AIR RACING – 48th Annual AIR RACE CLASSIC Results 

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From June 17-20, 2025, 40 teams comprising over 90 women pilots took off from Fairhope, Alabama, on a historic race to Spokane, Washington. In keeping with the 96-year rich history of women’s air racing and the 48th race of its kind, the pilots of this year’s Air Race Classic were met with challenges involving weather, decision-making, aircraft performance, and strategy. After the judges reviewed each team’s GPS tracking data, the teams were scored accordingly. The winning teams from the Competition and Intercollegiate Classes are as follows: 

Competition Class Top Finishers:

  1. Team 41 – “Skybound Scotts” piloted by Lauren Scott and Rebecca Carroll in a Cessna 182P.
  2. Team 12 – “Freakin’ Awesome” piloted by Lin Caywood and Susan Beall in a Cessna 182T.
  3. Team 16 – “Is This Heaven?” piloted by Minnetta Gardinier and Brenda Frye in a Cessna 177B.
  4. Team 13 – “The Skunks” piloted by Annabelle Kellogg and Gretchen Jahn in a Mooney M20E.
  5. Team 9 – “Sight Seein” piloted by Teresa Camp and Denise Robinson in a Mooney M20J.

Intercollegiate Class Top Finishers:

  1. Team 22 – “UND Frozen Force” piloted by Helena Lind, Charlotte Fuller, and Caroline Kelley in a Piper Archer TX, from the University of North Dakota.
  2. Team 36 – “Liberty Belles I” piloted by Megan Cotter, Ashley Asselin, and Isabella Hauri in a Cessna 172S, from Liberty University.
  3. Team 63 – “War Eagle Women – Orange” piloted by Campbell Glasgow, Emily Brutko, and Maggie Peacock in a Cessna 172S, from Auburn University.

The Air Race Classic would like to extend its heartfelt appreciation to all its Stops and Sponsors. The financial and logistical support provided by the Stops and Sponsors was instrumental in making the 2025 Air Race Classic an unforgettable experience for which the organization and racers are deeply grateful. 

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. For more information, go to airraceclassic.org. Follow Air Race Classic, Inc. on Facebook. On Instagram: @airraceclassicinc 

UND Frozen Force Team 22 (L/R) Helena Lind, Charlotte Fuller and Caroline Kelley.

 

Intercollegiate class winners at the 2025 Air Race Classic terminus in Spokane, Wash. (L/R) Third place Team 63, War Eagle Women – Orange (Auburn University) seated Campbell Glasgow, standing behind are Maggie Peacock and Emily Brutko. Second place Team 36, Liberty Belles 1 (Liberty University) seated Megan Cotter, standing behind are Ashley Asselin and Isabella Hauri. First place Team 22, Frozen Force (University of North Dakota) seated Helena (Elizabeth) Lind, standing behind are Charlotte Fuller and Caroline Kelley.

 

Team 16, “Is this Heaven” (No, it’s Iowa) are pictured on start morning in Fairhope, Ala. on June 17, with the Cessna Cardinal they would fly to a third-place finish in the 2025 Air Race Classic competition class. L/R Brenda Frye and Minnetta Gardinier.

 

Competition class winners at the 2025 Air Race Classic terminus in Spokane, Wash. (L/R) Fifth place Team 9 seated Teresa Camp, standing Denise Robinson. Fourth place Team 13 seated Annabelle Kellogg, standing Gretchen Jahn. Third place Team 16 seated Minnetta Gardinier, standing Brenda Frye. Second place Team 12 seated Lin Caywood, standing Susan Beall. First place Team 41 seated Lauren Scott, standing Rebecca Carroll.

 

The Skybound Scotts (Team 41) (L/R) Lauren Scott and Rebecca Carroll.
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