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For over a decade, the Reno Air Racing Association has sponsored the Pylon Racing Seminar (PRS) as a unique and productive opportunity for race pilots to prepare, practice and become certified to race in the National Championship Air Races each September.
The 15th Pylon Racing Seminar [PRS] will be held June 13-16, 2012 at Reno Stead Field. Deadline to enter is May 4th, 2012.
It is the objective of the Reno Air Racing Association Board of Directors to assemble the most experienced, skilled, trained and race-certified pilots to compete at the Reno National Championship Air Races. To accomplish this objective, RARA along with the individual racing class organizations provide PRS to all pilots — offering race practice time, education, training and certification to all pilots and allowing them to race with maximum competitiveness and safety at the Reno National Championship Air Races.
Who is certified to race?
Pilots and alternate pilots certified to race in the Reno National Championship Air Races must have competed in the same racing class in Reno within the past three races, or received Race Class Pilot Certification during the Reno Pylon Racing Seminar, including:
- Ground School
- Formation Flying
- Reno Pylon Race Simulation Flying
- Passing the check ride by the FAA Certified Race Class Check Pilot
Who must attend the Pylon Racing Seminar?
You must attend PRS if you fall into any one of the following categories:
- Never raced at the Reno National Championship Air Races
- Raced in a different race class at the Reno National Championship Air Races
- Not raced in the same race class in Reno within the past three years
PRS is a pilot certification program, not an aircraft qualification period. Although it is recommended, a pilot need not fly the plane he or she will race. However, any aircraft used must be of the same class for which the certification is being sought.
All phases of the certification must be completed during the Pylon Racing Seminar for any pilot who has never raced in Reno. There are no exceptions.
RARA makes no guarantees that there will be time available in September for a pilot to become certified in a new class or re-certified in a class in which he/she has previously raced at Reno. If time is available in September, pilots who complete in the Ground School portion of PRS will be given priority to become certified.
With an increase in the number of aircraft entered to compete in all classes, the time available for pilot certification during qualifying periods in September may be reduced or even eliminated. If the race class fields are filled by certified pilots who need to practice and qualify their aircraft, they will be given priority over pilots who need to complete the certification process.
NEW MEDICAL REQUIREMENT: RARA requires each contestant, regardless of class, to have a current Type I or II Medical Certificate issued within six (6) months of any RARA race event, i.e. PRS and NCAR. Additionally, RARA highly recommends that all race pilots complete an EKG and a stress test and document same in the NCAR Race Entry Package.
