Race Information
2025 Pilot Final Rankings
Congratulations to our 2025 National and Great Texas Balloon Race Winners!
National Champions
Champion
Joe Zvada
McAllen, TX
Second Place
Landon Kohtz
Hopkins, MI
Third Place
Joe Heartsill
San Angelo, TX
Great Texas Balloon Race Champions
Champion
Bill Baker
Longview, TX
Second Place
Lillian Speicher
Longview, TX
Third Place
Rick James
Judson, TX
Texas State Champion
Joe Heartsill
San Angelo, TX
2025 Young Guns Rankings
YG Champion
Patrick Nilz
Marana, AZ
YG Second Place
Maddie Jones
Overland Park, KS
YG Third Place
Geoffrey Jones
Meridian, MS
Ducks on a Pond Winners
- Steve Lombardi (Friday)
- Cory Bloom (Friday and Saturday)
- Rhett Heartsill (Friday)
- Jeremy Rubin (Saturday)
- Robert Gonzales (Saturday)
- Joe Heartsill (Saturday)
- Richard Sabin (Saturday)
- Joey Strutz (Saturday)
- Mark Sullivan (Saturday)
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Rudy Bresie Award
- Sam Parks
