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Four Teams Remain on U.S. Gas Ballon Race
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Four teams remain in this year's America's Challenge gas balloon race, with the leading team having traveled hundreds of miles since launching from the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta just after midnight on Saturday.

Race officials say the current leaders, Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo, neared the 1,000-mile mark Sunday night as they passed just south of Davenport, Iowa. The remaining three teams are also heading northeast across Iowa and Illinois.

The two teams of Danielle Francoeur and Linda Ellis and Cheri White and Mark Sullivan are just miles apart in the standings and 36 miles behind the leaders.

Organizers say the longer a balloon can stay aloft, the better the chance of victory.

This year's race honors Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer Davis, presumed dead after their balloon disappeared during a European race last week.

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