I think the original question was about race hours rather than road
trips...But if you are going to talk road trips...
Albany, NY to Dallas Tx for the 1989 VTR meet. Nonstop in the TR6. top
down. Race in Dallas (win), pick up buddy at airport, drive to
Minneapolis/St. Paul over 1.5 days (top down), spend 2 days in MSP, then
non stop MSP->ALB some of it in the rain. Total somewhere in the
neighborhood of 3400 miles in about 8 days. Was an epic road trip that can
only be pulled off in college. ;)
Plenty of other great road trips in that car... All with a race
destination. My favourite is still autox on the streets of Waterloo, Iowa.
Bob
On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Vintage Racer
<vintage.racer@comcast.net>wrote:
> During Spring break from college in 1966, a good friend and I decided to
> drive
> my 1959 TR3 from the San Francisco Bay Area to Guaymas, Mexico which is due
> south of Nogales. Guaymas was a very small fishing village on the Gulf of
> California and the only plans we made were to camp on a yet to be
> determined
> beach during our week stay. In order to pack camping essentials and our
> clothes we had to leave the side curtains behind due to lack of storage
> space.
> We left early one morning and arrived in Guaymas the evening of the second
> day. We alternated driving at each gas stop. On our third morning we were
> surprised to see two of our dorm mates driving towards the same beach
> where we
> were headed. We joined forces and had an enjoyable time bumming around the
> area. The drive home was made in two days but the TR required a quart of
> oil
> at every gas stop. Other than that, the car never missed a beat over the
> 2300
> miles we covered. That summer, my father and I rebuilt the TR's
> engine..great
> little car but I sure appreciated the roll up windows on my friends new
> TR4 he
> acquired shortly after our return.
>
> Gary
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