Scott Parkhurst
08-19-2009, 12:43 PM
I dragged the wagon out to the middle of Nebraska to run this deal: www.sorcrace.com
What a great time! It's an open road event (rally-style, like the Silver State Challenge) and it's very well run. Everyone is friendly, the road is challenging, and they have 1/2-mile and 1-mile standing-start runs the day prior to the rally.
The old wagon doesn't have a cage, so I was limited to the 1/2-mile sprint. I ran it the way I drive it on the street (full exhaust w/ tailpipes, pump gas, Nitto 555s) and hit 129 mph in the 1/2-mile. I was at 6,200 or so in 4th gear in the T56 when I went through the lights.
The rally deal threw my nav off a bit, so we didn't win our class. But we did have a great time and the car was flawless on the road. This was its first real test at sustained high speeds (110-120 most of the time, slower in the turns) and it didn't get hot or miss a beat.
I will be back to Arnold Nebraska (pop. 610) to run this event again!
Amazingly- mine was the only Chevelle there! Lots of Vettes, Vipers, Mustangs, and F-bodies. But that's expected...It was fun to be different!
What a great time! It's an open road event (rally-style, like the Silver State Challenge) and it's very well run. Everyone is friendly, the road is challenging, and they have 1/2-mile and 1-mile standing-start runs the day prior to the rally.
The old wagon doesn't have a cage, so I was limited to the 1/2-mile sprint. I ran it the way I drive it on the street (full exhaust w/ tailpipes, pump gas, Nitto 555s) and hit 129 mph in the 1/2-mile. I was at 6,200 or so in 4th gear in the T56 when I went through the lights.
The rally deal threw my nav off a bit, so we didn't win our class. But we did have a great time and the car was flawless on the road. This was its first real test at sustained high speeds (110-120 most of the time, slower in the turns) and it didn't get hot or miss a beat.
I will be back to Arnold Nebraska (pop. 610) to run this event again!
Amazingly- mine was the only Chevelle there! Lots of Vettes, Vipers, Mustangs, and F-bodies. But that's expected...It was fun to be different!