I was there This track was insanely fast I think in my 91 N/A mr2 i was
reaching speeds up to 85mph it was too fast to do anything. No wonder why
the vette smacked into the concrete barrier.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: <Popsracr@aol.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 1999 5:34 PM
Subject: Flip Over at Route 666
> OK fellow netters the latest from the Chicago Region. Camaro flipped over
> today at what was an incredibly fast race course designed into the two
access
> roads at the Route 66 raceway in Joliet, Illinois. This was the Chicago
> Region's 2nd event of the year and turnout was large. Most of the course
was
> done in 3rd gear in most cars and top of 4th in the mods. The roads
traverse
> an expanse of about 3/8 mile in each direction and is approximately 20 to
25
> feet wide. You may be familiar with this place if you've read the
Sportscar
> issue reporting on the roadrace held there last year.
>
> The day was wonderfully mild with bright sunshine and mild winds. The
drag
> racers all looked in amazement at all the strange looking cars entering
their
> arena but were more in admiration than jealousy. The event had gone long
due
> to numerous timer errors and the large number of cones being hit. Corner
> workers had a tough time getting the course reset as competitors smacked
and
> whacked cones in the high speed offsets and multi-cone slaloms. The way
the
> course was designed this day would have found the dragsters to hold fast
> times since there wasn't much turning involved. Cars on street tires were
> running competitive raw times to their race rubber clad stock class
> equivalents.
>
> Now more on the flip...a resident local racer with a white Camaro Z28 lost
> control of his car at very high speed and slid off the asphalt, then about
45
> feet across grassy surface into a drainage ditch and flipped over
eventually
> landing back on it's wheel. The event came to an abrupt halt while the
> wrecker from the dragstrip made it's way out to the car and pulled it out
of
> the muck. Luckily the driver was not seriously injured and the car was
able
> to be driven off the course. The car was badly battered and the rear
window
> smashed out.
>
>
> Part-time Ace-reporter Jim Harn signing off...
>
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