[Chris65LeMans]

Originally Posted by Craig Hendrickson

I was at the 1989 Ely-to-Hicoh race.

One person's (wife of the driver) was killed when a non-Z rated tire on their Ferrari Testarossa shredded a left rear tire at 170+ and went off the course, went end-over-end and ended up on it's lid on fire. The driver was busted up, but lived.

The Ferrari owner/driver had to sign all kinds of waivers at the tech inspection the day before because his tires were not Z-rated. His argument was "if Enzo fitted the car with them, then that means they are good enough." WRONG.

The EMTs life-flighted both driver and passenger to Las Vegas right in front of me at the finish line.

Other than that, the race was a lot of fun to watch. At the time I owned a BMW M6, but I didn't dirve it at the race. There was one in the race that averaged about 160+ with a top speed of about 170.

A YouTube video about that race: https://youtu.be/e-PFfwxR3SQ

I'm surprised that they'd let passengers ride along in this race. I remember reading in some car mag years back about a guy destroying an Enzo in one of those "top speed on a public road" events. He didn't even pre-drive the course - just hit it at top speed the first time. A slight rise in the road, taken at 200 mph, sent him into orbit.

Edit - I just noticed you weren't talking about the Silver State race. The race you mentioned, and the one I described above, are clearly lacking in safety rules.