Dave Tabor
05-25-2023, 11:56 PM
This is a twice-a-year event that takes place on Highway 318, south of Ely Nevada.
https://sscc.us/history.aspx
May 18th - 21st, 2023
61 miles, out and back for 122 total
September 14th - 17th, 2023
90 miles, one-way
The goal is to come as close to a pre-determined average speed over the length of the course. Speed classes start at 95 mph and go on up to 170+. I did this last May in the 100-mph group with a dedicated navigator. The road is closed to through-traffic and cars leave at one-minute intervals- fastest cars first. If you and others do everything right, there is no passing.
There were about 100 cars and people from all over- even overseas. The ~60 minutes of driving is just part of the long weekend:
Thursday: drive out to Ely NV, check-in, ice-cream social
Friday: tech inspection, standing half and one-mile shootout, change the starter, parade of cars through town, welcome reception
Saturday: pancake breakfast and car show in the park, navigator’s workshop, drivers meeting
Sunday: rally and awards dinner
You end up meeting all sorts of people (now friends) as well as seeing the ones you met last time. There was a large group who were first-time, rookie attendees which was great to see.
This year I was with Rsnake (Greg) and we swapped driver/navigator spots in the 110 group, each of us driving 61 miles. To navigate, we used a table of expected times to mile-markers, a stopwatch and hand signals (slow down or speed up relative to 110 mph). After both legs we were 0.775 secs off which got us 5th out of 21 cars.
Greg and I can’t wait to get back – My car passed the tech requirements for the 130-155 mph class but I’ll likely do 115 next.
Videos will come out (first one is up) on cobradayontabuild:
https://www.youtube.com/@cobradaytonabuild1671
Follow me on Instagram @davesdaytona
Dave
Gen III Coupe #17
FRPP 302 carbureted, TKO600, IRS
Toyo R888R
https://sscc.us/history.aspx
May 18th - 21st, 2023
61 miles, out and back for 122 total
September 14th - 17th, 2023
90 miles, one-way
The goal is to come as close to a pre-determined average speed over the length of the course. Speed classes start at 95 mph and go on up to 170+. I did this last May in the 100-mph group with a dedicated navigator. The road is closed to through-traffic and cars leave at one-minute intervals- fastest cars first. If you and others do everything right, there is no passing.
There were about 100 cars and people from all over- even overseas. The ~60 minutes of driving is just part of the long weekend:
Thursday: drive out to Ely NV, check-in, ice-cream social
Friday: tech inspection, standing half and one-mile shootout, change the starter, parade of cars through town, welcome reception
Saturday: pancake breakfast and car show in the park, navigator’s workshop, drivers meeting
Sunday: rally and awards dinner
You end up meeting all sorts of people (now friends) as well as seeing the ones you met last time. There was a large group who were first-time, rookie attendees which was great to see.
This year I was with Rsnake (Greg) and we swapped driver/navigator spots in the 110 group, each of us driving 61 miles. To navigate, we used a table of expected times to mile-markers, a stopwatch and hand signals (slow down or speed up relative to 110 mph). After both legs we were 0.775 secs off which got us 5th out of 21 cars.
Greg and I can’t wait to get back – My car passed the tech requirements for the 130-155 mph class but I’ll likely do 115 next.
Videos will come out (first one is up) on cobradayontabuild:
https://www.youtube.com/@cobradaytonabuild1671
Follow me on Instagram @davesdaytona
Dave
Gen III Coupe #17
FRPP 302 carbureted, TKO600, IRS
Toyo R888R