Nick and I just finished the Nevada Open Road Race this weekend. Again we had an amazing time.
We arrived a little earlier this year checked in to the motel and hooked up the pantera crew. As ussual a good dinner then we hit the Big 4 Ranch for drinks, a little local flavor and good company.
This year we brought race tires, the Hoosier R6. We thought we were in the shade as surely race tires are designed for high speeds. However due to some unsure history with the A3 model of Hoosier's and lack of expierence with these tires at open road races, the tire inspectors felt it was not safe to run at the target 140mph. We were demoted to the 110 class for safety. We didn't dispute this as these guys are the experts and we want to be safe. It was a little bit of a downer. All the rest of technical inspection whent fine.
We prepped the car saturday night with fluids and cleaned out the fuel filter just in case. It was a beautiful day, sunday and we head out to the track w/o any issues. We were slightly deflated with the speed class reduction but started the event on time with good spirits. Once your out on the open road at speed you forget what class your end and just run your race. Everything was going peachy until I ran into the first corner at the narrows going 120 or so, and I told Nick, isn't that the narrows, he says "oh yeah, the most treacherous corner on the course ... you just passed it." ... Well so much for the warning. But all was good we had a couple of pucker in your pants corners but made it out just fine.
After the narrows we were passed by a Dodge Viper. Now technically nobody should ass as everybody is a minute apart and all in the same speed class. Since we were eally close to our target time we knew the Viper was way off pace. As we were finishing the race I tried to hit our target time at the finish line but was of by 2 seconds.
Again we had an awesome time and plan to go back in September to try for the 130mph
if not 140mph. See you next time.
Nevada Open Road Race Results - 07
Nevada Open Road Race 07 Video
