about the Reno Air Racing Association

The Reno Air Racing Association Board of Directors, a small full-time staff, and hundreds of volunteers work together to preserve this unique event. Staff members handle the thousands of details that need to come together to make the Races happen, and planning for next year's event begins even before the current one is over. About 2500 volunteers serve in capacities ranging from race course safety and security, event sequencing and air traffic control, and race timing and scoring.

Our mission is to perpetuate the most unique air racing event and aviation experience in the world by combining the fastest motor sport with spectacular military and civilian air entertainment.

You can contact the Reno Air Racing Association via email by using the contact form on this Web site. Or, call 775-972-6663.

about the National Championship Air Races and Air Show

This year's National Championship Air Races represent a unique event that carries on the tradition of the Cleveland Air Races of the 1920's, 30's, and 40's. Although air racing in Cleveland ended in 1949, in 1964 Bill Stead organized an air race near Reno, Nevada, and the Reno National Championship Air Races were born. The experiment Bill Stead started in the Nevada desert has been going strong for 41 years. It has only been interrupted once - in September 2001 when all aircraft in the US were grounded following the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.

The National Championship Air Races bring together thousands of aviation and sports enthusiasts from around the world, incuding many residents of Reno and the surrounding areas. Race and air show participants include astronauts, airline pilots, and military and civilian aviators. For a week every September, the high desert north of Reno becomes home to hundreds of aircraft, their pilots, and crews.