The Great Balloon Race was held Saturday April 29. 20 Hound balloons lifted off Bowman Field (airport) and chased the Hare balloon, which landed at Standard Country Club, Old Brownsboro Road, Louisville (not far from my house). Hound balloons tossed bags of bluegrass seed at a giant X. (part of Kentucky Derby Festival)
FIRST PLACE – Sullair, Pilot Shawn Raya – 1 ft, 3 1/2 inches
SECOND PLACE – Mirazon, Pilot Jerry Copas – 1 ft, 4 inches
THIRD PLACE – Jarboe’s Heating Cooling Plumbing, Pilot Rich Lawhorn – 4 ft, 9 inches
FOURTH PLACE – Terry Metzger (Private Entry), Pilot Frank Stevenson – 5 ft, 11 inches
FIFTH PLACE – Kroger, Pilot Bill Smith – 8 ft, 10 inches
C. T. Suddeth 
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