VARO News 061704, New Features, New Classes and Sryth Retires

Well the championships are upon us and we are looking a a close finish in both classes. We will crown the F1 champion this weekend and the Unlimited next weekend. With the season coming to a close I am starting to look toward next season and things are looking promissing. Here is a list of a few new features coming to VARO next season.

--New Race format featuring true qualifying and two classes a night racing.
--More courses and Better Course scenery to help fill the environment.
--Updated Unlimited Flight Models.
--Updated Transponder with Full Pylon Tracking as well as some more bells and whistles

And now for the big additions

The Pond Racer one of the most inovative designs to ever grace the pylons sadly it never reached its full potention but with the help of the actual designer of the plane we are rebuilding it. Should make for an excellent addition to the VARO Racer Family of aircraft

Rally Class racing, Still in the experimental stages but we will be working some test races into the schedule for this unique style of racing. The rally class with be very unique in the fact that its not set on a pylon course and it doesn not use standard lap counting procedures. Rally class races will be raced on a winding 20 to 30 mile course with left and right turns along with elevation changes. The races will be timed for 1 hour and the pilot with the most laps and the fastest time will win. Also new to air racing will be a mandatory pitstop to pick up fuel which will be needed with aircraft running flat out for an hour straight. The aircraft of choice for this class will be Sport Class racers such as the Lancair Legacy and The Varieze. These aircraft will be freeware built by some of the best aircraft designers on the net. Stay posted for more information about this exciting class.

Jet and T-6 racing. We will be running the F-86 and possible a mig in the Jet class. These classes will as the second race for the F1 and Unlimited events. Being new to the VARO schedule this first season will be a trial run to see if the interest is there for continued support.

Other News
Looking for Rally airports!
I am currently looking for a few good airports to setup rally courses at. I am not asking for much basically I am looking for airports with at lease 2 good runways ample parking space and some interesting terrain to wrap a course around. Any pilot that submits an airport that is selected will get a chance to help design the course as well as have there name included in the credits of the course. Please send any airport suggestions to Sryth.

Sryth Retires from Unlimited Racing
Finally I would like to say that Next Saturday will be my last Unlimited Race. I have had great fun but my most enjoyable class is F1 and I feel that the pilots we have in the Unlimted have a handle on things. I leave the unlimited class in order to devote more time the development side of VARO as well as spending time going things outside of VARO. I will be announcing the new Unlimited Race organizer as well as the Race Organizer for every class. Well with that said my loss is someone gain. I am offering my aircraft(the Red Bull #44) to any pilot that asks for it just send me an e-mail. I will only let a pilot that plans to be here for the long haul race it so be warned.