NEWS RELEASE
AIR RACE CLASSIC
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The Air Race Classic (ARC), the all-women cross-country airplane race, will be coming to Sault Ste. Marie on Thursday, June 20, and Friday, June 21.
Forty-nine airplanes will execute high-speed flybys over a timing line at Chippewa County International Airport and may land at Sault Ste. Marie Airport as teams race the clock on their way from Jackson, Tenn., to Welland, Ont.
This year's course covers 2,538 miles. The 109 racers have four days to complete the course, which will start in Jackson at 8 a.m. June 18 and end in Welland at 5 p.m. June 21.
After flying the timing line at Chippewa County International Airport, racers may land at Sault Ste. Marie Airport to fuel up, eat and clear Customs, then fly the timing line again as they depart for the next stop, North Bay, Ont. Some teams may spend the night in Sault Ste. Marie.
The Stop Chairs at Chippewa County International Airport and Sault Ste. Marie Airport are Sherri DeGasparro and Jim DeGasparro.
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