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Howdy,
The wife and I returned from Ft. Stockton, TX and the BBORR race yesterday and we had a great time.
We drove our new C6 down there Wednesday (540 miles one way), did 8 practice runs on Thursday with max speeds around 122, did a 2 hour road trip, car show and parade on Friday, ran the race route on Satuday (2-way run of 59 miles each) and then drove it home Sunday.
The C6 performed flawlessly!
We entered the 110 MPH class - the fastest class you can enter with stock seat belts. This is the largest class at BBORR - out of 140 entries, 20 were in the 110 class. Classes range from 85 MPH to 150 MPH then Unlimited. The faster you want to go, the more safety features are required.
The locals at Ft. Stockton and Sanderson, TX were wonderful.
Open road runs allow you to run your car at triple digit speeds for miles and miles and really get a feel for what you and it can do. BBORR is a 2-way run of 59 miles each. There are 59 turns in 59 miles - with a few of them in blind cut-throughs.
110 is pretty conservative for a late model Vette. The challenge is hitting your timing to actually average that speed over the total distance. We managed to finish third in class with a MPH difference of only 0.005 MPH. First and second also were off only 0.005 MPH. They had to use the timing to break the tie. We were 0.179 seconds off, second was 0.176 seconds off and the winner in 110 class was 0.168 seconds off - tough class!
Corvettes were, again, the car of choice for this race. Almost 48% of the entrants were in Corvettes. There were 4 2006 Z06's there also.
The wife and I returned from Ft. Stockton, TX and the BBORR race yesterday and we had a great time.
We drove our new C6 down there Wednesday (540 miles one way), did 8 practice runs on Thursday with max speeds around 122, did a 2 hour road trip, car show and parade on Friday, ran the race route on Satuday (2-way run of 59 miles each) and then drove it home Sunday.
The C6 performed flawlessly!
We entered the 110 MPH class - the fastest class you can enter with stock seat belts. This is the largest class at BBORR - out of 140 entries, 20 were in the 110 class. Classes range from 85 MPH to 150 MPH then Unlimited. The faster you want to go, the more safety features are required.
The locals at Ft. Stockton and Sanderson, TX were wonderful.
Open road runs allow you to run your car at triple digit speeds for miles and miles and really get a feel for what you and it can do. BBORR is a 2-way run of 59 miles each. There are 59 turns in 59 miles - with a few of them in blind cut-throughs.
110 is pretty conservative for a late model Vette. The challenge is hitting your timing to actually average that speed over the total distance. We managed to finish third in class with a MPH difference of only 0.005 MPH. First and second also were off only 0.005 MPH. They had to use the timing to break the tie. We were 0.179 seconds off, second was 0.176 seconds off and the winner in 110 class was 0.168 seconds off - tough class!
Corvettes were, again, the car of choice for this race. Almost 48% of the entrants were in Corvettes. There were 4 2006 Z06's there also.
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