So what where the top speeds this year?

62.5 mph for Team Blue 52

86.8

59.something, we might not have been blistering fast, but we were there at the end:p

68.2 mph (max speed) in the #1724 Bronco Buggy

60 mph in Formula Toy # 10

#99 a mind numbing, blistering, top speed of about 55mph. :)

Much lower than I expected...

Team Kirby - 113 mph
Jason S. - 114 mph
Woodlee - 65 mph

These are guys I asked the same question.

We did 71.5 in 4low. Gotta luv havin a np205 for speed

81mph on Melville.

74 on the lake bed, had plenty more in her but didn't see the need for it, long race to wad it up that early.

68.4 car 985 in the LCQ

#301, we hit 67, flat foot on the lakebed. More power could have been useful.

Team Kirby - 113 mph
Jason S. - 114 mph


Damn...

44.6 mph in the #117 Tracker during the LCQ could have used better shocks and more up travel in the rear.

Scott

I looked at Shannons GPS after the race and it said top speed was 93.1mph

Team Kirby - 113 mph
Jason S. - 114 mph


Goddamn! In solid axle rigs no less!!!

AWESOME!

Goddamn! In solid axle rigs no less!!!

AWESOME!

I would assume those speeds were on the lakebed at mile 5. It was board flat and those guys were all screaming when they passed me.

72.5 prerunning, in second gear, still pulling, but running out of room before the turn off of Melville. 65ish during the race; we were trying to stretch the first tank of fuel, and the difference was only a few seconds, compared to the potential ten-to-fifteen-minute extra fuel stop (including driving to and from the pits).

65 was enough to pick up 3 spots and with the dust I ran out of balls.

wayne

I would assume those speeds were on the lakebed at mile 5. It was board flat and those guys were all screaming when they passed me.


Stop peeing in my cornflakes :flipoff2:

And still, flat or not, 114 mph on tires with that much sidewall and squirm is pretty damn impressive.

Stop peeing in my cornflakes :flipoff2:

And still, flat or not, 114 mph on tires with that much sidewall and squirm is pretty damn impressive.

not to mention in 4wd with 2 piece front shafts spinning much faster than the tires....

very impressive that more things didnt let go! :eek:

67 in prerunning, Im positive faster in the race (ran longer distance) so Id have to estimate ~75

Stop peeing in my cornflakes :flipoff2:

And still, flat or not, 114 mph on tires with that much sidewall and squirm is pretty damn impressive.

Screw the tires... They can handle that speed just fine. But how 'bout full hydro steering! :smokin:

#22 Trent Fab buggy went 81. I'm not fibbing when I say 81 in a rock racer is waaaaaay scarrier than 198 in a Porsche running door to door. I would've gone faster if it could have but I'm not complaining...I could feel it wanting to swap. Oh yeah, we didn't run a sway bar!


114??? omg! That's was almost freeway speed from what I heard! lol

114??? omg! That's was almost freeway speed from what I heard! lol

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing: :laughing: So doing triple digits on 680 in the bay area in a KOH car is bad, right?

I looked at Shannons GPS after the race and it said top speed was 93.1mph

And that was just his pit speed. :flipoff2:

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing: :laughing: So doing triple digits on 680 in the bay area in a KOH car is bad, right?

Not late at night...then it's ok!

55 (at most) wooded in third gear on the lake bed. Funny thing is I think we passed three cars on the lake bed.

I was Codogin for Wayes... I think we did 72 or so... seemed like 172

We hit mid 60's on that lakebed at the start

Wow, I didn't expect people to break speeds of 110mph! :eek: That is awesome. The photo below was taken on flat section of lakebed in the first 20 miles of the race, I'm pretty sure this is where speeds were the highest.

We got passed by probably 10 cars in the first desert loop while we were trying to drive a conservative pace. Everyone was nice and friendly even though we waved them on with our fingers. :flipoff2: The fastest car that passed us was Cassie Currie. He went past at probably 20-30mph quicker, and his motor wasn't close to the rev limiter. We kept waiting for Shannon's buggy, but it never happened.

I was Codogin for Wayes... I think we did 72 or so... seemed like 172

79.5 capt.

77 and it didn't feel that good. I was at 5600 rpm's in second just under the rev. limiter and I didn't want any part of third.:D

86 in third around 3000 rpm. Drifting right with the cross wind. But we also hit 75-80 coming through parts of the desert for longer stretches. The car handled awesome.

But 114 is insane.:eek::grinpimp:

Easy.

We were running 70 at the end of the lakebed. Slowed down a bunch because I couldn't see squat from people's dust and I knew there was a good turn coming up. We had just passed Eric Holder 3/4 of the way across the lakebed doin maybe 75ish. That was the first real pass of the race besides Shannon a couple times. I had a huge grin blasting past a moon buggy just a few feet from it:D

We had been doing some prerunning in the area a few months before and saw speeds in the 80's. Nice and stable. We were still pulling, but you run out of room fast at 80mph. I always wondered how it would do on the freeway:evil:

But 114 is insane.:eek::grinpimp:

Easy.

Damn.

I don't have the balls to go that fast with my DD locked in 4.

You guys are awesome.

I can't wait for the KOH '09 video.

:beer::beer:

68.2 mph (max speed) in the #1724 Bronco Buggy
hey, i've got your fender :)

I'm keeping it though :)

We got 91 across the lake when we were passing. Had more but was running out of room.


JR and Jason. You guys clank when you walk that is for sure.

Bad ass

97.2 in 3rd gear passing a couple of people on the lakebed at mm5. very very very scary. dont want to do it again.

Taken from his story - http://www.pirate4x4.com/koh09/winner.php
We managed to pick off 3 more cars before the lakebed, then we got into a crazy race with Clint Elett at 90+ MPH! He wouldn’t let us by but I finally overtook him at 100 MPH on a rougher line

Can't go wrong tradin' paint at 100. :laughing:

The funny part is Jason and I are both running spooled front ends..:eek::eek:

hey, i've got your fender :)

I'm keeping it though :)

Thanks for picking it up! The plaque on Sledge wiped it out, then it must have fallen off later on. Keep it, repair it, then bring it out to KOH 2010...and hopefully I don't change my paint scheme :laughing:

the sputter craft hit a top speed of 4mph on the lake bed :laughing::laughing:

Taken from his story - http://www.pirate4x4.com/koh09/winner.php

Can't go wrong tradin' paint at 100. :laughing:

Good article!!

the sputter craft hit a top speed of 4mph on the lake bed :laughing::laughing:

:laughing::laughing:

52mph (according to the gps track) on the way back to camp from jack/sledge in the grizzly tracker :grinpimp: the hammers are fun no matter what you drive. :D

Twice as fast as that is crazy. Props to the 100+mph guys. A testament to driver skill and build quality for sure.

Checked the GPS last night and it read
73.60 MPH
Mello and I went pre running last year and hit 91 on the other lakebed

74mph

Mr. Scherer was only gaining 17 seconds on me per mile at top speed.

I lived and died by my sword "gettem in the whoops and gettem in the rocks"

at 82, our bagged out to fuck clanky front ag shaft from 01 sounded so fucking bad under my feet that I was telling wyatt (555 driver) that we shoudl think about less right pedal with my nuts on the line:laughing:

We hit 50mph in the flats sections when we pre ran the first 25 miles of the race course.


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77 and it didn't feel that good. I was at 5600 rpm's in second just under the rev. limiter and I didn't want any part of third.:D


If it makes you feel any better, it's better in 3rd, the power steering pump slows down. We actually hit 3rd once in the race in high range, I was surprised. It didn't do much for us though, it got us "66, 67, 66, 65. Might as well go back to 2nd"

Holy Beejebus. 100+ mph that is "In_Fukk'n_sane" in a rock crawler.

the sputter craft hit a top speed of 4mph on the lake bed :laughing::laughing:

Nice. Let Bob know I have more photos with his Jeep on a strap in Baja too! Except, we hit a top speed 65mph when towing behind Everding's monster Dodge.....6-feet off the bumper! :flipoff2: