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The Bonneville 100 Open Road Race was run last weekend in Wendover Nevada.
I had signed up to run the 170 class with an unlimited tech. I was hoping to hit
200+ mph in the time trap. Unfortunately, the MAF boot split on practice morning
and I was out of the race. I was able to pick up a new boot in SLC and install it after
the race for the drive home on Sunday. I'll tell you, it's very disappointing to spend a
year getting the car ready for another run at the B100 where I had blown the engine
and miss it again because of a $20 part...


Oh well, the next event is in August at the Pony Express 130. I'll get the car
ready for that and hope to have a good run.

Here are some photos from the event.

1 My car at Tech


2 Getting my 170 tech sticker


3 Highway 93A practice morning


4 The split MAF boot


5 Matt's 88 928 S4 leaving the starting line


6 Cheryl and Tim's 88 S4 approaching the finish line

aren040 wrote:Wow, sorry to hear that George. At least you have your health still and there is always next year.

-aren

True, I was commenting on that to some of the fellow racers. It's better
to have it happen at practice then during the race. The car was still not
running right, I could get up to 151 mph in 3rd gear, but when I shifted
to 4th, the AFR went down to 9.5:1 and the car would booge. I did
several adjustments to the fuel regulator, but the problem got worst. I figure
the split kept getting bigger on each run, and was throwing off the mixture.

At least the car is still together, and I should be able to run in August.

Here are a few more photos from the B100.

1 Paul's ZO6. Rich my navigator got to ride with him in the 155 class


2 Fred's 96 TT, winner of the 130 class


3 JC's Lambo, 2nd in 150 class


4 Roger and Bill's 04 GT3, 2nd in 120 class


5 Phil's 78 911 SC, winner 120 class and overall event winner


6 Dennis' 05 Carrera GT, 3rd 145 class


7 Mitch's 08 R8, tie 2nd 130 class


8 Stan's 77 Dodge Van, 3rd 105 class

Aw Geez, Too bad things didnt work this time around, atleast you have August coming up. Good Luck!

blacknight wrote:Thanks for the update. Sorry to hear you're not able to race. It was up to 110F in SoCal last weekend. What was it there?

BTW, what lens you used on the photos? Great photography!

Thanks, I used the Canon 70-200 f2.8LIS on the 1D Mark II for most
of the on road shots and the Canon 20D with 17-55 f2.8IS for the wide
angle stuff. I had my assistant using the Canon 350D with the Tamron
17-50 f2.8 or
Canon 35-350 f3.5-4.5L.

Thanks CJ, I have a little time to finish up the fine tuning.

aren040 wrote:
Are you kidding me. That has got to be the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Go Stan, I like your style.

-aren

Aren,

He had a wicked sounding V8 with headers in that thing. Made quite an
impression leaving the starting line...

aren040 wrote:

jorj7 wrote:8 Stan's 77 Dodge Van, 3rd 105 class

Are you kidding me. That has got to be the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Go Stan, I like your style.

-aren

Yeah, I might have to give him a job for as our new delivery man...

Hey George,

Sorry to hear about your misfortune but thank God you and the car are okay and can race another day...

Thanks for the photos as well.

Jitters

Jitters wrote:Hey George,

Sorry to hear about your misfortune but thank God you and the car are okay and can race another day...

Thanks for the photos as well.

Jitters

Oh yeah +1

FastForwardWheels wrote:

aren040 wrote:

jorj7 wrote:8 Stan's 77 Dodge Van, 3rd 105 class

Are you kidding me. That has got to be the most awesome thing I have ever seen. Go Stan, I like your style.

-aren

Yeah, I might have to give him a job for as our new delivery man...

I think you can fit a whole Boxster in the back of that van

jorj7 wrote:

aren040 wrote:Wow, sorry to hear that George. At least you have your health still and there is always next year.

-aren

True, I was commenting on that to some of the fellow racers. It's better
to have it happen at practice then during the race. The car was still not
running right, I could get up to 151 mph in 3rd gear, but when I shifted
to 4th, the AFR went down to 9.5:1 and the car would booge. I did
several adjustments to the fuel regulator, but the problem got worst. I figure
the split kept getting bigger on each run, and was throwing off the mixture.

At least the car is still together, and I should be able to run in August.

Did I read this correctly?

cameronc08 wrote:

jorj7 wrote: The car was still not running right, I could get up to 151 mph in 3rd gear,
but when I shifted to 4th, the AFR went down to 9.5:1 and the car would
booge.

Did I read this correctly?

Yes, that's correct. My car is geared pretty tall with 2.2 final drive and 26.5" diameter tires.
6,100 rpm in 3rd gear is 151 mph and in 4th it'd be 219 mph. Of course I'd need 20 extra
rwhp to reach that, but I'm working on that

cameronc08 wrote:

jorj7 wrote:

aren040 wrote:Wow, sorry to hear that George. At least you have your health still and there is always next year.

-aren

True, I was commenting on that to some of the fellow racers. It's better
to have it happen at practice then during the race. The car was still not
running right, I could get up to 151 mph in 3rd gear, but when I shifted
to 4th, the AFR went down to 9.5:1 and the car would booge. I did
several adjustments to the fuel regulator, but the problem got worst. I figure
the split kept getting bigger on each run, and was throwing off the mixture.

At least the car is still together, and I should be able to run in August.

Did I read this correctly?

Keep in mind he has 4-gears....

-Eli

FastForwardWheels wrote:
Keep in mind he has 4-gears....

-Eli

That's right. The 90 928S4 only came with a 4 speed automatic. If
you wanted a 5-speed, you had to get the 928 GT. For ORR you usually
stay in the top gear most of the time, so it doesn't matter too much,
but the stock auto can handle ~100 ft-lbs more torque then the manual
so there are advantages to the auto, especially when you're putting out
over 500 ft-lbs of torque at the rear wheels