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AIR RACES

HELP LAUNCH #21 “THE PATRIOT” FIRST ROSWELL AIR RACE

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A once in a lifetime opportunity for a world class aviator to race in THE FASTEST MOTORSPORT IN THE WORLD!

ABOUT THE ROSWELL AIR RACES:
The National Championship Air Races, held at Roswell International Air Center, is often called “NASCAR in the sky”, the only event in the world where multiple classes of racing aircraft compete head-to-head on the same course. After 60 years in Reno, the races moved to Roswell in 2025, and the event now draws roughly 120,000 fans over five days, alongside military flyovers, warbird displays, and national media, including YouTube coverage. The 2026 event runs September 16-20 and features a full field of seven racing classes, plus a headline appearance by the USAF Thunderbirds. Cube will compete in the Jet Class — the fastest class in the event, with speeds regularly topping 500 mph on the course. This is truly THE fastest motorsport racing event on the planet!

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As a Sponsor, supporting #21, The Patriot means backing a proven aviator with a story worth telling: military credibility, real racing stakes, and the kind of American grit that fans and sponsors alike can get behind. Download the Sponsorship Flyer.

Matthew "Cube" Menza has spent his life flying the fastest, hardest aircraft on the planet. Now he's racing one on the sport's biggest stage. Cube is a retired Navy pilot and test pilot who flew EA-6B Prowlers, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, and EA-18G Growlers, logging 397 carrier landings (200 at night) and four combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq over 20 years of service. He has more than 8,000 flight hours in over 60 types of aircraft. Today he flies a 737 as an airline captain and works as a red air aggressor pilot, playing the enemy in training exercises in the L-159 and the British Hawk. He also runs his own flight test business, Mach7Aero, in Longmont, Colorado, with Tara, his wife of 20 years, who he suspects loves aviation even more than he does. This year, with his family behind him, Cube is chasing the one dream his military and airline career never got around to: racing his own jet in the Roswell Air Races.

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