Background of this video:
In Open Road Racing the cars leave at one minute intervals. In theory, if you average the speed you are supposed to average, you never pass the guy in front of you and you never get passed.
Everyone in the 120 mph average class is supposed to average 120mph. The 115mph class starts 1 minute behind the last 120mph car and in theory should never even see that car.
At the 2016 Sandhills Open Road Challenge, I'm pulling up to my grid spot as the first car in the 115mph class and a stock looking 2006 Subaru STI pulls in front of me. Confused, I got out and asked the driver how fast he had run the course because I had never seen the car before.
He said "I ran the 95 mph class a couple years ago".
I said, "dude, you are ******. You have no idea what is about to happen to you. Hope you have clean underwear". he looked at me like he didn't understand and I got back in my car.
After I passed him and he couldn't keep up with me, he put on his emergency flashers and 2 other cars passed him (he was at least 4 minutes slow). I think he understands what I meant, now.
Too bad my forward facing camera shut off at the start. It really would have showed us passing him like he was standing still and he had no idea we were coming.
The 120 mph class at the SORC is the equivalent of the 150 mph class at the Big Bend Open Road Race or 160 mph class at Silver State. 2006 STI's with less than 500hp to the wheels have no business attempting it.
In Open Road Racing the cars leave at one minute intervals. In theory, if you average the speed you are supposed to average, you never pass the guy in front of you and you never get passed.
Everyone in the 120 mph average class is supposed to average 120mph. The 115mph class starts 1 minute behind the last 120mph car and in theory should never even see that car.
At the 2016 Sandhills Open Road Challenge, I'm pulling up to my grid spot as the first car in the 115mph class and a stock looking 2006 Subaru STI pulls in front of me. Confused, I got out and asked the driver how fast he had run the course because I had never seen the car before.
He said "I ran the 95 mph class a couple years ago".
I said, "dude, you are ******. You have no idea what is about to happen to you. Hope you have clean underwear". he looked at me like he didn't understand and I got back in my car.
After I passed him and he couldn't keep up with me, he put on his emergency flashers and 2 other cars passed him (he was at least 4 minutes slow). I think he understands what I meant, now.
Too bad my forward facing camera shut off at the start. It really would have showed us passing him like he was standing still and he had no idea we were coming.
The 120 mph class at the SORC is the equivalent of the 150 mph class at the Big Bend Open Road Race or 160 mph class at Silver State. 2006 STI's with less than 500hp to the wheels have no business attempting it.