On Sunday, May 21, 2000, we raced our 1984 Mercedes Benz 300SD Turbodiesel sedan, with ~206,000 miles on its odometer in the Silver State Classic Club Nevada Open Road Challenge high speed rally over 90 miles of Hwy 318 from Lund, NV to Hiko, NV.
Our Mercedes was said to be the first diesel car to participate in this event.
We finished 8th in the 95mph Touring Car Class with an average speed of 97.2603mph. Would have finished closer to our 95mph target if we hadn't caught up with and passed Richard Hannon's Saturn :-)
The only other Mercedes in the May 21 race was Jay and Jan O'Brien's 1997 E420.
They finished third in the 110mph class using a GPS, laptop, and stop watch. We just followed Kelly Gibbs' Aston Martin DB6 until he passed Hannon and the two cars ahead of him.
We plan on entering the 100mph class in the September 17, 2000 race.
Here are photos of the event (some taken by me, others by Jay and Jan):
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