps were milder than the last few rounds, but the wind came up suddenly partway through the second round of heats, so discretion said we’d hold at 2Continue Reading
The weather was HOT, the Pylon Racing was Hotter! A special thank you to the volunteers! It was a tough day to be sitting out in the sun but they powered through. We had some super tight racing with several ties. If it wasn’t like flying on the surface ofContinue Reading
Dan Morrison was CD for the third round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday July 19th. Special thanks go to our volunteers for helping make the day a success! The weather threatened, it even sprinkled a few times, but in the end, theContinue Reading
Paul Geders will CD Round 2 of Four Star 40, Uproar and Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday June 14th. The field is open at 9am for trimming and practice, racing starts at 10am. Make your plans to join us for some good-natured racing. We have a great deal ofContinue Reading
Dave Harrington did a terrific job as CD for the opening round of Four Star 40, Uproar and Stock Electric Warbird Pylon Racing on Saturday May 10th. Thanks to everyone who helped to make the day a success! Dave and Terry had the field in tip top shape and theContinue Reading
Let the racing begin! Spirits of St Louis RC has its own brand of pylon racing that is designed to encourage entry-level and experienced sport pilots alike to race with a common sport plane and spec’d power combinations. Its a low-pressure racing atmosphere and when the racing is over theContinue Reading
Paul Geders shares insights on setting up our Unlimited Warbird to race.Continue Reading
Our last race of the year was another success. What a beautiful day…a little cross-wind…but we got through it! My first thoughts go to our workers. Without them the rest of us would not have the fun we have. Hats off to Kevin Mayden and Chris Webb our pylon cutContinue Reading
Race results and reflections We had a pretty solid turnout for this month’s pylon races. 14 planes, 3 classes and 10 different pilots competed with terrific weather in what turned out to be a pretty competitive event. I want to thank the many members who turned out to watch andContinue Reading
We had a beautiful day for racing…thank you Lord! Put out the call for workers early to ensure we had judging positions filled. Had great response. Terry Houts was my backup starter…thanks Terry you did an outstanding job. The following volunteers made the race a tremendous success; Lap counters: Curt McIntyre, KerryContinue Reading
Next Racing event is July 20th. Paul G is contact person. Weather was excellent Camaraderie was wonderful Racers were few We had a great time! We missed you last Saturday as we had five Four Star pilots, one Uproar pilot, and one electric warbirds pilot. Greg Tesson was the overallContinue Reading
The fun is in the camaraderie! This club has always been a racing club…and young and old have enjoyed it for almost 60 years…come on and join in! Continue Reading