Hawker Sea Fury Unlimited Air Racer

[jnevis]

There was a guy named "Lefty" something that used to race a P-38 Lightning. And there's a guy who races a Corsair.
It used to seem to go in cycles, for a few years no one could touch the Mustangs, then they did something to the Radial engines that made the F8 Bearcat's the bird to beat. Not sure if any one ever raced an F-10 Tomcat, I seem to recall one.
Still bugs me when they modify the cockpit shape though  

Lefty Gardner flew a P-38 "White Lightning"

"Big Bossman" and "Here Kitty Kitty" are the F7F-3 Tigercats from last year.
There was an F4U-4 Corsair, FM-2 Wildcat, P-40N Warhawk, and FW-190 out there as well.

The first thing they did to Rare Bear that made it un-catchable was use a modified P-3 prop and a spinner.  The original prop didn't have one and so the engine was a big airbrake out front.

[tombogan03884]

F7F DUH, I had a mental block on the multiple of 2 with Grumman.  
And yes, Lefty Gardner was the guy I was trying to think of.
Wildcat seems like a poor choice for a race plane, IIRC the Zero could outrun it in level flight.
I believe there was a company in Waco Texas that was going to build full size reproductions of the FW190 and the Me 262.
A quick google did not turn up anything though.