By Jon Sharp Photo By Bruce Croft TwoZeroWest.com Jeff LaVelle, of Mukilteo WA. flying his immaculately prepared #39 Glasair III lead wire to wire in each of his heat races then finished off Reno 2013 bywinning the Sport Class Gold Final! Jeff and his team put some sizzle in the Sport Class hangers by leading the field inqualifying with a speed of 403.059 MPH! Jeff and his team joins Jon Sharp and Team Nemesis as the only members of the 400+ MPH club in the SportClass.

Glasair that is! Jeff LaVelle and his one man crew Grant Samanski have methodically refined their Glasair III over the past 4 years and in 2012 it paid off. While Jeff did not offically record speeds over 400 mph, he was unofficially clocked at 403mph during his final Gold race. Keeping last year winner John Parker at bay on Sunday, Jeff will bring home the 2012 Gold win and quite allot of nasayers about just how fast the Glasair III can go.