Ed,
Those animals scare me. When my son and I were leaving the World of Speed in
1990 we nearly got a cow at speed with the truck and car hauler. We left
Wendover at about 4:30 AM and were about 20 minutes out of Wendover when we
had to perform several un- natural acts to prevent a wipe out.
Howard Nafzger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>
To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: Bonneville Road Race
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:20:52 -0800 (PST)
> >From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> >Subject: Bonneville Road Race
> Sorry Dick, I hit delete instead of reply regarding your last
> post.... FYI, the Silver State Classic is the oldest race
> (1987) along with it's twin, Nevada Open Road Challenge.
> Classic is in September, Challenge is in May. They are both
> run on the same 90 mile stretch of hwy 318 between Lund and
> Hiko, the same road between Las Vegas & Ely that most of us
> west coasters take to the salt. I have been running these
> races since 1991. It is very addicting, and can be run with
> the "family" car (especially if your dad was named Enzo or
> Ferdinand). The blue Corvette I run at Bonneville was
> originally built to run in the Unlimited class in the Open
> Road Races. Some of the "old heads" might remember the red '85
> Vette I ran at Bonneville that was also built to run on the
> road. (the "blue" vette was painted gold from 1994-1999 on the
> salt, but it was still #128). Today, I use my "street car", a
> stock 1993 Corvette ZR-1 which can average 150 mph without
> breaking a sweat & will hit 180 on the long downhills) As for
> the Bonneville 100, Dale hit it right on the head. When this
> race was first proposed a couple of years back, the Unlimited
> drivers decided to boycott the race because of the open range
> problem. It IS a problem, I often see mustangs (no, not the
> Blue Ovel cars) around White Horse Pass, and I almost hit a
> deer on that stretch 2 years ago. The only time I have seen
> "animal problems" on Hwy 318 was with birds. John Hennesey
> smacked a Turkey Buzzard at about 200 & really bashed the
> front end of his car.... I hit a bird at 180 once & it just
> went "poof!" If you want more info on the Bonneville race
> click on
> http://www.openroadracing.com// For more info on Silver
> State, click on http://www.silverstateclassic.com/ If you
> are REALLY hard up for entertainment, click on this page for
> some pictures of my Club's last trip up there. (and yes, that
> is a USFRA 150 Club patch on my driving suit ;-) )
> http://www.vette.org/Silverstate/
> Ed
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