Lyle Shelton
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Lyle Shelton was an American
aviator
who set the world's absolute propeller-driven 3-kilometer speed record of 528.329 mph. He won ten Unlimited air races
, the most of any pilot, and six national championships, second only to Darryl Greenamyer. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999.
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who set the world's absolute propeller-driven 3-kilometer speed record of 528.329 mph. He won ten Unlimited air races
Air racing
- History :The first ever air race was held in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1908. The participants piloted the only 4 airships in the U.S. around a course located at Forest Park...
, the most of any pilot, and six national championships, second only to Darryl Greenamyer. He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1999.
Notable wins
- 1971 Cape May
- 1971 National point champion for Unlimited
- 1973 Miami
- 1973 Reno (Unlimited national champion)
- 1973 National point champion for Unlimited
- 1975 Reno (Unlimited national champion)
- 1975 National point champion for Unlimited
- 1976 Mojave
- 1988 Hamilton
- 1988 Reno (Unlimited national champion)
- 1988 National point champion for Unlimited
- 1989 Reno (Unlimited national champion)
- 1989 National point champion for Unlimited
- 1990 Reno (Unlimited national champion)
- 1990 National point champion for Unlimited
- 1991 Reno (Unlimited national champion)
- 1991 National point champion for Unlimited
Notable speed records
- 1972 "Time to Climb" (standing start to 10,000 feet), 91.9 seconds (still stands as of July 2011)
- 1973 Reno qualifying speed record, 426.602 mph
- 1973 Reno Unlimited Gold race speed record, 428.155 mph
- 1974 Reno qualifying speed record, 432.252 mph
- 1975 Reno Unlimited Gold race speed record, 429.916 mph
- 1988 Reno qualifying speed record, 474.622 mph
- 1988 Reno Unlimited Gold race speed record, 456.821 mph
- 1989 world's absolute propeller-driven 3k speed record, Las Vegas, 528.329 mph (still stands as of July 2011)
- 1990 Reno Unlimited Gold race speed record, 468.620 mph
- 1991 Reno qualifying speed record, 475.899 mph
- 1991 Reno Unlimited Gold race speed record, 481.618 mph
- 1992 Reno qualifying speed record, 482.892 mph
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