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We had 13 PBCC
member teams in this year’s Big Bend Open Road Race. I think that is the most we have ever
had. Six of the drivers and/or teams
were rookies.
If you are not
familiar with open road racing, the goal is to get as close to your target
average speed as you can. For
example, in the 100 mph class, you want to average 100 mph for the 118 mile
course. That sounds simple in a
Corvette but the course has roughly 120 curves, turns, or bends. So you don’t just put it on cruise
control and enjoy the scenery.
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Safety is very
important at the BBORR. All cars
must go through tech inspection before they are allowed to race (or even
practice). The red Vette (#144) is the Sparkman’s.
Just like in
NASCAR, all of us rookies had to have a yellow “rookie stripe” on our
windshields.
(The white sticker shows the class and that you have passed tech
inspection. The orange sticker on
the bottom allows you to drive on the practice course prior to the race.)
Frank Suttles’
Z06 still had the paper license plate on it but that did not slow him down
any. He ran in the 135mph class.
Checking the
final results. We had 4 teams get place
in the top 3 of their respective classes (and 3 of the 4 were rookies!!!!!)
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