WesTexasCat

Mike The BBORR is a rally type race, divided into varying speed classes. The road (Hwy 285) is totally closed to traffic in both directions. The course is 59 miles going south from Fort Stockton to Sanderson, with a pause for lunch on the courthouse square, then the 59 miles back to Fort Stockton. There are 59 curves in that 59 miles with a lot of elevation changes. Hardest thing is to get comfortable driving on the "wrong" side of the road. 'Cause I'm an old guy, I race in the 90 mph class, where I came in second this year. However, I will try the 100 mph class next spring. It's a great race with great drivers (160) plus navigators, with lots of partying. Getting to drive as fast as you want with no hinderance from the police is a nice thing! Just pick your class between 85 mph and 150 mph, with unlimited above that. Highest race speed clocked last spring was 209.7 mph. Lots of mountains to 8700' in the Big Bend/Trans-Pecos area.

Name here is Bob, and I live high in the Davis Mountains of West Texas near a community named Fort Davis. My location requires that I load my cars on a trailer and drive 20 miles where I unload, go to the car wash, then go driving. The only problem with living on a mountain top (6200') is the lack of roads to the pavement. I've owned a 2006 Lotus BRG Elise for several years and have raced it in the Big Bend Open Road Race (bborr.com). I recently purchased a '96 Caterham Super Seven Sprint, 1600 Crossflow, from British Auto Specialties in Fort Worth. The car was raced for several years then stored, unregistered. Brit Auto got it in road worthy conditions for me, and I've registered it in Texas. Having fun driving it on local "paved" mountain roads. Looking forward to racing the Cat in the BBORR next spring. The Cat is aluminum finish with BRG fenders, yellow nose cone, with BRg ring at front, Proxie R888s all around. Pics to follow. Bob