2011 SPEED Energy Desert Challenge Utah Race CANCELLED

Join in and discuss all the action for the 2011 SPEED Energy Desert Challenge in UTAH. Robby Gordon is running the SPEED Energy HUMMER.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30th

QUALIFYING 12:00pm - 3:30pm

LEAP 7:00pm - 8:00pm

SATURDAY OCTOBER 1st

TT RACE 1:00pm - 2:30pm

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2nd

TT RACE 1:00pm - 2:30pm

* All times Mountain Standard

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Permalink Reply by David Z on September 30, 2011 at 4:16pm

Any publicity is good, but Utah, know for it's high Morman population would not be a good target audience for an energy drink. Or at least the ones that follow thier rules.
But it is great to see SPEED sponsoring an event.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on September 30, 2011 at 2:17pm

NIKAL, I understand what you are saying and you are right about the soil around Tooele as I have done some off-roading up there, probably around the same place the track is.

I also understand how it is getting harder and harder to hold a race, but this is nothing new. The first big wake up call was in 1976 and that is when the changes started to happen. Las Vegas has held closed course races before and they get a desent car count and spectators. For years I didn't think a thing about driving from Carlsbad up to Vegas, but the trip to Utah is just too much even though I now live in Elk Grove and it is a little closer to Utah.

I am happy to see HDRA coming back and I hope they are able to host some good races.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on September 30, 2011 at 7:43pm

Elk Grove Ca,?

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Smith on October 2, 2011 at 11:52am

Yup, Elk Grove. Just up the road from you.

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Permalink Reply by Carl Abrams on October 2, 2011 at 11:42pm

Yeah pas through every day.
I work in Folsom.

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on October 1, 2011 at 3:05pm

DUST they canceled an off road race because of DUST! WTF... all of Nevada/Arizona/Utah is silt and we have raced in it for decades, some up to 3ft deep.
Well with that race being so far away, in Utah and now canceling at the last minute it will NEVER happen in the future. It was a great idea just needs to be closer to Vegas for the first one at least.

Bring back the Las Vegas Challenge Cup at the speedway?

HDRA was a GREAT series when Danny C ran it....Roger will make it happen again, Im IN where is the first race at!

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Permalink Reply by FD REBEL on October 1, 2011 at 7:00pm

Very cool of Robby (just like him to do that) Wow Robby can't buy a break! Get another event going in Vegas and Ill help with the logistics for commission only.... F those promotion companies!