Date:         Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:10:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Come out of the closet, all
Comments: To: Gary Lee <gary2a@TELUS.NET>

On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:56:50 -0700, Gary Lee, www.vwrack.com
<gary2a@TELUS.NET> wrote:
>I used to ride motocross and enduro, but am now interested in motorcycle
>road racing.  I rarely ride on the street, too dangerous :)
>Any other road racers out there?
>
>Gary Lee
>GSXR 600
Snipped above.

  I raced roadrace bikes for a while.  A Honda Hawk NT 650 was my main
track bike, run in the middleweight twin class.  But after a few crashes I
switched over to sports cars and a Porsche 928..Doesn't hurt so much (only
the wallet) to go off track in that.
  I did a few of those Nevada Open Road races, too,  before going
exclusivly  track. These are timed events where they close a section of
highway and let you go as fast as you want for a given distance.  I
recently re-drove one of those race courses (the Pony Express 100)  in the
van, Battle Mountain to Austin, a distance of close to a hundred miles..We
did the distance in a bit under 2 hours in the Van..In the Porsche, at our
target speed of 170mph, we were right at 33 and change minutes to cover
that distance..The car with the closest finish to each target speed  was
declared the winner.  Often the interval between finishing positions was
measured in 100ths of seconds.
  Pretty different trip in the two vehicles..
  Don Hanson

Ya gotta love Nevada...A state where the Cops will close the roads for you
to go 200 mph for a hundred miles, where prostitution is state supervised,
where  the mainstay of the economy is gambling and you can own an assualt
rifle or a VW with a small block Chebby motor...