Looks the the 3/4 ton version rear wing!
Looks the the 3/4 ton version rear wing!
Keith Tanner said:Holy COW, I just looked up prices to spectate today. $300 per vehicle to camp plus $150 per person to spectate at Devil's Playground - and that's just race day. Looks like the money has arrived. I don't recall what it was a decade ago but it sure wasn't anything like that.
I went through my emails to see how much my ticket's were in 21', it was $115 for a family package on race day and we parked at Devil's Playground. Though 3 years ago picking where you parked didn't effect cost, it was for space reservations sake. Devil's Playground, Glen Cove etc were all the same cost then.
I watched a YT video on this truck and Ford Marketing had to add "this technology will work its way into OEM vehicles." Really? Name ONE part that'll appear in a 2027 F-150. Oh, how many times we've all heard this about a one-off creation that probably cost millions to build. What's sad is that the general public is naive enough to believe it, as the same claims were made about stock car race winners as far back as the 1950s, "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday."
IDK, I actually think it's pretty likely this tech will work its way into OEM vehicles. I bet they're learning a ton about how much abuse that pack can take, both in driving and in charging, and how to make it take more abuse. We're in the early days of EVs, so I'm guessing test opportunities like this are more likely to influence production vehicles vs. ICE race cars. This is a little bit like the early days of turbocharging where there are tons of problems, tons of potential solutions, and no single "right" way to solve the problem. I'm pretty sure OEMs learned plenty racing turbo cars on their way to putting one in every car on the dealership's lot.
Yeah, it takes more than two model years for cutting edge race tech to show up in the showroom. But it does. Imagine how wild disc brakes must have seemed when they showed up on a Jaguar factory racer in the early 50s. The Corvette didn't get them for more than a decade.
I think of this as a pretty prestigious race and I know there are lots of classes so I was surprised to see only 61 entries. Is there a cap at 61 or is it just not a popular event to enter?
In reply to Keith Tanner :
A total sidebar here, but since Keith opened the door, we have a Peter Brock story on the Classic Motorsports site that talks about disc brakes and the early Corvette–and some of the politics involved in that decision: Zora Arkus-Duntov's quest to turn the Corvette into a world-beater
CrashDummy said:I think of this as a pretty prestigious race and I know there are lots of classes so I was surprised to see only 61 entries. Is there a cap at 61 or is it just not a popular event to enter?
A couple of years ago, it was capped at 85 entries. I don't know if they've changed the total or if there's a wait list if people drop out as I expect there is a certain amount of pre-race attrition.
Lots of classes, but some fairly specific safety regulations. I know that cars built for the Colorado hillclimb series (all the OTHER hillclimbs in Colorado) don't have quite the same regs. This may limit the field somewhat.
FYI, the Lands End Hill Climb on the edge of our valley is the third oldest motorsport event in the US, after the Indy 500 and Pike's Peak. You can still see some serious uphill racing on dirt.
David S. Wallens said:In reply to Keith Tanner :
A total sidebar here, but since Keith opened the door, we have a Peter Brock story on the Classic Motorsports site that talks about disc brakes and the early Corvette–and some of the politics involved in that decision: Zora Arkus-Duntov's quest to turn the Corvette into a world-beater
Good read!
They turn away many entries each year. It's unclear to me what the target number is, or just what it takes to get accepted. My rally co-driver finally made it in this year in a VW Turbo Golf after having been wait-listed the previous 2 years.
The rules are unique, the entry fee is huge, and the time commitment is way more than you'd think between tire testing, practice and qualifying.
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