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2014 - 50th Annual Rally

Any 50th Anniversary is special. We planned something extra special for the Hayward Air Rally's 50th in 2014, a 3 day Rally all the way to Oshkosh, WI.

This special expanded Rally had 7 locations and took place over 4 days July 24-27, 2014, with these stops:

Hayward, CA (HWD)
Silver Springs, NV (SPZ)
Wendover, UT (ENV) - overnight stop
Lander, WY (LND)
Rapid City, SD (RAP) - overnight stop
Montevideo, MN (MVE)
Madison, WI (MSN) - overnight stop

View the Picture Gallery for the 2014 Rally

View the Movie Gallery for the 2014 Rally

Read the article by Lauran Paine from the November 2014 edition of EAA Sport Aviation (PDF)

KTVU Channel 2 aired this story about the 2014 rally (78 MB file, posted with permission).

Click for the complete scoring results for 2014.

The results are also provided as PDFs:

The Rally awards much more than just 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Here are some of the other fun awards for 2014:

Special 2014 Awards
Red Baron Award	Race 411, Richard and Tyler Neiland - Medical adversity
Tail End Charlie	Race 5, Mike and Terry Citro (14,808 points)
Most Lost (biggest distance to a checkpoint)	Race 9, Steve Davis (2.478 nm away from Checkpoint Sherwin 1)
Highest Altitude at Timing-2	Race 3, Dan VanDussen (1347' AGL)
Top Gun (highest % speed @ Timing)	Race 55, Kevin McElwee & Li Vellinga (131.86% of cruise)
Wright Flyer (lowest % speed @ Timing)	Race 73, Sam Sun (43.7% of cruise)
Best Rookie Racer	Race 77, Scott Minick and Michelle Minick
Most Enthusiastic	Barney Smith, Race 3 Navigator
Stenbock CAFE Award	Race 63, Rick Emerian (RV10)

Each of the Rally's daily two legs each include:

1 Start Point
3 Mandatory Checkpoints
1 Optional Bonus Checkpoint
1 Timing Point
1 Stop Point

The checkpoints, and therefore the course, change every year. The required checkpoints which define the course are announced the day before the race (see the race schedule) at the briefing and are documented in the race book provided to each team. The exact course flown is chosen by the pilot of each aircraft. Remember, this is not a speed race, it is a proficiency race; accuracy counts.

So that prospective racers can get better idea of the materials provided during the briefing, a PDF copy of the 2014 Race Book is available for download here. Please note that the 2014 book is much larger than normal due to the three-day format of this special rally.

Checkpoints are to be overflown by race aircraft. Each checkpoint can be adequately identified from the air. All checkpoint and timing line overflights are recorded by a GPS data logger. The GPOS data is primary for scoring but is backed up by visual identification of checkpoints and timers at the timing lines.

The 2014 course is described here to provide an example only, the 2015 course will be very different , and will not be announced until shortly before the race during the briefings.

The 2014 course included the following checkpoints and stops:

HWD
1. Mustang (2CL9) 38:20.06, -121:18.21
2. Alta Sierra (09CL) **bonus checkpoint** 39:06.83, -121:03.40
3. Nervino (O02) 39:49.11, -120:21.17
4. Flying Eagle (77NV) 39:50.80, -119:41.20
5. Timing Line HALE 39:33.621, -119:14.438
SPZ
6. Dixie Valley (NV30) 39:57.99, -117:49.66
7. Microwave Station 40:24.89, -117:12.37
8. DOBYS **bonus** 40:58.31, -115:52.47
9. Ranch/Tower 41:06.16, -115:05.43
10. Timing Line WINNIE 40:50.499, -114:12.595
ENV
11. Fremont Island **bonus** 41:10.49, -112:20.64
12. Tremonton 41:42.86, -112:11.05
13. Random Point 42:00.00, -111:03.00
14. Farson 42:06.40, -109:26.95
15. Timing Line WIND RIVER 42:43.733, -108:38.800
LND
16. Midwest 43:24.49, -106:16.68
17. Bill **bonus** 43:13.96, -105:15.60
18. Sherwin 1 (WY09) 43:30.37, -104:52.69
19. Custer County (CUT) 43:44.02, -103:37.17
20. Timing Line BUFF 43:59.455, -103:16.171
RAP
21. MMNHS **bonus** 43:52.67, -101:57.65
22. Tracks 44:21.00, -100:22.00
23. Clark County (8D7) 44:53.70, -097:42.63
24. Clear Lake (5H3) 44:46.28, -096:41.29
25. Timing Line OMEGA 44:53.388, -095:38.935
MVE
26. Hector (1D6) **bonus** 44:43.86, -094:42.88
27. Wells (68Y) 43:44.00, -093:47.01
28. Towers 43:34.25, -092:25.64
29. Houston County (CHU) 43:35.78, -091:30.24
30. Timing Line PAUL 43:22.027, -089:37.111
31. Hospitality Suite CROWNE 43:07.686, -089:18.574
MSN

The last leg of the Rally, from Montevideo, MN (MVE) to Madison, WI (MSN) was not scored due to poor weather conditions and crew fatigue. All flight crews were instructed to proceed to Madison, WI (KMSN) on a route of their own choosing to avoid the low ceilings and weather systems.

Most of the chekpoints had the traditional multiple-choice quaestions to answer. However, the primary scoring for 2014 was completed using GPS data logged in each airplane. The bonus checkpoints were scored based on the logged GPS data for time of arrival at the point vs. a predicted time (much like our timing lines) with a maximum of 20 points for zero seconds error.

Roger Stenbock (formerly Race 6) sponsored a special award this year, the Stenbock CAFE Award. It recognized the most efficient airplane in the fleet - the once that used the least fuel per max gross weight for the entire rally course. This was calculated by : Aircraft Max Gross Weight / Actual Fuel Burned. Lowest (most efficient) value wins.

Here are the calculations for this special award:

2014 Stenbock CAFE Award
Race Number	A/C Type	Max Gross Weight - lbs	Day 1 Fuel	Day 2 Fuel	Day 3 Fuel	Total Fuel Used	Efficiency

63	RV10	2700	35.3	37.8	19.9	55.2	0.020444
55	C177RG	2800	41.6	45.4	26	67.6	0.024143
8	Bonanza	2900	44.2	49.1	25.9	70.1	0.024172
71	C177RG	2800	41.8	47.1	30.3	72.1	0.025750
11	RV10	2700	44	45.2	25.6	69.6	0.025778
77	Trinidad	3086	50.3	55.7	30	80.3	0.026021
47	C182	2800	45.8	50.7	28.3	74.1	0.026464
3	Trinidad	2750	46.7	56.1	27.1	73.8	0.026836
7	C182RG	3100	52.9	57	32.7	85.6	0.027613
111	Tiger	2400	42.1	46	27.3	69.4	0.028917
73	Tiger	2400	43.8	45.5	25.7	69.5	0.028958
99	T182RG	3100	60.9	62.2	30.5	91.4	0.029484
21	C182	2950	52.4	60.8	34.8	87.2	0.029559
20	C172	2500	48.5	51.7	27.4	75.9	0.030360
41	C172RG	2650	52.7	59.4	28.5	81.2	0.030642
42	C172	2300	45	40.9	26	71	0.030870
5	PA28-235	2900	54.7	60.6	35.6	90.3	0.031138
15	T210	3800	73.9	90.8	47.3	121.2	0.031895
6	Marquart Charger	1650	42	52.1	28.7	70.7	0.042848
53	C150	1600	43.1	45.5	26.9	70	0.043750

Total Fuel burned:					2767.6	gallons