Jon,
I try to push this program with my road racing cronys, but they think 150
mph is too slow! Little do they know the problems involved in going fast on
salt. In 1993, the first year I took my street car up there, the best I
could get out of it was 141 mph, yet, it had run 180 mph in the Silver State
race 2 days before! (yes it was down hill) In 1994 (yeah, I know the program
says 1995, but who cares) I brought the Vette I am now racing to run the 150
Club. It was street-legal & licensed , and was originally built to run the
Unlimited Class in the Silver State races. I ran 159 first pass & had so
much fun I promptly forgot about using it for road racing & went back to a
stock (?) ZR-1 for Silver State. I still try to promote it because I think
it is a great entry door to this sport. USFRA is a bit gun-shy about this
program (and I don't blame them) as one idiot can screw up and spoil the
whole deal for all of us. Yes, you CAN crash at 150 MPH with disasterous
results, contrary to the thinking of those who have never driven on salt.
If I was USFRA, I would keep the program, as I see it as a great promotion
tool, but I would change the rules to make it mandatory to make the 130 Club
before turning a driver loose on the salt at up to 159.999 mph, per current
rules. Just my .02 worth..............................
Ed
Jonathan Amo wrote:
> List,
>
> For those of you who run during WOS. How come we only have 10 members in
> the 150 mph club. Seems that most of us can be in the club, why not be
> in there. I know alot of people run faster than that, but its still in a
> honor to be in the club.
> If bike runs well during WOS and we make it there, I would be more than
> happy to join the club members of Ed Van Scoy and Ron Christenson in
> this club, and run the bike.
> Any comments on this?
>
> Jonathan Amo
> www.landracing.com
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