Clover Creek Aerodrome
2010 Clover Creek Invitational
The Invitational Class will be competing, once again, for a $50,000 cash purse! The dates are September 2, 3, 4, and 5th, with a rain date of the 6th. They will be flying a Known sequence, Unknown sequence (except Thursday), and a Freestyle routine (except Thursday) each day over a four day span. After completing day three of the competition – the scores will be tallied and the Top 7 finalist will continue to compete on Sunday. The list of names for the Invitational Class that has been invited is listed below in alphabetical order.
Gabriel Altuz – Puerto Rico - confirmed
Seth Arnold – USA - confirmed
Will Berninger – USA - confirmed
Rick Byrd - USA - confirmed
John Glezellis -USA - confirmed Chip Hyde - USA - confirmed
Andrew Jesky – USA - confirmed
Kurt Koelling – USA - confirmed
Mark Leseberg - USA - confirmed
Ty Lyman - USA - confirmed
Chris Maier - USA - confirmed
Sean McMurtry - USA - confirmed
David Moser - USA - confirmed
Frank Noll – USA - confirmed
Jason Noll – USA - confirmed
Donatas Pauzuolis – Lithuania - confirmed
Nicolas Pinzon - Canada - confirmed
Jason Shulman - USA - confirmed
Don Szczur - USA - confirmed
Carlos Vargas - Mexico - confirmed
The IMAC classes will be capped to 9 pilots in each category. All contestants who will be flying in the Advanced and Unlimited Class will be flying the 2010 ALTERNATE sequence. IMAC participants will be competing over three days, with 1 round of Known’s and an Unknown each day - no Freestyle. The IMAC classes will fly three flights total per day. Winners from previous contests listed below have an automatic invite to their respective class. Regional Point leaders for the 2010 season from each region will be invited to compete. The cutoff date for regional points to count is August 1, 2010. Just to be very CLEAR - the point leaders will be chosen through due process of elimination through the current IMAC rules and guidelines, regarding the Regional Points Race. Pilots that have secured their position are listed below. In the event that a regional point leader has already been invited or declines his/her invitation to come and compete, we will go to the next person in regional point standings in his/her region. The entry fee for all IMAC classes, including the Invitational class, will be $200 per pilot.
********* INTERNATIONAL IMAC COMPETITORS *********
Please note, if any US Regional slot cannot be fulfilled by the above process of elimination, we will open the slot to an International IMAC pilot that competes in that class. If you are interested in attending this event to compete in one of the IMAC classes listed below, please send the Contest Director a letter of interest. Please include the class you currently compete in as well as a list of competitions you have attended in the past year, as well as your standings. As the letters of interest come in, we will update this website to reflect the pilots in waiting for an available slot in each of the IMAC classes. If the open position still cannot be fulfilled, it will remain open and that class will have one less competitor than originally planned for.
2010 Unlimited Nats winner to compete in the Invitational Class - Ty Lyman - confirmed
Unlimited Class
2009 Advanced National Champion - Ben Selock - confirmed
2009 Advanced TAS Champion - Cody McLean - confirmed
2010 Unlimited National Champion - Brian Sanik - confirmed
Southeast regional point leader - Brian Luckett - confirmed
South Central regional point leader - Lyndel Roe - confirmed
Southwest regional point leader - ???
Northeast regional point leader - ???
North Central regional point leader - ???
Northwest regional point leader - ???
Advanced Class
2009 Intermediate National Champion - Ryan Clark - confirmed
2009 Intermediate TAS Champion - Matthew Stringer - confirmed
2010 Advanced National Champion - (Ryan Clark) Alex Porter - confirmed
Southeast region point leader - Kevin Wilson - confirmed
South Central regional point leader - Allan Smith - confirmed
Southwest regional point leader - Jason Benson - confirmed
Northeast regional point leader - ???
North Central regional point leader - Louis Matustik - confirmed
Northwest regional point leader - ???
International Contestant (Puerto Rico) - Victor Aponte - confirmed
International Contestant (Puerto Rico) - Carlos Rivera - confirmed
Intermediate Class
2009 Sportsman National Champion - Riley Kissenberth - confirmed
2009 Sportsman TAS Champion - Andrew Taylor - confirmed
2010 Intermediate National Champion - Benjamin Batts - confirmed
Southeast regional point leader - ???
South Central regional point leader - Garrett Westenburg - confirmed
Southwest regional point leader - Rusty Fried - confirmed
Northeast regional point leader - ???
North Central regional point leader - ???
Northwest regional point leader - ???
International Contestant (Puerto Rico) - Hector A. Garcia - confirmed
Sportsman Class
2010 Sportsman National Champion - Mike Gabbard - confirmed
2010 Sportsman National Runner-Up - Blake Ziemba - confirmed
2010 Sportsman Regional Point Race Runner-Up (closest in point standings in any given region) - ???
Southeast regional point leader - Jeff Whitaker - confirmed
South Central regional point leader - Jerry Stuckey - confirmed
Southwest regional point leader - Bryant Mack - confirmed
Northeast regional point leader - ???
North Central regional point leader - Kenneth Boucherie - confirmed
Northwest regional point leader - ???
**** Event Rules can be found HERE ****