• Speedball Alice, a restored dark green P-51D airplane with white stripes, makes a tight turn around a pylon with a white barrel shaped sign reading "Reno" on the top of it. Its propellor is spinning so fast its a whir, reflecting the aircraft's speed.
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    Speedball Alice rounds a pylon. In the early days, races were run on a crude course marked by pylons made from painted 55-gallon oil drums affixed atop 50-foot telephone poles.

  • Speedball Alice, a restored dark green P-51D airplane with white stripes, makes a tight turn around a pylon with a white barrel shaped sign reading "Reno" on the top of it. Its propellor is spinning so fast its a whir, reflecting the aircraft's speed.

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September 15, 2023

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Martin Willis

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