Bob Monday wrote:
> I'm surprised that nobody has said anything about the Dogwood Grand
> Prix in Knoxville TN. I don't know if they still run it, but it was
> more fun it its earlier days. The last one I went to was probably 4-5
> years ago. It is a part of their Dogwood Festival typically falling in
> mid-to-late April.
>
As far as I know, the Dogwood GP is now defunct. They tried to run it again
a couple of years ago but ended up canceling it. I am not really sure why.
> The typical course was probably 2.5
> minutes. It was so long (2+ miles) that you typically got ONE walk
> during the half-hour the course was open for walking. No mod cars were
> permitted due to speed, but Prepared cars were OK. Folks ran from one
> side of the bridge to the other when Dan Popp went under. <G>
>
Man, that brings back memories. Always a lot of fun to run there. The
course had a really high yeeha factor and it _was_ long. Very difficult to
remember it well and because you were going so dang fast it tended to
surprize you a lot.
The last year Dan ran 'ol Blue (the '70 BSP Vett) he and I traded FTD on
almost every run, with Dan taking it on the last one. At that event, on the
run from the lower overpass to the turn around at the bottom, I hit the rev
limiter at 8000 rpm in 4th gear! (I have a 5th gear lockout) After runs
were over, the cop that had been sitting att he dead end at the bottom of
the hill (with his radar gun) told me Dan and I had 25 mph on the whole
field!
Steve Hoelscher
#27 DSP
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