In May we attended our first Open Highway race - the Nevada Open Highway Challenge - the annual spring run on Nevada Highway 318 held by the great people at the Silver State Classic Challenge organization. We had been hanging out with the guys from Optima Batteries at the Goodguys Rod & Custom event in Del Mar in April and mentioned that the Silver State was on our wish list of races to participate in this year and a week later we were signed up with Optima's support. With Steven R. from Camaro Performers magazine navigating and Dave and Mary P.backing us up, we were able to finish fourth in the 105 mph class with an average speed of 104.987 mph - only 0.37 seconds off of our target.
Camaro Performers magazine has published a great article about our adventures on Highway 318 in their September 2009 edition. Steve did a great job in capturing the spirit of the event and it makes for a really entertaining story. If you haven't seen it already - I suggest grabbing a copy - it's well worth it (although I am admittedly biased).
In September we will be returning to Ely to run in the annual Silver State Classic Challenge - this time in the 115 mph class. This will be our first opportunity to try live(ish) updates from a race event here so stay tuned!
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