Sandhills Open Road Race Record Run Part 1

26 miles of twisty farm road in less than 12 minutes in a 700 HP Nextel Cup Monte Carlo! Average speed 133 mph with a top speed on the straightaways of 192 mph. Husband & wife team set new course record. Don't forget to view Part 2!

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[666curt]

good god!dude get a male navi.this broad is screaming and nervous.I know shes probably your wife,so your use to the shrillness.best of luck to the both of you

[OpenRoadRacer]

Well, she is my wife of 35 years, but she is loud because of 2 things: The sound level in the car is OVER 145 decibels, and we were using an intercom system we hadn't tested before, and we could not adjust it easily while on the course. Since we were using precise turn speeds for each turn, we felt it was more important to make sure I heard her correctly than go off course! When she said, "AHHH," she had looked up from her notes at exactly the wrong time and got startled. Surprise!

[OpenRoadRacer]

Actually, it WAS (and still is) Ken's personal bike. I recently assisted him on an attempt at a motorcycle land speed record, using this same bike -- but with a turbo and about 500 HP. (Sadly, the engine failed.)

Sorry, but "legend" is not what I would call anyone who recklessly endangers innocent others for his own glory. Ghostrider is an outlaw, nothing else.

[henrymarkstewart10]

not anyone can go that fast on a bike, it takes huge amounts of skill, if you knew anything about bikes you'd know that!

your cars might be faster on this kind of course but bikes are still beter because its not how fast you get there, its how much excitement you have on the way!

cars cant compete with

wheelies

stopies

leaning over

why the nasty comment at the ed though? makes you seem like a child?

[OpenRoadRacer]

Sorry, I was referring to Ghost Rider, thinking he was you. His illegal, reckless activities, i.e., racing recklessly amongst innocent motorists and jeopardizing their lives as well as his own, sets back our promotional efforts to attract bikes to legal, safe, sanctioned events like Open Road Racing. There are plenty of racetrack venues for bikes to do wheelies, stoppies, and leans off of the street. If you ride like Ghost Rider than you are the child, and anyone who idolizes him is an idiot.

[henrymarkstewart10]

i am not ghost rider, he is patrick furstenhoff from sweden 40yrs ish ish if you believe all the hype surrounding him!

i agree he is reckless and i don't agree with what he does (or others like him) BUT he is highly skilled in his field (he's not gonna win motogp in a million years)

i though ken merena competed in the open road race (no youtube footage i can find?) on a Busa

[OpenRoadRacer]

Ken Merena entered as a special exhibition in the 1999 Pony Express event, averaging 187 mph over 30 miles in a stock Busa. There is no video of his run, but I was there to see it. (BTW, Ken is three times the rider that Ghost Rider is, with the racing credentials to prove it, and is a veteran of the Isle of Man race.)

[STANLEYSTICKLER]

Cool shit dude! Glad your wife could pull that off! mine well lets just say.......I'd hope our insurance would cover the wreckage!

[toastedtires]

I really need to see about getting into this race someday. I live in Missouri and I've heard about this race before.....I would love to see if a modern v8 monte carlo could hang on a back road flat out. Nice run man. That engine is freaking redlining ain't it.

[henrymarkstewart10]

Real shame there's no footage!

like i said, GHOST ain't gonna win motogp

(or ama, wsb, bsb or the iom tt races for that matter) but he is a legend in his own life time at his particular forte whether or not people agree with his antics

i'll check out some of the tt results to see how ken did (i'm guessing he didn't use his Busa for that haha)