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National Air Race Speed Classics The Vincent Bendix Trophy Race Event No. 1 Transcontinental Speed Classic Free-for-All--Men and Women Pilots Total Purse $15,000 and Vincent Bendix Trophy [[image: photograph with caption Vincent Bendix President, Vincent Bendix Corp.]] 1. The Bendix Transcontinental Speed Dash will start from New York, and offer competition for all types of airplanes. The contest will be flown either non-stop without refueling or with refueling in flight, or with refuel landings, at the pilot's option. The shortest elapsed time from the starting point to the finish at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport, will be the method of declaring the winners. 2. The date of starting will be September 4th, from Floyd Bennett Field, New York, at a time determined by the contest committee, in order that planes may arrive at the Los Angeles Municipal Airport on the opening day of the 1936 National Air Races, September 4th. 3. The finish will be timed in flight at the crossing of the finish line at the Los Angeles Airport. 4. Prize money: First place, 45%--Gold Replica Bendix Trophy; second place, 25%--Silver Replica Bendix Trophy; third place, 15%--Bronze Replica Bendix Trophy; fourth place, 10%; fifth place, 5%. The owner of the winning plane, or any Aero Club he may designate, will be given possession of the Vincent Bendix Trophy for ten months from the day of the race. [[image: black and white photograph of the Vincent Bendix trophy]] Note: $10,000 will be awarded to the winners of the first five places on the division of the prize money as shown under Number 4. $2,500 will be awarded tot he pilot who establishes a new east-west transcontinental speed record. If more than one pilot breaks the present Transcontinental Speed Record, the $2,500 will be awarded to the pilot with the fastest time between New York and Los Angeles. This year, Mr. Vincent Bendix raised the total amount of the award from $12,500 to $15,000 and allocated $2,500 of this sum as a prize to the woman pilot making the fastest elapsed time between New York and Los Angeles. Charles E. Thompson Trophy Race Event No. 10 World's High Speed Land Plane Classic International Free-for-All--Men Pilots Only Total Purse $20,000 and Charles E. Thompson Trophy [[image: black and white portrait captioned Fred Crawford President, Thompson Products Co.]] Charles Edwin Thompson, who conceived and sponsored the Thompson Trophy Race since 1929, passed away October 4, 1933. A staunch friend of all racing pilots, a benefactor of aviation, and a pioneer of the automotive industry, his kindly influence will be missed by the many who knew him intimately. the Thompson Trophy Race is one of his greatest and most unselfish achievements, and through it his name will live on. In memory of its founder and president, and to perpetuate his high purpose of developing greater aircraft speeds int he United States, Thompson Products, Inc., has undertaken the sponsorship of his Trophy, and the annual contest at which it is awarded. The owner of the winning plane will be given possession of the Charles E. Thompson Trophy for ten months from the date of the race. 1. Open to any type airplane equipped with any type of motor or motors. 2. Distance--150 miles, 15 laps over a 10 mile course. 3. Qualifying speed--225 miles per hour. Contestants must have established a qualifying speed of 225 miles per hour or better in order to be eligible for this event. 4. $17,500 of the total purse will be awarded to the winners of the first six places on a division of the prize money as shown below. $2,500 of the total purse will be awarded to the winner, provided his speed exceeds the present National Air Race record of 252.686 miles per hour. 5. Prize money: First place, 40% -- Gold Plaque: second place, 35% -- Silver Plaque; third place, 14% -- Bronze Plaque; fourth place, 9%; fifth place, 7%; sixth place, 5%. [[image: black and white photo of Charles E. Thompson Trophy]] Page 20 Official Publication
