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Old 2004-04-19, 03:25 PM   #1
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Default Open Road Race Events - June 24-27, July 22-25, August 19-22

Yep. A Bunch are coming up for those of you that would enjoy high-speed open road racing....all LEGAL. Classes vary from 85 mph to 170 with max speeds from 110 mph to 200+ mph.

June 24th-27th : Pony Express 130
http://www.openroadracing.com/html/pony_express.html

July 22nd-25th: Bonneville 100
http://www.openroadracing.com/html/bonneville_100.html

August 19th-22nd: Gamblers Run
http://www.openroadracing.com/html/gamblers_run.html

Main website containg tons of info and sign-up information:
http://www.openroadracing.com/index.html

How to identify what class you would be in:

Division
Classes (mph)
Tech Speed


Street Stock (SST)
SST1 (85), SST2 (90)
110 MPH

Touring (T)
T1 (95), T2 (100), T3 (105), T4 (110)
124 MPH

Grand Touring (GT)
GT1 (115), GT2 (120), GT3 (125)
140 MPH

Grand Sport Lower (GSL)
GS1 (130), GS2 (135), GS3 (140)
168 MPH/150 MPH (Rookies)

Grand Sport Upper (GSU)
GS4 (145), GS5 (150), GS6 (155)
168 MPH

Super Sport (SS)
SS1 (160)
180 MPH

Super Sport (SS)
SS2 (170)
200 MPH
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Old 2004-04-19, 03:33 PM   #2
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Well shit... what class does my 480mph rocket car go in?
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Well shit... what class does my 480mph rocket car go in?
Sorry, you have to go with with this guy out in the desert:

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Old 2004-04-19, 04:46 PM   #4
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I would do this if I thought it would be any fun :? but just driving fast on beat up highways doesnt sound all that great...........I could be wrong
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Old 2004-04-19, 05:20 PM   #5
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I would do this if I thought it would be any fun :? but just driving fast on beat up highways doesnt sound all that great...........I could be wrong
I saw an in-car clip from a Silver State run a few years back. Corvette ZR1 doing about a buck-90 around a gentle bend... the backend steps out and the video alone made me just about shit my pants... and we all know from our own in-car footage how little justice an in-car camera does to the real thing. The driver and co-driver must have nearly had a heart attack!

Luckily the driver saved the slide. If he hadn't he surely would have killed himself and his wife (she was the co-driver).

More recently, the organizer of one of these events died in a 200mph tire blowout on the opening run of the event IIRC.
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I would love to run one of the events... its the adrenaline/fear factor that makes it so interesting to me... always on the edge of dying if you make one stupid move. Sounds like fun to me.
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Mike...its not just a straight line..you have to try and keep high speeds along high speed turns etc....

Looks like a blast to me. Maybe I'll run it this year. 50$ for membership and 250$ for the race for the class I want to run in.
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