Notes:
A former Unlimited champion, Rick Brickert, 38-year-old from Sandy, Utah, lost his life in an accident during the Unlimited class trials for the 1993 edition of the National Championship Air Races held at the Reno Stead Airport in Washoe County, Nevada.

Brickert crashed at 16h42 on Tuesday, 14 September 1993, shortly after take-off, while attempting an off-airport emergency landing in the desert at Lemmon Valley, Nevada. He was flying his twin-engine Scaled Composites 158-8, registered as N221BP and nicknamed "Pond Racer", between pylons number five and six of the nine-mile course. He radioed to his pit crew that he had problems with his right engine, which was trailing smoke. The plane maneuvered near the east end of the airport for a landing, then it dropped out of view of the airport, crashing near a dry lake. Rick Brickert died in the burned wreckage.

Rick Brickert's burial was at the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California.

• National Transportation Safety Board Report: LAX93FA352.
• California Birth Index, 1905-1995.
• Newspaper The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT, United States), issue of Wednesday, 15 September 1993, page D3, article "Sandy Man Killed In Crash At National Air Races".
• Newspaper San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA, United States), issue of Wednesday, 15 September 1993, page 1B, article "Former M. V. Pilot Killed In Crash Near Reno", by Cathie Calvert.
• Newspaper Press-Telegram (Long Beach, CA, United States), issue of Wednesday, 15 September 1993, page D2, Associated Press wire service, article "Pilot Killed In Practice Run For Nevada Air Race".
• Newspaper San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA, United States), issue of Thursday, 16 September 1993, page 1B, article "High-Flying Mtn. View Native Dies In Fiery Crash Practice Considered Routine", by Cathie Calvert.
• Newspaper Daily News of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, United States), issue of Thursday, 16 September 1993, page AV1, article "Officials Probe Fatal Crash Of Plane Built By Rutan".
• Newspaper The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA, United States), issue of Thursday, 16 September 1993, page 3, article "Investigators looking into Pond Racer crash", retrieved by website https://www.newspapers.com/image/244787640/ .
• Newspaper The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT, United States), issue of Friday, 17 September 1993, page D5, Associated Press wire service, article "Race Goes On Despite The Death Of Utahn, Injury Of Another Pilot".
• Newspaper San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA, United States), issue of Friday, 17 September 1993, page 10B, article "Daring Pilot Dies In Crash While Preparing For Big Race Practice Run Ends Life Of Mtn. View Native", by Cathie Calvert.
• Newspaper The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO, United States), issue of Saturday, 23 October 1993, page C1, article "Concern for safety pervades air races Pilots, officials work to cut risk of their unforgiving sport", by Jim Sullinger.
• Newspaper Reno Gazette-Journal (Reno, NV, United States), issue of Tuesday, 14 September 2002, page 1A, article "Crash kills air race pilot", by Phil Narber.
• Website Reno Air Racing Association - Unlimited Class Race Results, page http://www.airrace.org/unlimResultsQueryDispaly.php .
• Website Reno Air Race Accidents, page http://www.check-six.com/RTSMishapList.htm .
• Website Find-A-Grave: Richard Thomas Brickert.