1948 National Air Races

Place	Pilot	Race No.	Aircraft	Speed	Time
1	Paul Mantz	46	P-51C	447.980	4:33:48
2	Linton Carney	60	P-51C	446.203	434:57
3	Jackie Cochran	13**	P-51B	445.847	435:07
4	Ed Lunkin	33	P-51D	441.594	4:37:46
5	J F Stallings	81	Mosquito M-25	341.120	5:59:35
	Joe DeBona	90	F-6C		*

* Out of fuel, landed Norwalk OH
** Ferry pilot crashed on the way back to CA, aircraft was destroyed.

Paul Mantz Linton Carney

                                             Jackie Cochran                                                                                                                Ed Lunkin

J F Stallings Joe DeBona

Bendix "J" division

Place	Pilot	Aircraft	Speed	Time
1	Ens. F E Brown	Navy FJ1	489.526	4:10:34
2	Comdr. E P Aurant	Navy FJ1	484.674	4:13:04
3	Lt. E R Hanks	Navy FJ1	479.358	4:15:53
4	Ens. R E Oechslin	Navy FJ1	470.439	4:20:44

All entries were from Navy VF-51 Squadron and carried a full load of ammunition.
All were North American FJ-1 "Fury's" and made one fuel stop. The last two to
finish the Bendix "J" Race would also be entered in the Allison Jet Trophy event

North American FJ1 Fury

Allison Jet Trophy Event

Tactical Test of U S Navy pilots and Equipment in combining
Speed and Altitude In a Tactical Mission from Indianapolis to
Cleveland for Allison-powered N. American FJ-1 Furies.

Place

Pilot

Aircraft

    Speed

Time

1

Lt. Lewis B.Thompson Jr.
Navy FJ1     490.703      31:47.1

    2
Lt. A E Nauman
  Navy FJ1     461.814      33:46.4

  3

Lt. Cdr. A E Conner

Navy FJ1     458.938      33:59.1

DNS
Ens. C Piorozzi
  Navy FJ1

SOHIO Handicap Trophy Race

This year the SOHIO was a handicap race, the slowest qualifier starting first
105 miles 7 laps of a 15 mile course John Saun had all but won the Sohio
race or looking at the official speed was tied for first with Eucker but on the
safety lap while trying to free up a stuck fuel selector valve, Saun lost altitude
and officials disqualified for low and hazardous flying. Other pilots flew as
low or lower, but Saun's aircraft had the evidence of tree strikes on the wings.

Place

Pilot

Race No

Aircraft
Time Handicap
Speed*

1
     R. I. Eucker 55 P-63A 137:5 sec 320.220

    2 H. S. Gidovlenko 25 P-38 1:5 sec 317.952

   3     C.C. Walling 37 P-51D 180:2 sec 316.877

    4 B. E. Raymond 77 P-51D 151:8 sec 315.623

    5 Charles Bing 15 P-51A 188:3 sec 312.942

    6 Jack Hardwick 34 F-5 86:0 sec 312.655

    7 Frank Singer 53 P-63 :0 sec 308.347

    8 Wilson Newhall 65 P-63C 101:5 sec 302.962

     **    John Saun 64 P-38 52:1 sec 320.220

* Includes Handicap
** Disqualified for low and hazardous flight (For clipping tree on safety lap)

R. I. Eucker H. S. Gidovl

Charles Walling B. E. Raymond

Charles Bing Jack Hardwick

Frank Singer Wilson Newhall

John Saun

Tinnerman Trophy Race

105 miles 7 laps of a 15 mile course

Place

Pilot

Race No

Aircraft

Speed

1

Bruce Raymond
77 P-51D 362.245

       2
R .I. Eucker
55 P-63A 362.093

       3       W. V. Newhall 65 P-63C 314.123

             M. W. Fairbrother 21 P-51D *

    Frank Singer 53 P-63 **

* Out 6th lap
** Out 7th lap

The Tinnerman Products Company attempted to return the races to International
participation by reserving five of the ten starting positions for foreign entries.
Unfortunately there were no foreign entries this year. The race was open to any
type of aircraft with less than 2850 cu. in. displacement. This race turned out to
furnish the fans with the the closest finish of the three day meet, by 0.44 seconds.

Bruce Raymond R. I. Eucker

W. V. Newhall M. W. Fairbrother

Frank Singer

Kendall Trophy Race

75 miles 5 laps of 15 mile course

The Kendall Trophy Race replaced the Halle Trophy Race for women only pilots
this year. Restricted to AT-6 and SNJ planes. Grace Harris sportsman pilot won
this years race by a wide margin in her highly modified Bronze colored AT-6.

Grace Harris

Place	Pilot	Race No	Aircraft	Speed
1	Grace Harris	44	AT-6	234.96
2	Katherine Landry	31	SNJ-3	218.75
3	Dorothy Lemon	23	AT-6	218.67
4	Betty Clark	49	AT-6	215.59
5	Nancy Corrigan	83	AT-6	214.26
*	Ruth Johnson	75	AT-6

* Out on lap three

                                      Grace Harris                                                                 Katherine Landry
                               (Don Berliner collection)                                                (Don Berliner Collection)

                                   Dorothy Lemon                                                                  Betty Clark
                  ( Don Berliner Collection)                                                                ( Don Berliner Collection)


                               Nancy Corrigan                                                                  Ruth Johnson
                      ( Don Berliner Collection)                                                                     ( Don Berliner Collection)

Goodyear Trophy Race

Place	Pilot	Race No	Aircraft	Speed
1	Fish Salmon	4	Cosmic Wind	169.688
2	Steve Wittman	1	Wittman Special	168.862
3	Art Chester	2	Swee' Pea II	168.201
4	Bill Brennand	20	Buster	167.063
5	B F Robertson	3	Little Toni	165.106
6	P. C. Quigley	21	Pitts Special	164.892
7	R. B. Downey	5	Ballerina	161.453
8	W. L. LeFevers	10	Falcon Special	156.584
	David Long	67	Long Peashooter	*

* out on lap 9

The relatively new Goodyear Race attracted 39 entries this year, qualifying
trials reduced this number to 21 starters. Four elimination heats and two
semi-finals reduced the field to the 8 best in the Labor Day final race. The
new 2 mile course would be on the airfield directly in front of the grandstand
in full view of the crowd. Pylons would be mounted on trucks and driven into
   place at the time of the race. Performance of the best the planes was so
    closely matched that the only big difference was there rate on take off.
Old timers who gave up the high speed racers did very well, racers built by
Tony LeVier, Steve Wittman and Art Chester monopolized six of the seven
top money positions

     Goodyear Pylons on trucks

Fish Salmon Steve Wittman

Art Chester Bill Brennand

B. F. Robertson P. C. Quigley

Bob Downey W. L. LeFevers

David Long

The Thompson Trophy Race

Thompson "R" division
300 miles 20 laps of a 15 mile course

Place	Pilot	Race No	Aircraft	Speed
1	Anson Johnson	45	P-51D	383.767
2	Bruce Raymond	77	P-51D	365.234
3	Wilson Newhall	65	P-63C	313.567
A	Charles Brown	11	P-39Q
B	Charles Walling	37	P-51D
C	Woody Edmundson	15	P-51A
D	M. W. Fairbrother	21	P-51D
E	Robert Eucker	55	P-63A
F	Cook Cleland	94	F2G1
G	Richard Becker	74	F2G1

                                                A         Finished 18th lap one lap at 413.907 mph
                                                          B         Out 18th lap
                                                          C         Out 14th lap
                                                          D         Out 13th lap
                                                          E         Out 6th lap
                                                          F         Out 4th lap 2 laps at 410 mph
                                                          G         Out 3rd lap

Ten starters were again lined up on the whitewashed line in the grass, another
hair razing effort to get off, get the wheels up and get to the scatter pylon before
the next guy. Five of the ten starters were using a blend of alcohol triptane fuel
that produced record breaking qualifying speeds this year. However, almost like
last year only three of the ten starters would finish the race. Chuck Brown flying
Cobra II the 1946 P-39 winner who qualified at 418.300 mph and led the field
for 18 laps with a victory and a new record almost in his grasp had to land when
his engine began to loose power, Becker and Cleland flying identical F2G
Corsair's both were out early when their engine back-fire tore the air scoops
loose which could have come through the windscreen. Robert Eucker went out
on lap 6, M W Fairbrother was out on lap 13, next lap, 14 saw Edmondson retire,
Walling in the bronze #37 came down on lap 18 followed by Brown who finished
the 18th lap. Anson Johnson who started in 4th position and one of the five who
also used the triptane, won at a speed of 383.767. Bruce Raymond flying the
"Galloping Ghost" took yet another 2nd place. he third place finisher, sometimes
called the "old timer" was Vincent Newhall flying his 19th National Air Race who
also served as a General in the Indiana Air National Guard.