WATCH: Wyoming’s T-6 At The Roswell Air Races

Jim Good was a famous Wyoming pilot of a T-6 Wildcat, an airplane that used to race at the Reno Air Races.

Good captured one of his most notable career victories by winning 1st Place in the T-6 Class Silver race piloting the Wyoming Wildcatter. In the 2007 Reno Air Races, he secured a 6th-place finish in the T-6 Gold race with an official speed of 220.106 mph. In the 2008 Reno Air Races, Good raced his way onto the podium again, earning a 3rd-place finish in the T-6 Class Silver race.

After Jim Good's passing, the plane is still in Casper, Wyoming, but Virgil Tatman now owns it and has decided to reenter it in the races, now held in Roswell, New Mexico.

The numbers are in, and on Sunday, September 20, 2026, Virgin brought the T-6 in for a 6th-place finish.

Watch the race in the video below.

The final official numbers and standings for the T-6 Class Gold Race at the 2026 National Championship Air Races held at the Roswell Air Center:

Race #Time and speed.
1st Lee Oman (Sequim, WA)Miss TNT #2708:05.396 233.179 mph
2nd Vitaly Pecherskyy (Kyiv, Ukraine)Abracadabra #5008:17.007 227.731 mph
3rd Vic McMann (Blaine, WA)Gunslinger #6608:23.726 224.694 mph
4th Greg McNeely (Port Orange, FL)Undecided #9008:23.905 224.614 mph
5th Gordo Sanders (Jasper, AL)Big Red #508:41.017 217.237 mph
6th Virgil Tatman (Casper, WY)Wyoming Wildcatter #7708:41.076 217.212 mph
7th Chris LeFave (Caldwell, ID)Bama Belle #1809:30.171 N/A

Vergil did good and Wyoming's T-6 is BACK.

Also known as the "Pilot's Class," the T-6 division features historic WWII-era North American T-6 Texan, SNJ, and Harvard trainers. Because the aircraft have matched performance capabilities and speeds reaching up to 230 mph, the races rely heavily on strategic line selection and pilot skill rather than engine modifications.