Air Race classic to return in June
Nov. 10—After two years of cancellations, the 2022 Air Race Classic is slated for June 21-24, with the race ending at Terre Haute Regional Airport.
"It attracts several hundred people and they are here for a few days," Airport Executive Director Jeff Hauser told the airport's board of directors Wednesday.
It will mark the 45th annual race for women pilots and teams. While the race route changes annually, it covers about 2,400 statute miles, typically with 8 or 9 timing points.
The 2022 competition is slated to start in Lakeland, Fla, with route stops in Moultrie, Ga.; Muscle Shoals, Ala.; Hattiesburg, Miss.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Ada, Okla.; Lawrence, Kan.; Mount Vernon, Ill. and Tullahoma, Tenn.. The race ends in Terre Haute.
The race had been slated to come to Terre Haute in 2020 and 2021, but was canceled each year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air Race Classic Inc. is an all-volunteer, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization with a mission of encouraging and educating current and future female pilots, increasing public awareness of general aviation, demonstrating women's roles in aviation, and preserving and promoting the tradition of pioneering women in aviation.
