Great Balloon Race Winners

Past Winners	Sponsor	Distance to "X"
1973 Jimmy Crain	Non-commercial	400 yds.
1974 Mike Ehrler	Ehrler�s Dairy	93.7 yds.
1975 Tom Oerman	Sterling Beer	48.3 yds.
1976 Frank Otte	Frank Otte Nursery	4"
1977 Charlie Hurst	Falls City Beer	3 ft.
1978 Gary Lewis	Paine Webber	5"
1979 Bob Corey	KOOL	3 yds
1980 John Freeman	International Harvest	187 yds.
1981 Ted Staley	Busch Beer	566 yds.
1982 Rocky Aoki	Benihana of Tokyo	1 ft., 10�
1983 Canceled due to rain
1984 Mike Ehrler	Pepsi-Cola	6 ft., 8"
1985 Rick Arrington	Jefferson Animal	4 ft., 6�
1986 Tie - Bill Bussey Ed Vande Hoef	StrohÃÂs Chevron USA	6 ft., 6" 6 ft., 6"
1987 Mel Hanson	7-Up	2 ft., 4"
1988 Phil Glebe	Pontiac	6"
1989 Canceled due to weather
1990 Kevin Flanagan	Oldsmobile	3,733 pts (Double Task race)
1991 Mel Hanson	Michelob Dry	4 ft.
1992 Canceled due to weather
1993 Canceled due to weather
1994 Jimmy Parker	BellSouth Mobility	70 ft., 4"
1995 Brian Beazly	Liberty National Bank	2,800 points (Double Task race)
1996 Jerry Mitchell	Great Financial Bank	4 ft., 7.5"
1997 Jimmy Litsey	Westport Road Baptist	9,376 points (Double Task race)
1998 Scott McClinton	Pennzoil Products Co.	2 ft., 6"
1999 Jimmy Litsey	Westport Road Baptist Church	1 ft.
2000 Tim Basey	Bank of Louisville	52 ft.
2001 Mike Erhler	Udder Delight	6 ft. 6"
2002 Mike Erhler	Udder Delight	3ft. 8"
2003 David Bradley	Bellsouth Real Yellow Pages	8"
2004 Dan Hoehler	Caritas Health Services	11 �"
2005 Nick Donner	Tran Orthodontics	1ft. 3"
2006 Frank Prell	The Promenade Plaza	2378 points
2007 Brian Trapp	RE/MAX Balloon	5 1/2"
2008 Mike Ehrler Overall BalloonFest Winner: Ray Donner, Ford Motor Company, U.A.W. balloon	Mike's Udder Delight	50'