That would be the Speed Stop Challenge. It is a contest where you goforthe
lowest ET from a standing stop to 100, and back to a stop.It's sponsored by
Baer brakes (naturally ;-) ) And yes, that is sort ofa side show. One of my
friends just put a supercharger and LARGE Baerbrakes on his 2002 Vette, and
hopes to win it this year. Thecurrent record for the90 miles is Chuck Shafer &
Gary Bockman 207.7801 Mph. That's theAVERAGE for 90 miles! By the way.... They
did it in a Chrysler LeBaron.That's hauling the mail!
Ed
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith Turk [mailto:kturk@ala.net]
>Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 02:18 AM
>To: ed@vetteracing.com, Askotto@aol.com, land-speed@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Land Speed Racing at White Sands Missal Range
>
>I knew the open road racers had an event inside one of the other events
>where they did a standing mile .... but my understanding was that it was
>more of a show thing... and that no one had actually run 200 there yet...
>
>If they catch you running over 2 bills in a 90 mile race.... I'd have to say
>that's a pretty seriously legit 200mph club Ed..... sorry for the mistake...
>
>K
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ed@vetteracing.com>
>To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <Askotto@aol.com>;
><land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 10:06 AM
>Subject: Re: Land Speed Racing at White Sands Missal Range
>
>
>> Show my a*s......It's a lot easier today with the hi-po cars you canbuy
>> right
>> off the showroom floor, but in 1990 when I started running ,it was pretty
>> darn
>> tough to average 150 mph (or more ) for 90 miles. Igenerally kept my foot
>> all
>> the way to the floor for the first 53 miles,which meant 180+ on the
>> straights.
>> Trivia fact; the Corvette Irun in LSR today was originally built for the
>> Silver State Unlimitedclass, but after some high-speed testing out in the
>> desert after Ifinished it, I thought it would be a walk in the park to
>> break
>> the C/GTrecord (which was 201 at the time), so the car went to
>> Bonneville,where NOTHING is easy and I got spanked..... And yes, theydo
>> keep
>> records and they do have a 200 mph club. You have to doo 200mph or better
>> in
>> at least one of the 2 radar speed traps on the course,and then finish. The
>> hard word here is FINISH. Heck, sometime wehave a hard time making 5
>> miles.......
>> Ed
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