smoked a Ferrari in Nevada

[Fast Freddy]

been out racing my viper again. this time i did the Silver State Classic Challenge in Nevada. there were 26 cars in my class. mostly vettes and a few vipers. my 3 fav cars in my class were the 2 new Ford GT's and the Ferrari F-40. Rick Doria the driver of the F-40 who has more wins and records at this event than anybody came in 15th. Scott Conrad the new owner of Spectre Power boats who was driving one of the ford GT's came in 8th place. and yours truly > Fast Freddy had to settle for 2nd place. i got beat out of 1st place by a mere .07's of a second by a corvette ZR-1. I M A G I N E that, lol!!! seeing how it was my first time and all at this event, me and my navigator were more than satisfied with our result. speaking of navigator i have to give all the credit to my navigator Jeffrey Wren (the nav on the predator) from Larrys Engine & Marine. if it wasn't for him i would have passed that vette.......lol.
oh yea, we were all racin in the grand sport class which means that you got to run the 90 mile course in exactly 36 minutes flat to win. this works out to be an average speed of 150 mph. there are approximately 45 turns on this 2 lane highway. i took most of them at 150 mph no problem. my average speed was 150.0067 mph.
here are a few pix for you hyrdo maniacs.
that bottom pic is of John Schneider (aka BO Duke) in the General Lee from the DUKES OF HAZZARD. Jeff took that pic the day before the 90 mile road race at the 1 mile HIGH noon shootout. after the road race on Sunday, when we were all parked down in the pits at the finish line > John Schneider (BO Duke) came in after his run in the 125 mph grand touring class. when he got out of his 69' charger he went to the back of his car and opened his trunk. man he must have had enough junk in that trunk to float a battleship around. i said........ 'BO - you wouldn't happen to have any cold beer back their would ya'............. and he says "no, but i got some moonshine"............................

[ROZ]

He's at it again!
Kilrtoy's going to love this :D

[LakeTrash]

That had to be a blast.
Congrads
LT

[Jordy]

Too bad there were no Cigarettes there or Fast Freddy would have smoked them (as far as you know) :D :D :D

[RitcheyRch]

Congrats on taking 2nd place. I bet that race is a blast. Have always wanted to go there and see it.

[BoatPI]

Second place first time out is impressive. You did not comment on the road contitions this year.

[a catered life]

i understand your feelings of excitment last week i burned a honda mini-van in the quarter mile :p

[Dan Lorenze]

Nice job FF.... You've got skill... Maybe someday we'll see the Viper next to "Big Red" in Don Laughlin's car exibit.. 2nd in class is damn good...

[STV_Keith]

Big Red is no longer in Laughlin. RJ Gottlieb and his dad took it back and campaigned it in the Z-2-Z (0-200-0) event last year, and this year. Neither time were they able to hit 200 in the mile.

[prosthogod]

Congrats on the 2nd place, but when I post that you got beat by a vette on the VCA boards your going to take a beating. Sorry. :yuk:

[OnlyMoney]

Phew! For a second there I thought he was the little punk in the Subaru late one night headed back from the casino. :rolleyes:
Congrats on the second place Mr. Smoked. :boxed:

[Dan Lorenze]

Big Red is no longer in Laughlin. RJ Gottlieb and his dad took it back and campaigned it in the Z-2-Z (0-200-0) event last year, and this year. Neither time were they able to hit 200 in the mile.
copy that.... :)

[Fast Freddy]

Second place first time out is impressive. You did not comment on the road contitions this year.
funny that you ask that because when we got to the finish line the first person we saw stuck a microphone into our car and asked us "how was the drive" this was our first time at this event so i don't know what the road conditions were like in previous years. but to me the road conditions were absolutely perfect. our class was the first class out on the road in the morning. and when we took off the air temp was around 40 degrees. my car is setup for short track road racing and so it handles much better in the turns than it does in the straights. my suspension is pretty stiff and at this speed i could feel a few bumps in the road and my front tires are so wide that they were having a little trouble keeping the car in the middle of the road in the straights. but other than that everything was smooth sailin. i blasted thru the narrows at 130 mph. all the other turns on the course i pretty much took at 150 mph. i averaged 160 mph for the first 70 miles of the course and once i hit the narrows i cut my speed back until i got to the finish line when i crossed that at 150 mph.
i did the bonneville 100 a few months before this event and that road was not as in good of condition as the silver state. during the bonneville 100 i hit two birds at a speed of 130 mph. surprisingly the car sustained no damage. there was road kill everywhere at that event. i was started further back in the pack at that event though. i did not see one road kill during my 90 mile silver state trek. since my car only has a roll bar in it and not a full roll cage, etc they will not let me run in the faster classes. but the way my car sits right now i could take this course at 160 mph average speed if they would let me. my engine is currently making about 625 hp. i have maxed out my speedo at 200 mph before (my GPS recorded a max speed of 198 mph). with some more power and aerodynamic mods such as a wing, splitters, and a modified air dam i could take this course at an average speed of 180 mph. the track record is a mind blowing 207 mph average speed set in a nascar type car.

[Kachina26]

I don't see a bimini in the pic of your viper, how were you able to maintain these speeds?
:D

[Jordy]

I don't see a bimini in the pic of your viper, how were you able to maintain these speeds?
:D
C'mon now Randy, you know the answer to that question, he turned the blower on!!! :D :D :D

[Fast Freddy]

here is the money shot

[Kachina26]

C'mon now Randy, you know the answer to that question, he turned the blower on!!! :D :D :DHow silly of me!

[NashvilleBound]

I am looking forward to Feb when VCA has their road race in GA. I'm trying to get the car fixed up for the race. sounds like a blast.