[DeTomaso] Vegas track time

Bob rcbsons1 at aol.com
Sat Mar 26 22:31:57 EDT 2016


Virginia City Hillclimb 
Ferrari and Shelby club event 
First day is practice... Roughly 5-7 runs up the hill.  Second day is the timed runs.  4-5 runs
The goal is to be under 4 minutes
Record is by the former owner of Spector air cleaners in an F40
Really cool guy that I have talked to several times. He was. 3 min 8 seconds I believe 

5.1 miles approx 22 turns and going up over 1000 feet in elevation

Speeds up to 125 mph no guard rails
and big drop offs   Very challenging and kind of like having your car on a  4 minute dyno

Very dangerous as they have killed many on the hill   They say it takes about 4 years of running it to really learn the road

In an old mining town that has cool saloons where everyone dresses up like cowboys and wears real guns

Again my favorite event Sort of a mini Pikes Peak. I have only done it once as too many other things going on but am going to try again this year as I am not getting any younger

Very close to Reno Nevada and near our buddy Julian.  He posted a U tube video of me taking off   Go to u tube and Virginia city Hillclimb Pantera. It should come up

Bob Benson

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:58 PM, LSJ <lashdeep at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> It seems like the event gives you a lot of interesting seat time which is important for the time/$$$ outlay.
> 
> I also like the mix of driving events between the AX and open track. 
> 
> Tell us about the Virginia City Hillclimb also please.
>  
> LSJ
> 
> central
> wines-spirits   est 1934
> 
> 625 e street nw
> washington, dc 20004
> 
> centralwines.com
> 
> facebook.com/CentralLiquors 
> 
> 202-737-2800
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Bob <rcbsons1 at aol.com>
> To: LSJ <lashdeep at yahoo.com> 
> Cc: "detomaso at poca.com" <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Vegas track time
> 
> Very well run event.  Long day on Saturday.   Great people and really tough completion. Many purpose built cars.   I was thinking of running in Vegas but trying to get my other car (firebird ) ready for the season
> A well prepped Pantera could do well
> Tires are a key.  You need the best 200 rated tires which are really like a Dot road race tire. Brakes are critical for the stop box.  My Pantera was 12 th in that sector 3 years back at the Sema final
> Will be to another soon. 
> Second best event I have done
> Virginia City Hillclimb is the best ever
> 
> Bob 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:27 PM, LSJ <lashdeep at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Bob, tell us more about your Optima Street car event experiences.
>> 
>> I've been trying to convince Ron that we need to build something for that event.
>>  
>> LSJ
>> 
>> central
>> wines-spirits   est 1934
>> 
>> 625 e street nw
>> washington, dc 20004
>> 
>> centralwines.com
>> 
>> facebook.com/CentralLiquors 
>> 
>> 202-737-2800
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: bens1 via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>> To: detomaso at poca.com 
>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 5:16 PM
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Vegas track time
>> 
>>   If you really want to run your car in Vegas you can enter the
>>   Optima Ultimate Street car qualifier.. it is April 15-17
>>   For $750 you can run as many stop boxes you can on
>>   half of Saturday -15-20 if you hurry.. then go over to the autocross
>>   track and run that for another 15-20 times.. go on a cruise that
>>   evening to show the car is street worthy .. then on Sunday run the
>>   track in 3-4 sessions... lots of time to beat on that Pantera
>>   testing brakes, clutch and tires to the limit
>>   And my comment on the proper use of the back screen is
>>   to run your 4" straight 180 headers thru it.. then there will
>>   be a lot of flow going outward only... trust me:)
>>   Bob Benson
>> 
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   Virginia City Hillclimb

   Ferrari and Shelby club event

   First day is practice... Roughly 5-7 runs up the hill.  Second day is
   the timed runs.  4-5 runs

   The goal is to be under 4 minutes

   Record is by the former owner of Spector air cleaners in an F40

   Really cool guy that I have talked to several times. He was. 3 min 8
   seconds I believe

   5.1 miles approx 22 turns and going up over 1000 feet in elevation

   Speeds up to 125 mph no guard rails

   and big drop offs   Very challenging and kind of like having your car
   on a  4 minute dyno

   Very dangerous as they have killed many on the hill   They say it takes
   about 4 years of running it to really learn the road

   In an old mining town that has cool saloons where everyone dresses up
   like cowboys and wears real guns

   Again my favorite event Sort of a mini Pikes Peak. I have only done it
   once as too many other things going on but am going to try again this
   year as I am not getting any younger

   Very close to Reno Nevada and near our buddy Julian.  He posted a U
   tube video of me taking off   Go to u tube and Virginia city Hillclimb
   Pantera. It should come up

   Bob Benson
   Sent from my iPhone

   On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:58 PM, LSJ <[1]lashdeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

   It seems like the event gives you a lot of interesting seat time which
   is important for the time/$$$ outlay.
   I also like the mix of driving events between the AX and open track.
   Tell us about the Virginia City Hillclimb also please.

   LSJ
   central
   wines-spirits   est 1934
   625 e street nw
   washington, dc 20004
   [2]centralwines.com
   [3]facebook.com/CentralLiquors
   202-737-2800
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: Bob <[4]rcbsons1 at aol.com>
   To: LSJ <[5]lashdeep at yahoo.com>
   Cc: "[6]detomaso at poca.com" <[7]detomaso at poca.com>
   Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:47 PM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Vegas track time
   Very well run event.  Long day on Saturday.   Great people and really
   tough completion. Many purpose built cars.   I was thinking of running
   in Vegas but trying to get my other car (firebird ) ready for the
   season
   A well prepped Pantera could do well
   Tires are a key.  You need the best 200 rated tires which are really
   like a Dot road race tire. Brakes are critical for the stop box.  My
   Pantera was 12 th in that sector 3 years back at the Sema final
   Will be to another soon.
   Second best event I have done
   Virginia City Hillclimb is the best ever
   Bob
   Sent from my iPhone
   On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:27 PM, LSJ <[8]lashdeep at yahoo.com> wrote:

   Bob, tell us more about your Optima Street car event experiences.
   I've been trying to convince Ron that we need to build something for
   that event.

   LSJ
   central
   wines-spirits   est 1934
   625 e street nw
   washington, dc 20004
   [9]centralwines.com
   [10]facebook.com/CentralLiquors
   202-737-2800
     __________________________________________________________________

   From: bens1 via DeTomaso <[11]detomaso at poca.com>
   To: [12]detomaso at poca.com
   Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 5:16 PM
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Vegas track time
     If you really want to run your car in Vegas you can enter the
     Optima Ultimate Street car qualifier.. it is April 15-17
     For $750 you can run as many stop boxes you can on
     half of Saturday -15-20 if you hurry.. then go over to the autocross
     track and run that for another 15-20 times.. go on a cruise that
     evening to show the car is street worthy .. then on Sunday run the
     track in 3-4 sessions... lots of time to beat on that Pantera
     testing brakes, clutch and tires to the limit
     And my comment on the proper use of the back screen is
     to run your 4" straight 180 headers thru it.. then there will
     be a lot of flow going outward only... trust me:)
     Bob Benson
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