Best in Desert Racing

azboo · 08-19-2009, 06:55 AM

We have a weekend with no men. They are competing in the "Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno the long way" 1000 mi. race. My son in law owns the Razr S that will be running in the race. Tom is driving the chase truck and will be driving/riding part of the time and is chief mechanic. This may be the last year for this race due to environmental whining from the tree huggers. We will be cheering them on from home as we can track them live on IRC. They have put in tons of hours getting the car ready for this race and are basically taking a whole second car, minus the frame, along in case of any breakdowns. They'll be covering over 300 mi/day.

Here's a link to the BITD website about the race.

http://www.bitd.com/

We girls are going to a horse show minus our usual cheering section.

SP-Electronics · 08-19-2009, 03:39 PM

Awesome!

Best wishes and luck to the race crew, AND to you and your horse show crew!

EZ-GOnewild · 08-19-2009, 04:01 PM

Sounds like everyone will be happy and worn out by the time the weekend's over!

Got-EZGO? · 08-20-2009, 03:59 AM

That sounds very cool.

azboo · 08-20-2009, 09:16 AM

And the race is on!!!

This is the link to the race tracking.

http://irctracking.com/2009/Vegas-Reno/Day1/

He is in the 1900 class. #1912 Mike Cook

If you click his name and then click on the eyeball next to the check mark it tells you how far he's gone and how fast he's going. They are just past the first 10 mi. marker. The first 10 miles had a very high danger warning so glad they got through that okay.

It's very cool to be able to track them live this way. Tom said you could feel the adrenaline in the air this morning because everyone is so hyped up.

The guy they especially want to beat is #1902. It's Rhino vs. Razr.

EZ-GOnewild · 08-20-2009, 12:41 PM

Looks like he's got him at this point. That is very cool!

azboo · 08-20-2009, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EZ-GOnewild

Looks like he's got him at this point. That is very cool!

#1902 blew a head gasket first thing this morning and has been stuck at the first pit stop.

Mike broke a belt but they got it fixed and they are back running. Cost them almost 45 min. Only the first day so I'm sure there will be many more brake/fixes to come.

The guy in the lead is flying !!!!!

SP-Electronics · 08-20-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azboo

#1902 blew a head gasket first thing this morning and has been stuck at the first pit stop.

Mike broke a belt but they got it fixed and they are back running. Cost them almost 45 min. Only the first day so I'm sure there will be many more brake/fixes to come.

The guy in the lead is flying !!!!!

Looks like he won't have a problem beating #1902 unless he breaks something major as well. Looks like he's currently at pit 4 and 1902 is still back at pit 2.

Rockin!

tonyton · 08-20-2009, 06:41 PM

That's cool!
They used to run Barstow to Vegas, until a turtle shut it down. That was good times.
Dang tree huggers....Hope they finish well!

azboo · 08-20-2009, 07:19 PM

Haven't heard from them in a while and I don't think they've moved in a while either. They were having a clutch problem last I heard. It was chewing up belts. I think they have until 10 PM to finish... looks like they might need it.

Gosh, I'm so sorry I didn't go....NOT

08-19-2009, 03:39 PM	#2
SP-Electronics Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 979	Re: Best in Desert Racing Awesome! Best wishes and luck to the race crew, AND to you and your horse show crew!

08-19-2009, 04:01 PM	#3
EZ-GOnewild Gone Wild Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 1,530	Re: Best in Desert Racing Sounds like everyone will be happy and worn out by the time the weekend's over!

08-20-2009, 03:59 AM	#4
Got-EZGO? trailer trash Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 236	Re: Best in Desert Racing That sounds very cool.

08-20-2009, 09:16 AM	#5
azboo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pluto Posts: 20,472	Re: Best in Desert Racing And the race is on!!! This is the link to the race tracking. http://irctracking.com/2009/Vegas-Reno/Day1/ He is in the 1900 class. #1912 Mike Cook If you click his name and then click on the eyeball next to the check mark it tells you how far he's gone and how fast he's going. They are just past the first 10 mi. marker. The first 10 miles had a very high danger warning so glad they got through that okay. It's very cool to be able to track them live this way. Tom said you could feel the adrenaline in the air this morning because everyone is so hyped up. The guy they especially want to beat is #1902. It's Rhino vs. Razr.

08-20-2009, 12:41 PM	#6
EZ-GOnewild Gone Wild Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 1,530	Re: Best in Desert Racing Looks like he's got him at this point. That is very cool!

08-19-2009, 06:55 AM	#1
azboo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pluto Posts: 20,472	Best in Desert Racing We have a weekend with no men. They are competing in the "Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno the long way" 1000 mi. race. My son in law owns the Razr S that will be running in the race. Tom is driving the chase truck and will be driving/riding part of the time and is chief mechanic. This may be the last year for this race due to environmental whining from the tree huggers. We will be cheering them on from home as we can track them live on IRC. They have put in tons of hours getting the car ready for this race and are basically taking a whole second car, minus the frame, along in case of any breakdowns. They'll be covering over 300 mi/day. Here's a link to the BITD website about the race. http://www.bitd.com/ We girls are going to a horse show minus our usual cheering section.

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08-20-2009, 06:41 PM	#9
tonyton Gone Wild Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,120	Re: Best in Desert Racing That's cool! They used to run Barstow to Vegas, until a turtle shut it down. That was good times. Dang tree huggers....Hope they finish well!

08-20-2009, 07:19 PM	#10
azboo Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pluto Posts: 20,472	Re: Best in Desert Racing Haven't heard from them in a while and I don't think they've moved in a while either. They were having a clutch problem last I heard. It was chewing up belts. I think they have until 10 PM to finish... looks like they might need it. Gosh, I'm so sorry I didn't go....NOT

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