Silver State Challange

[dart4forte]

Anyone follow the Silver State Challange. Weekend before last. Bud of mine goes there to be a corner worker. There were some pretty impressive times. Nobody was killed or seriously injured. One gal wreaked her car and ended up in a Reno hospital but it appears she’s out. Several cars stood out. 2007 Dodge Cup Car took top speed in the unlimited class. Average top speed was 250mph plus change. A Subaru WRX ran 130MPH average and there was a Bradly that was VW powered took his class. I guess there was a gal who came into hot in her vet and took out two other vetts.

 

[dart4forte]

Anyone follow the Silver State Challange. Weekend before last. Bud of mine goes there to be a corner worker. There were some pretty impressive times. Nobody was killed or seriously injured. One gal wreaked her car and ended up in a Reno hospital but it appears she’s out. Several cars stood out. 2007 Dodge Cup Car took top speed in the unlimited class. Average top speed was 250mph plus change. A Subaru WRX ran 130MPH average and there was a Bradly that was VW powered took his class. I guess there was a gal who came into hot in her vet and took out two other vetts.

I stand corrected on the cup car. He ran 179 and change average. Same for the WRX which ran an average 140 and change. I watched the in camera on the cup car and he did hit over 200 in several stretches of his run.

Silver State Classic Challenge Inc.

 

[Cuda Al]

In theory passing should never happen in this event. You are run in classes, stepped off in intervals, targeting an average, have tech speed limits (x over target average).
They start with the faster (average) classes, work to slower with the unlimited (not average and no limits) classes last as most failures happen from that group.

Years ago I looked at building a car for this event.


Alan

 

[TT5.9mag]

Bucket list event for me. I’ve wanted to build a car for the silver state for a long time. Not sure I’ll ever have a car specifically for it, but I will race it at some point for sure.

 

[TT5.9mag]

How bout that 1955 Studebaker commander that averaged 135mph!!!

 

[TT5.9mag]

Or the 65 corvair with 117mph average!

 

[Darter6]

Years ago I looked at building a car for this event.

Same here.1999.Started out as a challenge car but ended up a show car much to my dismay.

 

[dart4forte]

Lots of late model. Be easy to run with a Challenger or Charger. Of course you’d have to be willing to eat the loss if you balled it up.

 

[TT5.9mag]

Lots of late model. Be easy to run with a Challenger or Charger. Of course you’d have to be willing to eat the loss if you balled it up.

And you have to be willing to cut up a late model to add all the safety stuff. If you want to run big mph that is.

 

[DionR]

The 1979 AMC Concord of Joel Hannig is interesting. Says he didn't finish but he was clocked at 146 mph and was in the 145 mph class.

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