Hi yall, Well, day three is in the history books, and a good one it was. Lift averaged 6 to 7kts to about 6000 ft. Charlie calls a 115 mile, 4 turnpoint course with Cleburne, Ennis, Grandview and Maypearl. At the launch time of 12:20, lift is already 6kts. Mark Keene is the first finisher, and the fastest for the day with a speed of 42.94mph. Dan Mockler is one minute behind at 42.68mph. Rounding out the top five for the day, first timer John Wrona at 38.29, Kevin Cullis at 37.66, and Pat Tuckey at 36.12 mph. After three contest days, the top three positions are held by Pat Tuckey, Dan Mockler and Mark Keene respectively, with only 41 points separating them. As of day three, Pat has 2833, Dan has 2824 and Mark has 2792. Mark -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Current Standing Cumulative Score Speed (Day 3) 1. TUCKEY 2833 points 36.12 2. MOCKLER 2824 42.68 3. KEENE 2792 42.94 4. VON HELLENS 2507 31.36 5. FORD 2476 34.46 6. WRONA 2470 38.29 7. WILLIS 2432 35.64 8. VICKLAND 2431 32.45 9. CULWELL 2225 XXXX 10. GRAVANCE 2218 32.69 11. HURNI 2184 33.12 12. JOUSMA / 2095 XXXXX SCHWARTZ 13. HUTCHINSON 2065 29.89 14. BEATTY 2032 34.97 15. QUAS 2023 31.96 16. HOLLORAN / 1946 30.62 DENAPLES 17. BIRD 1899 29.30 18. CULLIS 1887 37.66 19. WESTBROOK 1709 31.54 20. BLOMQUIST 1434 XXXX 21. CLAYBORNE / 1421 0.00 MICHALIK 22. WALKER 1344 0.00 23. PETERKA 1299 XXX 24. BARNETT / 1201 XXX WYNN 25. KULESKA / 1198 23.10 SPTSCK 26. VREDENBURG 752 XXX 27. HAVELAAR 486 0.00 ---------------------------------------------------- Access provided by: Guenther Eichhorn | gei@cfa.harvard.edu Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA CPL,ASMELS,IA,Glider,CFI | Pitts S-2A: N1GE DC-3 type rating | Flying is the Pitts See: http://acro.harvard.edu/IAC and: http://acro.harvard.edu/SSA