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MANGOLD'S NATIVE AMERICAN TIES
11.05.2007 |
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Mike Mangold, whose mother is Native American, will have a distinctive -- if unusual -- home advantage in the Red Bull Air Race on Saturday at the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park that straddles the border between Arizona and Utah. The 2005 Red Bull Air Race world champion from Victorville, California – who is currently in second place in the standings just one point behind pacesetter Paul Bonhomme of Britain -- said he will be feeling the spiritual support of thousands of Native Americans at the race just a few dozen feet above the rugged western landscapes but lamented the fact that, unfortunately, the local boosters will probably not be able to help his plane fly any faster in the thin air at 5,200 feet above sea level.
“They’re all pulling for me,” said Mangold, 51. “A lot of people here are like ‘Hey brother, C’mon!’. They want to see a ‘red man’ get in there somehow. They’re happy that I’m here and all the locals are pulling for me. It’s fantastic that someone wants you to win. But unless they can help my airplane go faster, there’s not much they can to help me.”
Mangold nevertheless feels an attachment to the Native Americans in Monument Valley: “I understand the people a little bit. I kind of know from my family background how the people live. I don’t know if it’s an advantage or anything here, but it’s nice to know they’ll be pulling for me.”
Mangold’s mother belongs to the Pueblo Nation and the Laguna Tribe. She met his father, a German from Stuttgart who immigrated to the United States, in Cincinnati in 1949. She now works as a nurse in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializing in nutrition and diabetic counseling for Native Americans. He said she won’t be able to come to see the race. “I’m sure she’ll be watching it on the internet.”
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