(La Porte, IN) - La Porte became a destination today for dozens of small-engine planes taking part in the 47th annual Air Race Classic.

The race started this morning in Carbondale, Illinois, with a first stop at the La Porte Municipal Airport and headed to the next in Cadillac, Michigan, en route to the finish in Colorado on Thursday.

From airport manager Rachel Bolahannis when the first planes began arriving at about 9:30 this morning, "There’s a long line of planes heading straight to La Porte. The first two planes, there’s some really fast planes, they’re not stopping for fuel. They are just flying straight up to Cadillac."

Many of the planes stopped here to be timed and for other purposes such as refueling.  Bolahannis said a few more planes could still be landing at the airport until about mid-afternoon.