Our Big Bend Open Road Race experience

[openroadracer]

Oh, we race for 15 HOURS in a weekend. SHIT GETS REAALLY HOT when you put brakes and lots of accel/decel in the mix. We generally average around 60-70 mph around the ~2.5 mile course.

then it should be fine.

come on out and have fun!

[Baron Von Crowder]

i understand, but there is a very large difference in doing that over 59 miles twice.

like one of our buddies out there once said, "shit gets hot". lol


we have broke 3 times and every year there is a pretty good number of cars that break.

here's the link to the rules
http://www.bborr.com/rules.html

Oh, we race for 15 HOURS in a weekend. SHIT GETS REAALLY HOT when you put brakes and lots of accel/decel in the mix. We generally average around 60-70 mph around the ~2.5 mile course.

[openroadracer]

Id like to look over the rules and see how much different they are compared to the Lemons rules. I cant imagine the prep to be drastically different, and we were doing 115-120 on the long stretch at ECR this weekend. And that was with an old 60's 3spd trans and 3.55's

i understand, but there is a very large difference in doing that over 59 miles twice.

like one of our buddies out there once said, "shit gets hot". lol


we have broke 3 times and every year there is a pretty good number of cars that break.

here's the link to the rules

http://www.bborr.com/rules.html

[Baron Von Crowder]

the best thing is to thoroughly read the rules for the speed class that you want to run. i will pm my cell number to you. give me a call and i'll tell you that way. it is too much to type out.

Dave's car has a stock block 351W with performer heads and rpm intake with a 750 holley. the tranny is a fox body T5 and the gears for now are 3.00 in a 9 inch. by next year, he plans to put 370's in it and we are bumping up to 115 or 120.

we found out how important an aluminum radiator is for these things too. the car didn't get over 188 degrees on the hottest day there at speeds over 100mph.

tires are the other important component...obviously.

Id like to look over the rules and see how much different they are compared to the Lemons rules. I cant imagine the prep to be drastically different, and we were doing 115-120 on the long stretch at ECR this weekend. And that was with an old 60's 3spd trans and 3.55's

[openroadracer]

oh yeah as for safety, you can almost run anything up to 110MPH as long as the tires are in spec. 115 and up there are a lot more safety rules.

[openroadracer]

Andy, tell me more about how to run this.

How is the mustang set up, as far as trans and gears and such. What safety items are required? Will a GPS to be half accurate empty my wallet??

the best thing is to thoroughly read the rules for the speed class that you want to run. i will pm my cell number to you. give me a call and i'll tell you that way. it is too much to type out.

Dave's car has a stock block 351W with performer heads and rpm intake with a 750 holley. the tranny is a fox body T5 and the gears for now are 3.00 in a 9 inch. by next year, he plans to put 370's in it and we are bumping up to 115 or 120.

we found out how important an aluminum radiator is for these things too. the car didn't get over 188 degrees on the hottest day there at speeds over 100mph.

tires are the other important component...obviously.

[openroadracer]

here are some pics of the unlimited car that got too warm.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Andy, tell me more about how to run this.

How is the mustang set up, as far as trans and gears and such. What safety items are required? Will a GPS to be half accurate empty my wallet??

[openroadracer]

tony, i found some pics of both our cars at speed
southbound

northbound


us southbound

northbound



this guy shot a crapload of pictures.

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/slantvaliant/BBORR%202011/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ16

[openroadracer]

Andy next year I wanna go.

i will damn sure remind you.

[Your Name Here]

Andy next year I wanna go.

[Racewerx]

that's right... they said that at the banquet but i forgot.

There was a banquet?????

[openroadracer]

I just read a post from Charlie. He said it was a distributor problem that caused him to stop.

that's right... they said that at the banquet but i forgot.

[Racewerx]

charlie's corvair hit 209MPH in the first trap before he blew a tire.

the polara caught fire and the back half was toast. that was his last run.

I just read a post from Charlie. He said it was a distributor problem that caused him to stop.

[openroadracer]

It's no big deal we had a good time I admit I was rather bummed the covair and polara didn't get to finish there runs really wanted to see that.

charlie's corvair hit 209MPH in the first trap before he blew a tire.

the polara caught fire and the back half was toast. that was his last run.