This is what will be running on my laptop for the next four days.
About a week before a race, the organizers drive the course with a GPS unit that records their track. That file gets loaded online for teams to plug into their race car GPS units. This is particularly helpful when you’re driving as fast as you can on dirt roads at night in the middle of the Nevada desert. Which is what we’ll be doing Saturday night.
I take VORRA‘s file and reformat it for Google Earth, and will spend the next few days “flying” the course. You can download the Google Earth KML file here. This course looks fast. Very fast. With a little bit of technical stuff, mostly at the end of each 62 mile lap.
We depart Felton Thursday afternoon and arrive in Fallon Thursday night. Friday around 11 a.m. we pre-run the course. Race starts around 6 p.m. Saturday night and we have nine hours to do four laps of the 62-mile course.
Here’s our tentative driver / co-driver line up.
Pre-run Friday morning
Richard / Bill in 1107. Scott on motorcycle.
Lap 1 – Scott / Bill
Lap 2 – Richard / Bob
Lap 3 – Crusty / Scott
Lap 4 – Bill / Jim
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One response to ““Flying” the VORRA Fallon 250 desert night race”
Good luck in Fallon. I look forward to reading about it, since I will not be able to make it.
And, good luck to your team member who got stuck with the Typhoon. Oddly enough, I have a couple members myself in Manila.
Happy Racing !!