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Purdue women air racers ready for Classic event

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Purdue University students Allison Springer and Chantel Steele will participate in the 34th annual Air Race Classic all women’s transcontinental air race from June 21-24.

Weather permitting, the team will leave at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday (June 16) from the Purdue University Airport for the Iowa City starting line. The 2,722-mile race will make stops in Brookings, S.D.; Jamestown, N.D.; Spearfish, S.D.; Rawlins, Wyo.; Alliance, Neb.; Great Bend, Kan.; Borger, Texas; Norman, Okla., and El Dorado, Ark., before ending in Mobile, Ala.

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See the Lafayette Journal and Courier story about the team.

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