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Big Bend "Two Step" Open Road Race

Fort Stockton, TX                     April 7, 2001

This road race had two 59 mile legs - from Ft. Stockton, TX to Sanderson, TX and then back to Ft. Stockton, TX. 118 miles total! It's practically all desert all there, but the roads were nice - lots of blind off-camber turns. The Texas Department of Transportation, in cooperation with local authorities officially closed the entire 59 mile stretch to public traffic. This is one of the rare opportunities to legally speed on a public road! We're in the "touring group". This is our first time with the road rally, so we're restricted to the 110 MPH average and we cannot ever exceed 124 MPH - first-timers are restricted to this class. Later on, once roll cages, etc. are installed, you can work-up to the 180+ MPH class! The point of the whole race is to complete the 118 miles averaging EXACTLY 110 MPH. So, timing/mileage tracking through the road course is very important.

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Professional Picture of Marc & Brent on the northbound return leg, going approximately 120 MPH through the "technical part" of the course, after just passing a Corvette doing "only" 110 MPH. If you don't believe it, take a look at the car's sway to the left....this was with Dali Race swaybars, and the much stiffer Zanardi suspension!  Why were they going so fast on the way back? Read on....

It really did not take me much time to decide to go when Marc offered the invitation to the American Road Rally Association race in Fort Stockton, Texas!  I read the schedule, rules, requirements and then JUMPED at the opportunity to be his humble navigator!  I figured this road race would be a great opportunity to do something truly "different" with the NSX - well, Marc's NSX at least!  Applications were filled-out, and I sent-in my navigator entry fee.  Time until the race wouldn't pass fast enough, but sure enough, the days to departure soon came, and I was on my way to Ft. Stockton, Texas!

I arrived in Ft. Stockton later afternoon on that Thursday before the race. While waiting for Marc to arrive into town at the hotel, I started the calculations required for the race.  In short, the race is a 59 mile two-way race - 118 miles total.  We entered into the 110 MPH AVERAGE class - we wanted to finish the race with a 110 MPH average over the entire 118 mile course!  So, with the provided "waypoint" list provided by the road race web page in hand, I calculated the times we needed to be at while on the course. There were maybe 35-40 individual points to calculate times for.  If we found ourselves at a point, we will have a time to also be at - that way, we
can speed-up or slow-down to achieve out 110 MPH average. 
 
If you're curious, here is how to do the calculations:
1. How much time should the 59 Mile course take if we're going 110MPH?
59 Miles / 110 MPH = .5363636 Hours = 32.181816 minutes = 32 MINUTES AND
10.91 SECONDS
(This is an important number - you want this time to be exact across the
finish line)

2. Let's pick the mile marker - 10 miles.  What time should we be at this
time?
10 Miles / 59 Miles = .1694915 (Percentage of total mileage)

Apply the percentage to the 32min 10.91sec time:
.1694915 X  .5363636 = .090909 Hours = 5.45454 Minutes = 5 MINUTES AND 27.27
SECONDS

So, if we're on-track on our 110 MPH average, we'll pass the 10 mile waypoint at 5 minutes and 27.27 seconds.  If you're too slow, you'll have a higher time - if you're too fast, you'll have a lower time.  This fact is the main cause of a huge error I created on the first leg - more about this to come!  The primary responsibility of the "navigator" is to do these calculations, monitor mileage, monitor time, and let the driver know about "future" turns on the course.  Read on...

THURSDAY NIGHT:

I soon finished the calculations for most of the mile marks/waypoints.  Soon after, Marc arrived at the hotel.  The race was officially ON!

We had the brainiac idea of trying a local Mexican restaurant near the hotel.  The hotel staff noted, "good margaritas!"  With that in hand, I was there!  So, Marc and I traveled a short distance to the Mexican place.  To our disappointment, they gave us tow "wine margaritas".  YUCK!  It tasted like a wine cooler or Zima.  Very disappointed.  We ordered a lot of greasy food - more than we could eat.  But, we all know NSXers always go "all out", so we ordered the least-healthy thing on the menu and washed all the artery clogs with our disgusting wine margaritas.  Ahhh, the prospect of a road race and questionable Mexican food - THIS is life!  We headed back to the hotel for some Jerry Springer and some shut-eye.

 

FRIDAY:

Our "newbie" class started at 0900 that morning.  We attended the "welcome" briefing before the registration that covered just a few points about the course - not too much offered at the class, but it was mandatory for new drivers.  We then registered and "teched" the NSX - no problems with the NSX despite Marc's "rigged" fire extinguisher mounting that was hanging on to the NSX by the skin off a tooth.  There was a "practice session" available, but it cost $100.  We decided to practice "on our own" later that afternoon. Instead, Marc somehow decided there was a problem with his catalytic converters (Comptech), so we had to find a lift and work on the NSX while the "official" practice is going-on.
 
BRENT AND MARC ARE MECHANICS:
We found a Texaco with a lift, and I broke-out some tools I brought with me. Marc heard some rattling from the cats - the internal "stuff" in the cats worked itself loose.  We were afraid the "ball" of stuff would stick itself into an exhaust pipe and cause engine damage.  Both cats/exhaust had to come off for inspection.  We removed both Comptech high-flow catalytic converters.  WOW!  The were high-flow because they were COMPLETELY empty! It seems that the supercharger dislodged the cat material and tore it all up.  All of the material blew out the exhaust with a puff of white during some redline shifts!  After removing the exhaust, we heard some rattling in the canister - some of the cat material was in the exhaust, but we could not remove it - it would eventually blow out (it eventually did blow out).  We reassembled everything, and I changed the sway bar setting on the rear race sway bar - one notch stiffer.  The Texaco guy welded a loose connection on Marc's RM headers (started to come apart), and we were ready to go!  The mechanic was impressed with the NSX and "our abilities".  HA!  We were back on the road confident that everything's ok on the NSX.  I looked everything over, and all looks good (however, Marc does have a leaky outboard CV boot - not critical at this point).

FRIDAY AFTERNOON:

We headed to Sonic for lunch.  Marc had a wimpy grilled cheese sandwich.  I decided to be a REAL man and eat my favorite:  Super Sonic double meat, double cheese, bacon jalapeno cheese burger with tater tots and a coconut cream pie shake.  THAT'S a real racer's lunch!  Ha!  After lunch, we were just about ready for the "car show" they had set-up in Ft. Stockton.  After the car show, we planned on "practicing" on the road race course by ourselves - saves $100!

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The Carshow at Ft. Stockton's Town Square. Most of the serious racers who do these types of open highway races (Silver State Classic, Etc.) make a four-day weekend out of it. The race is usually held on a Saturday and most people show up on Wednesday or Thursday. By nature, these events can really only be held in more remote towns, so after practice sessions, there is not a whole heck of a lot of things to do. In recognition of this, the organizers of the event put on several social events for the drivers to mingle amongst themselves and with the townspeople who show up to see the exotic hardware. We pulled up to "downtown" Ft. Stockton for the car show.  Most of the race cars (about 100) were lined-up in the courthouse square.  While we were there, a TERRIBLE wind storm swept by - I've never felt such wind, and I still have sand in my teeth from that afternoon.  Quite a few locals "goggled" at Marc's supercharged NSX and my nitrous "Dali shiny" NSX - I always enjoy displaying the NSX for the "civilians".  Ha!  After taking a beating by the winds, we decided to leave early back to the hotel.  It was about time to do our own "practice" to confirm mileage points, etc.  I followed Marc back to the hotel in my NSX, and then I got into his. 

MARC AND BRENT'S ILLEGAL PRACTICE:
We had to do a quick run of the 118 mile course before a mandatory driver's meeting later that evening.  So, we FINALLY found the start point (cones on the side of the road).  I entered the position in my GPS as the "start line"  We drove the entire 59 mile leg to Sanderson, TX on highway 285. WHAT A FUN ROAD!  We didn't really go full speed - maybe 75-80 MPH.  You CAN'T get a speeding ticket on the race road for three months before the race - you'll get disqualified!  So, we took it easy until we found the finish line!  We found it 59 miles later.  I entered another GPS waypoint - Finish Line.  WE WERE SET!  The mileage points the association gave me were accurate, and we were ready for the race.  So, we headed back to Ft. Stockton on the other 59 mile reverse direction road course.

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After driving the 59-mile course the day before the race all the way to Sanderson,  we weren't going to pass up this photo-op! 60 miles of practice is tiring, and we had to get out and stretch the legs anyway. This is the starting line for the second leg going back Northbound to Ft. Stockton. 

MARC AND BRENT'S TOP SPEED 
While driving back to Ft. Stockton, we ignored all laws of sanity and hit 170+ MPH during a 3-4 mile straight part of the road.  FUN!  I couldn't believe my eyes when I noticed the speedometer needle passing through 170 MPH!  The ride was as smooth as silk.  The road was not closed, but there was not a soul on the road.  I've gotta get me one of those supercharger thingies!  We slowed-down for a big curve.  We continued to track the curves and mileage.  At the end of the second 59 mile course, we rated ALL curves on a scale of 1 to 4 and verified ALL mileage points.  We had 100% of the information we needed - we headed back to the hotel for the driver's meeting.  We cleaned-up and prepared for the driver's meeting.
 

 

FRIDAY EVENING:

 

THE BEGINNING OF THE "7 PLAGUES" - DUST STORM 

While we were waiting at the hotel for the driver's meeting, we stood outside.  Marc and I were looking at cars and chatting about this and that when we looked at the horizon.  On the horizon was a red/sand color cloud. Marc asked, "what's that?"  It looked like a dust storm was approaching. After about 2 minutes, the big bubble of swirling sand was larger than before and approaching QUICKLY.  A cold front crossed my mind, and I noted to Marc that if the temp suddenly changes, it is a large cold front.  We stood there like sitting ducks in the hotel parking lot like total dumb asses.  A bridge about 1 mile away suddenly practically disappeared in a wall of sand, and I knew we were soon to follow.  The leaves started rattling on the trees and then WHOOSH - 20 degrees cooler IMMEDIATELY and more sand in our eyes than you can imagine.  The wind was at least 40-50MPH, and the entire sky (EVERYTHING) was swimming in flying sand.  Marc frantically moved his NSX next to mine on another side of the hotel - the hotel blocked the sand - kinda.  The vast sand storm continued for hours -  we had to go to the meeting, so we decided it would be my NSX that would be sand-blasted on the way.  We made it to the meeting despite the fact visibility was like that of a heavy snow storm.  UNBELIEVABLE!


DRIVER'S MEETING 

If you want to be bored for a long while, you should have been at this driver's meeting.  They really told us nothing except for the story about the guy who rolled his car during practice the day before.  Poor guy.  He went to the podium and told the story - seems something was wrong with the suspension, and that caused him to lose control.  Tough luck.  Anyway, we all heard 20 times or so on how race gas will be sold behind the building.  About 2 hours and 200 sighs later, the "producers" noted there will be an "appetizer sampler" from various Ft. Stockton restaurants.  Here's the WONDERFUL menu:

The best part was the Mr. Pibb.  Soon after we ate, we left for the hotel knowing little more than when we arrived 3 hours earlier. 
 

After our "great" meal, we just hit the hotel again and watched Jerry Springer.  We needed sleep before the big race.

SATURDAY MORNING:  

GRID TIME!

Marc and I headed to the Ft. Stockton park for our grid number/position.  We arrived I think at 7:00 AM - kinda cool and EARLY!  I did not have my coffee, so I had to think positive thoughts.  HA!  Eventually, we made it to the start line after about 2-3 hours of waiting for the "faster" groups to go.  We were finally at the Start LINE!!!!

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The Pre-Race Driver's Meeting early Saturday morning. We got one last safety lecture, and then lined our cars up in our assigned grid order to caravan out to Highway 285 which had just been officially closed to public traffic by the highway patrol! 

READY, SET, GO! SATURDAY MORNING
We made it to the start line after some delays (Cobra was "lost" on the track - they found it in a ditch.)  When the green light turned on, I
started two stop watched and my GPS.  The race was on!  I needed to do several things:

 

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Marc & Brent ready to go!


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The Pre-Grid at the start of the course

So, every 30 seconds or so, I could compare our actual time to my calculate time.  It soon became confusing - when the time was too high, I misinterpreted this as being too fast, so for the longest time I told Marc, "we're going too fast!"  Before you know it, we were going from our 110 MPH average down to cruising at 85 MPH.  Marc finally noticed the error in obvious logic and noted that if the time is larger than the calculations, we're too SLOW!  DOH!  

The Conversation went something like this:

Brent - Slow down a bit...try 95 or so.

Marc - OK

(few minutes go by)

Brent- we are still going too fast, try 90 or so

Marc - OK

(a minute goes by)

Marc- Hey, look, here comes the Vette that started behind us, he's coming up pretty fast.

Brent- Dont' worry about him! He does not know what he his doing, let him go by, we are right on track!

Marc- OK

(a few minutes go by)

Marc- OK, now, here comes the M3 that was behind the Vette

Brent- He is going too fast too!  We are good, in fact, our next way point is coming up.

(a minute goes by)

Brent- Man! we are WAY too fast! slow down to 85!

Marc- but we will get disqualified if we ever get radared at less than than 85!

Brent- Don't worry, just go 86!

Marc- Are you sure?

Brent- in the Air Force, they tell you you have to believe your instruments and both stopwatches say we are too fast!

Marc- OK, but here comes another Vette ready to pass us!

Brent- I don't know what to tell you...but we were supposed to be at the last checkpoint at x.19, and it's x.22, now, so we are still too slow!

Marc- Wait a second, if were were supposed to get there at x.19, and it's x.22 now, then we are too SLOW!!!!

(awkward moment of silence)

Brent- OH SHIT!!!  YOU ARE RIGHT!!!!  GUN IT!!!!!!

Total brain fart on my part.  We both knew what had to happen - we had to bust ass to get back on time.  We were about 3 minutes slow.  We had to make-up a LOT of time.  So we ignored (for the most part) out 124 MPH maximum for our class to make-up some time.  We cut off about 2 minutes of our slowness - still not enough to be "on target".  We were now in Sanderson, Texas, and I was really pissed-off.  Marc seemed to be taking it well.  It seems like we were going to fulfill our race club's name: Dead Ass Last Racing.  We were having bunches of fun, though.

LUNCH AT SANDERSON:
We arrived save and sound in Sanderson, TX - both of us frustrated at the "timing misunderstanding".  Fortunately, they take the times for BOTH 59 mile legs and create a "final" time.  That means we can make-up for our last time during the second half!  That made me feel better about the whole thing.  For lunch I had an infamous "funnel cake" that took of 2.31 years off of my life because of all the grease.  With a disgustingly full stomach, we were ready for LEG 2!

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Socializing at the pre-grid for the return leg

 

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If the addiction to speed is a crime........then let me be guilty! :)

RACE BACK TO FT. STOCKTON:
Now we had to go 59 miles on the same road - opposite direction.  Same curves - just opposite.  Some say the return trip is harder, but that didn't matter to me.  We HAD to make up for lost time due to my mistake.  We waited for about an hour on the grid, and we were off again!  We had to make-up about 2 minutes to be ok.  So we flew into every corner at top speed - usually about 125 MPH - MORE FUN!  At this point, we didn't care about anything except two things - make-up for lost time and have a BLAST! Fortunately, we did both.  We crossed the finish line just 4 seconds short of our goal.  As we say, "good enough for the government"!  HA!

After the race, we headed to a gas station and then back to the hotel.  At the gas station, we met-up with a Monte Carlo that was missing a hood!  He said it "flew off" in the middle of the course while at 124 MPH!  WOW!  It was really strange to think about it.  We started right behind this Monte Carlo on the grid line.  IF we were on time during the first 59 mile stretch and did not have to make up any time on the 2nd stretch, we would have remained BEHIND this Monte Carlo.  What this means is this - we would not have passed this car, and in not doing so, there's a possibility the hood would have flown off and hit the NSX or we would have run over it causing damage, etc.  Because we were too slow during the first leg, we HAD to pass the Monte Carlo.  We did, and the hood flew off soon after we passed it.
FATE!

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This guy lost his hood during the second leg. He was gridded immediately in front of us. It turned out to be a stroke of luck that we had to make up time on the way back, and passed him early on!

 

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After the race, so many bugs on the front of the car, that it attracted other bugs to come in for some fine dining!!

 

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So it was off to the local coin-operated self-serve carwash. I'll bet they haven't seen this much business in a long time!

 

SATURDAY NIGHT:

BACK AT THE HOTEL:
Now that the race was done, we could relax.  I was still disappointed at our bad time during the first leg, but I was really thrilled that we made up 2 minutes during the second leg!  It all averaged-out in the end!  We cleaned-up and prepared for the awards ceremony later that night.

The awards ceremony. We thought we would at least get the "Mayor's Award" for the most unique car, when the Mayor of Ft. Stockton said something to the effect of  "gosh, we never have never seen this beautiful, rare and exotic sports car here before, so the mayor's car show award goes to...............the Dodge Viper!"    SAY WHAT!!???!!

AWARDS CEREMONY:
After a car wash and a shower, we headed to the awards ceremony/banquet. The SECOND wave of the 7 Plagues hit Ft. Stockton when we were attacked by a swarm of a billion biting flies.  Great - huge ass dust storms and then swarms of biting flies.  Each of us had at least 100 of these tiny biting things on us.  WHAT A TOWN!  The awards ceremony itself was relatively short and uneventful, and they gave us a pretty good BBQ dinner - not worth $15 each though...Of course we did not win any awards, but we DID have a blast there.  Marc and I think we've perfected the techniques necessary for a winning run.  We did great provided we had no official practice - most had 2.5 days worth of practice.  We ate, took some pictures, and headed back to the hotel for more Jerry Springer.  
 
OUR SCORES:
DRIVER, HOMETOWN NAVIGATOR MAKE
DELTA TIME Leg 1 = 59 Miles Leg 2 = 59 Miles
MARC W., DALLAS, TX BRENT COBB 94 ACURA NSX
0:51.510-t LEG 1: 33:23.982 @ 105.989  /  LEG 2: 30:06.326 @ 117.587

DAMN!  We were only 1min 13 sec off on our first leg (due to a stopwatch error/malfunction, we calculated 2 min off.)
So, we were 51 sec off our time! 

CONCLUSION:

All in all, we both had a GREAT time.  We plan on "recruiting" many more
NSXers for the next race - I think there's on in October.  Any NSXer can
enjoy this race at any level.  It was worth the cost, and you can bet you'll
see me there again.  I hope to see you there!  F
 
For more race info, go to http://www.arraracing.com
 
Best Regards,
Brent Cobb

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AMERICAN ROAD RALLY ASSOCIATION
BIG BEND TWO-STEP
Fort Stockton to Sanderson, Texas
Saturday, April 7, 2001
Provisional Results

Scored Length 118.00
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POS # DRIVER, HOMETOWN NAVIGATOR MAKE
MPH SCORE (DELTA TIME) Leg 1 = 59 Miles Leg 2 = 59 Miles

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PROVISIONAL STREET RESULTS

===== Target Speed 85.000 (83:17.640 +/-.028)=================

1) 3 JERROD HUNT, FT. STOCKTON, TX 90 CHEVY TRUCK
0.089mph(0:05.201-t) 41:17.165 @ 85.743 41:55.281 @ 84.444

 

PROVISIONAL TOURING RESULTS

===== Target Speed 90.000 (78:40.000 +/-.026)===================

1) 24 JOE HOGAN, BRIDGEWATER, CT 99 2.5 RS
0.037mph(0:01.928+t) 38:58.009 @ 90.847 39:43.919 @ 89.097

2) 44 BEN DE WITT, EL PASO, TX LIESILOTTE LOFTON 99 PROWLER
0.484mph(0:25.241-t) 39:09.545 @ 90.400 39:05.214 @ 90.567

3) 205 BERNIE BROWN, LAKE JACKSON, TX M. JIM LeVACK 85 EL CAMINO
3.332mph(2:48.509-t) 37:52.004 @ 93.486 37:59.487 @ 93.179

 

===== Target Speed 95.000 (74:31.579 +/-.024)==================

1) 97 JON HAMAN, WILLIS, TX RACHEL FRANCIS 97 PROWLER
0.077mph(0:03.639+t) 37:13.717 @ 95.088 37:21.501 @ 94.758

2) 67 BOB WHITE, CASTLE ROCK, CO LEONARD HORN 67 MUSTANG
0.082mph(0:03.853+t) 37:40.798 @ 93.949 36:54.634 @ 95.907

3) 35 RICHARD HANNON, ALBANY, CA 98 SATURN SC
0.113mph(0:05.315+t) 37:18.061 @ 94.904 37:18.833 @ 94.871

4) 43 BRIAN FINK, WASHINGTON, MO 73 ROAD RUNNER
0.186mph(0:08.738-t) 37:01.242 @ 95.622 37:21.599 @ 94.754

5) 7 PAULA HAMBRIC, ROCKWALL, TX EARL HARRIS 98 CORVETTE
0.597mph(0:28.260+t) 37:20.226 @ 94.812 37:39.613 @ 93.998

6) 64 VLASI POGGAS, CASTLE ROCK, CO JIM POGGAS 64 CORVETTE
1.174mph(0:54.565-t) 36:31.536 @ 96.918 37:05.478 @ 95.440

 

===== Target Speed 100.000 (70:48.000 +/-.021)=====================

1) 71 CHARLIE FRIEND, ALAMAGORDO, NM 65 CHEVELLE
0.040mph(0:01.703+t) 35:20.916 @ 100.145 35:28.787 @ 99.775

2) 98 GEOFF GOLDER, WILLIS, TX ROBBIE FRYE 98 NEON ACR
0.098mph(0:04.174-t) 34:57.722 @ 101.253 35:46.104 @ 98.970

3) 22 MIKE KESSEL, AMARILLO, TX JOHNNY BAKER 83 CAMARO
0.103mph(0:04.361-t) 35:16.774 @ 100.341 35:26.865 @ 99.865

4) 66 RANDY SCHUSTER, AMARILLO, TX ELMER SCHUSTER 01 CORVETTE Z-06
0.159mph(0:06.729-t) 35:05.929 @ 100.858 35:35.342 @ 99.469

5) 107 BILL BRAZIL, FT. WORTH, TX SANDRA BRAZIL 99 CORVETTE
0.164mph(0:06.971+t) 35:35.455 @ 99.464 35:19.516 @ 100.212

6) 79 JOHN TREVEY, AUSTIN, TX KIM NEMEC 96 BMW 328is
2.378mph(1:43.459+t) 41:52.351 @ 84.542 30:39.108 @ 115.491

7) 80 BUD POWERS, ALPINE, TX 70 EL CAMINO
8.188mph(5:21.495-t) 31:16.168 @ 113.209 34:10.337 @ 103.593

18 MIKE HUBER, CARLSBAD, NM SHAUN HUGHES 78 EL CAMINO
DNF 35:05.626 @ 100.873 Did Not Finish

34 J.D. SPARKMAN, McQUEENEY, TX JACK BERRIDGE 34 FORD SEDAN
DNF Did Not Finish Did Not Start

13 DONALD C. DAVIS, COLLEYVILLE, KELLY DAVIS 00 CORVETTE
***DSQ*** ** Disqualified ** ** Disqualified **

 

===== Target Speed 105.000 (67:25.714 +/-.019)========================

1) 90 DONALD PRESTON, AMARILLO, TX STEVE WILLIAMS 90 CORVETTE ZR-1
0.096mph(0:03.693-t) 33:39.966 @ 105.150 33:42.055 @ 105.042

2) 59 BRUCE WOOD, ALPINE, TX 99 COBRA
0.368mph(0:14.121-t) 33:46.796 @ 104.796 33:24.797 @ 105.946

3) 169 LEONARD LOFTIN, EL PASO, TX 70 POR 914
0.573mph(0:21.949-t) 32:20.679 @ 109.446 34:43.086 @ 101.964

4) 176 CLAYTON ZEISIG, WEBSTER, TX SCOTT BALKE 89 GMC TRUCK
0.888mph(0:33.928-t) 31:54.088 @ 110.967 34:57.698 @ 101.254

5) 21 ANDREW CRAFT, IRVING, TX ANDREW GUENTHER 00 CORVETTE
1.647mph(1:02.463-t) 32:53.150 @ 107.645 33:30.101 @ 105.666

6) 131 DAVE WOLIN, OAKHURST, CA JANE WOLIN 01 KIA RIO
3.080mph(2:02.242+t) 34:47.936 @ 101.727 34:40.020 @ 102.114

 

===== Target Speed 110.000 (64:21.818 +/-.018)====================

1) 143 DARRELL NEUMEYER, HURST, TX R. GLENN POND 00 LIGHTNING
0.004mph(0:00.134+t) 32:07.734 @ 110.181 32:14.218 @ 109.812

2) 110 JOHN RATHBUN, HENDERSON, NV 90 BMW 325i
0.014mph(0:00.490-t) 32:11.834 @ 109.947 32:09.494 @ 110.081

3) 23 JAMES McCREARY, COL. SPRINGS, CYRUS THORNTON 93 COR ZR-1
0.068mph(0:02.396-t) 32:10.411 @ 110.028 32:09.011 @ 110.108

4) 88 WILLIAM TIMBERLAKE, GRAPEVINE, ED FRANCIS 98 BMW M3
0.097mph(0:03.421+t) 32:07.733 @ 110.181 32:17.506 @ 109.625

5) 32 AARON McCULLOUGH, MAGNOLIA, T ALLISON McCULLOUGH 96 VIPER
0.118mph(0:04.154-t) 31:31.029 @ 112.320 32:46.635 @ 108.002

6) 20 JERRY KLIPSTINE, MIDLAND, TX TONY STRONG 00 CORVETTE
0.180mph(0:06.314-t) 32:08.070 @ 110.162 32:07.434 @ 110.198

7) 42 ROBERT MOZOL, RACINE, WI 87 MONTE CARLO
0.265mph(0:09.317+t) 32:30.380 @ 108.902 32:00.755 @ 110.582

8) 124 TOM SHIELDS, SAN ANTONIO, TX 01 CORVETTE
0.336mph(0:11.820+t) 32:02.101 @ 110.504 32:31.537 @ 108.837

9) 55 BILL SLOCOMB, GARLAND, TX DOTTIE SLOCOMB 89 CORVETTE
0.487mph(0:17.036-t) 31:52.001 @ 111.088 32:12.781 @ 109.893

10) 50 MARC W., DALLAS, TX BRENT COBB 94 ACURA NSX
1.487mph(0:51.510-t) 33:23.982 @ 105.989 30:06.326 @ 117.587

11) 4 MIKE HEFNER, FLOWER MOUND, TX JOHN WADDLE 99 CORVETTE
1.629mph(0:56.361-t) 31:57.098 @ 110.792 31:28.359 @ 112.479

12) 210 GARY ELLSWORTH, KELLER, TX JANNA ELLSWORTH 00 CORVETTE
1.764mph(1:00.957-t) 30:49.740 @ 114.827 32:31.121 @ 108.860

13) 30 TOM ASHLOCK, ST. JOSEPH, MO ROBERT HOLUB, SR. 94 MUSTANG
1.795mph(1:02.018-t) 31:31.123 @ 112.314 31:48.677 @ 111.281

14) 37 DON LOAFMAN, PLAINVIEW, TX 93 MAZDA RX7
5.589mph(3:26.737+t) 32:31.626 @ 108.832 35:16.929 @ 100.334

51 WILLIAM R. ULLOM, PLANO, TX LINDA ULLOM 99 CORVETTE
DNF 31:38.295 @ 111.890 Did Not Finish

96 TOM MC KENNA, WALSENBURG, CO SANDRA MC KENNA 54 VOLVO
DNS Did Not Start Did Not Start

47 TONY TALAVERA, SEALY, TX SYLVIA TALAVERA 99 CORVETTE
***DSQ*** ** Disqualified ** ** Disqualified **

 

PROVISIONAL GRAND TOURING RESULTS

===== Target Speed 115.000 (61:33.913 +/-.016)=====================

1) 10 LARRY HALL, EL CAJON, CA JOHN HALL 93 BMW 850ci
0.020mph(0:00.658+t) 30:33.653 @ 115.834 31:00.918 @ 114.137

2) 28 WILLIAM HUNT, FT. STOCKTON, TX MIKE LAURENCE 95 CAMARO
0.072mph(0:02.307+t) 30:48.044 @ 114.932 30:48.176 @ 114.924

3) 164 JAMES TRAVIS, LOGANSPORT, IN AMBER DEWITT 00 Z-28 CAMARO
2.325mph(1:16.221+t) 31:28.039 @ 112.498 31:22.095 @ 112.853

15 ASHBY FLOYD, WESTMINSTER, CO DABNEY CRUMP 95 IMPALA
DNF Did Not Finish 452:27.093 @ 7.82

62 WILLIAM BRANDT, ST. JOSEPH, MO 63 AVANTI
DNF 33:59.376 @ 104.150 Did Not Finish

===== Target Speed 120.000 (59:00.000 +/-.015)=====================

1) 166 DON INGRAM, WATAUGA, TX KEN HAWKINS 93 VW CORRADO SLC
0.004mph(0:00.120-t) 29:27.095 @ 120.197 29:32.785 @ 119.811

2) 144 ROBERT DE WITT, CHEROKEE, IA RITA DE WITT 00 GRAND PRIX
0.035mph(0:01.027-t) 28:55.217 @ 122.405 30:03.756 @ 117.754

3) 170 PETE LOTINSKY, DENVER, CO BILL BRECHT 93 CORVETTE
0.112mph(0:03.288-t) 29:36.702 @ 119.547 29:20.010 @ 120.681

4) 125 MAUREEN HANCE, THE WOODLANDS, 90 CORVETTE
0.139mph(0:04.111+t) 29:31.526 @ 119.897 29:32.585 @ 119.825

5) 99 CLEMENT CARACCIOLO, FLOWER MOU CYNTHIA TURK 99 CORVETTE
0.716mph(0:20.990-t) 28:52.335 @ 122.609 29:46.675 @ 118.880

6) 73 DAVID BASS, MESQUITE, TX 00 MUSTANG
1.009mph(0:30.008+t) 29:46.215 @ 118.911 29:43.793 @ 119.072

7) 141 LARRY ROBINSON, ODESSA, TX 94 VIPER
1.709mph(0:51.142+t) 29:40.604 @ 119.285 30:10.538 @ 117.313

40 FRANK AGUIRRE, FT. STOCKTON, T 91 T-BIRD
DNF 29:51.580 @ 118.555 Did Not Start

 

===== Target Speed 125.000 (56:38.400 +/-.014)=====================

1) 38 ATTILA BANKI, HOUSTON, TX JOSEPH BANKI 98 MERCEDES
0.035mph(0:00.940+t) 28:19.683 @ 124.964 28:19.657 @ 124.966

2) 127 HARRY BUTLER, AUSTIN, TX RICK VIGUE 96 CORVETTE
0.043mph(0:01.160+t) 28:04.337 @ 126.103 28:35.223 @ 123.832

3) 27 DONALD R. NEUMEYER, KILGORE, T DEREK NEUMEYER 01 CORVETTE
0.109mph(0:02.963-t) 28:17.296 @ 125.140 28:18.141 @ 125.078

4) 53 RAY MORRISON, CARROLLTON, TX GREG BROUSSARD 89 CORVETTE
0.128mph(0:03.475+t) 28:08.073 @ 125.824 28:33.802 @ 123.935

5) 26 TRACY GROTE, AUSTIN, TX LIZ GROTE 99 MUSTANG
0.170mph(0:04.619-t) 28:23.572 @ 124.679 28:10.209 @ 125.665

6) 199 ROCKY ROBINSON, SAN ANTONIO, T DOUG GLADSTONE 96 Z28 CAMARO
0.189mph(0:05.125-t) 28:14.382 @ 125.355 28:18.893 @ 125.023

7) 52 LeGRAND KIRBY, PLANO, TX CRAIG KIRK 97 CORVETTE
0.201mph(0:05.458-t) 28:17.656 @ 125.114 28:15.286 @ 125.289

8) 92 MALCOLM DAVIS, ANDREWS, TX RICH HECKLER 94 CORVETTE
0.672mph(0:18.378+t) 28:09.879 @ 125.689 28:46.899 @ 122.995

9) 41 TOM LOOBY, SIOUX FALLS, SD MARV LOOBY 91 BMW M5
0.956mph(0:26.195+t) 28:30.851 @ 124.149 28:33.744 @ 123.939

10) 135 PAUL CAVINS, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX 91 CORVETTE
2.696mph(1:11.755-t) 27:23.791 @ 129.214 28:02.854 @ 126.214

76 DANIEL GUNN, GEORGETOWN, TX JEANETTE GUNN 99 COBRA
DNF Did Not Finish Did Not Start

2 JOHN ELSTROD, DALLAS, TX 64 CORVETTE
DNF 27:48.062 @ 127.333 Did Not Start

184 CRAIG LOECK, LINCOLN, NE 96 CORVETTE
DNS Did Not Start Did Not Start

 

PROVISIONAL GRAND SPORT RESULTS

===== Target Speed 130.000 (54:27.692 +/-.013)=======================

1) 25 TED HUGHES, SEWARD, NE STAN MIFFLIN 00 CORVETTE
0.066mph(0:01.656-t) 27:15.401 @ 129.876 27:10.635 @ 130.256

2) 85 BILL HAYES, AUSTIN, TX DICK CLARK 85 MUSTANG
0.080mph(0:02.003-t) 27:11.327 @ 130.201 27:14.362 @ 129.959

3) 77 BILL ARMSTRONG, TROPHY CLUB, T BONNIE ARMSTRONG 95 CORVETTE
0.334mph(0:08.377-t) 26:06.747 @ 135.568 28:12.568 @ 125.490

4) 63 J.C. CHERRY, DALLAS, TX SCOTT CORSO 01 CORVETTE
0.942mph(0:23.843+t) 27:07.702 @ 130.491 27:43.833 @ 127.657

5) 94 JOHN ROVNER, SANTA CLARA, CA 99 CORVETTE
5.215mph(2:16.575+t) 28:30.873 @ 124.147 28:13.394 @ 125.429

6 JOE DIMOCK, WICHITA FALLS, TX 01 Z06
***DSQ*** ** Disqualified ** ** Disqualified **

 

===== Target Speed 135.000 (52:26.667 +/-.012)======================

1) 112 JOHN BUTLER, SANDY, UT JENNIFER BRADLEY 99 COBRA
0.053mph(0:01.244-t) 26:17.067 @ 134.680 26:08.356 @ 135.428

2) 744 JOHN TIEMANN, AUSTIN, TX DAVID BOWLES 71 CORVETTE
0.353mph(0:08.239+t) 26:12.867 @ 135.040 26:22.039 @ 134.257

3) 5 GARY MENDLES, FLOWER MOUND, TX 96 CAMARO SS
3.752mph(1:25.096-t) 25:29.332 @ 138.884 25:32.239 @ 138.621

4) 9 PAUL McCARTY, CANTON, TX 01 CORVETTE
5.057mph(2:02.459+t) 27:20.875 @ 129.443 27:08.251 @ 130.447

93 STAN MARTIN, ROGERS, AR LARRY FRANZ 99 LIGHTNING
DNF Did Not Finish Did Not Start

 

===== Target Speed 140.000 (50:34.286 +/-.011)=======================

1) 17 JOHN GRIMES, SPRING CREEK, NV SUSAN GRIMES 98 FIREBIRD
0.020mph(0:00.432+t) 24:40.681 @ 143.448 25:54.037 @ 136.676

2) 196 FORREST THOMPSON, LAKEWOOD, CO JAIMIE LOU THOMPSON 96 CORVETTE
0.520mph(0:11.225-t) 24:35.001 @ 144.000 25:48.060 @ 137.204

3) 65 JAMES D. FLOWERS, HOUSTON, TX SCOTT WALDING 99 CORVETTE
1.144mph(0:24.999+t) 25:38.336 @ 138.071 25:20.949 @ 139.650

4) 106 KATHY MEYER, PARKER, CO DAVID MEYER 94 CORVETTE
2.080mph(0:45.762+t) 26:21.413 @ 134.310 24:58.635 @ 141.729

5) 206 LESTER PITTINGER, WINTER SPRIN 01 CORVETTE
2.852mph(1:03.102+t) 25:05.493 @ 141.083 26:31.895 @ 133.426

113 WAYNE WHITE, PAHRUMP, NV 90 CORVETTE ZR-1
DNF Did Not Finish Did Not Start

 

===== Target Speed 145.000 (48:49.655 +/-.010)=====================

1) 126 TED ZALESKI, SPRING, TX 90 MATT MUMMA CORVETTE ZR-1
0.029mph(0:00.594-t) 24:27.244 @ 144.761 24:21.817 @ 145.299

2) 48 BILL GOLDEN, ALPINE, TX 01 CAMARO
1.656mph(0:33.845+t) 24:30.146 @ 144.475 24:53.354 @ 142.230

123 WAYNE KICKELS, LENOIR CITY, TN JOYCE KICKELS 96 CORVETTE
DNF 25:02.377 @ 141.376 Did Not Start

 

===== Target Speed 150.000 (47:12.000 +/-.009)=====================

1) 16 DONALD HERBEL, LAKEWOOD, CO JOHN STOUT 97 CORVETTE
0.088mph(0:01.662+t) 23:36.685 @ 149.927 23:36.977 @ 149.897

2) 179 DOUGLAS WALKER, ALBUQUERQUE, N SUSAN BEARD 79 CORVETTE
2.415mph(0:46.340+t) 24:15.922 @ 145.887 23:42.418 @ 149.323

19 PETE LOOBY, SIOUX FALLS, SD KATHERINE LOOBY 01 CORVETTE
***DSQ*** ** Disqualified ** ** Disqualified **

 

PROVISIONAL SUPER SPORT RESULTS

===== Target Speed 160.000 (44:15.000 +/-.008)====================

70 BUD RIDENOUR, INCLINE VILLAGE, 88 IROC Z-28
DNF Did Not Finish Did Not Start

8 BILL HIELSCHER, MANSFIELD, TX JIM ESKRIDGE 00 CORVETTE
DNS Did Not Start Did Not Start

162 JOEL HANNIG, HICKSON, ND DIANE HANNIG 62 POLARA 50
***DSQ*** ** Disqualified ** ** Disqualified **

 

===== Target Speed 165.000 (42:54.545 +/-.008)====================

1) 364 CURTIS WARD, LUCAS, TX GREG HERNDON 91 CORVETTE ZR-1
11.901mph(3:20.136+t) 23:11.061 @ 152.689 23:03.620 @ 153.510

2) 132 ROLAND ROTH, HUNTINGTON BEACH MIKE METCALFE 98 RUF CTR
22.478mph(6:46.038+t) 23:23.265 @ 151.361 26:17.318 @ 134.659

 

PROVISIONAL UNLIMITED RESULTS

===== Target Speed UNLIMITED ===============================

222 TODD CARPENTER, JEFF GOFORTH
DNF Did Not Finish Did Not Start

95 KLAUS SELBERT, ST. ANN, MO 77 POR 934
DNS Did Not Start Did Not Start

 

PROVISIONAL JUDGES CUP RESULTS

===== Target Speed 170.000 (41:38.824 +/-.007)====================

1) 33 CARL YOUNG, LAS VEGAS, NV ELLEN YOUNG 96 POR 993
11.705mph(3:04.776+t) 22:23.419 @ 158.104 22:20.181 @ 158.486

 

DSQ = Disqualified for exceeding Tech Speed (unless stated otherwise) per Race Director