POSTING THIS FOR JOE SHOWN - DO NOT REPLY TO ME - THANKS
"Many thanks to Bob for mentioning the Sandhills Open Road Challenge on your Viper forum. The SORC encourages any and all kinds of cars to compete, even Vipers. Two events comprise the SORC; a one mile, half mile shoot out, and a 56 mile open road race. The shoot out venue is 2,750 feet above sea level and is on a very straight and smooth closed public highway. The shut down area is two miles long in order to offer maximum safety. We accept the hoops in GTS Vipers, C4 Corvettes, C5 Corvettes, and several other models in the one mile class and the Grand Sport division of the road race. However, beginning this year any car that brakes, or has broken in the past, 186 MPH must have a complete roll cage. Bob ran 188 last year so without a cage he will be running in the half mile.
I agree with Bob that we will probably fill our grid for the road race very soon. We currently have seven slots left for the shoot out only. As Bob mentioned the shoot out entry is $100.00. Our website contains a great deal of information and feel free to chime in on our forum. In order to raise the blood pressure of some of the readers of this post I have a wager to offer. I will make a bet with any motor only Viper that I will post a higher average speed (three passes) in Street Champion class of the one mile. The loser buys the winner a case of cold beer and bows to winner's car during lunch break at Callaway and proclaiming that they are not worthy. I will compete with a 1990 motor only clunker ZR-1.
So I hope my challenge will get some of you folks off your duff and on your way to Nebraska in August. You will be exposed to unparallel hospitality and have a great time. So fire those Vipers up and come show the world what you've got. If you have specific questions contact me at 308-532-4551 or
[email protected]. Hope to see you at the shoot out."
Joe Shown