Raptor Assault footage

[Raptor Renegade]

Did you have lunch at the top of the abandoned mines ? View attachment 141578

Yup, got to see the jeep at the bottom. Haha.

 

[Winchester30]

Yes

 

[TDBrown]

Just a quick note from one who lives in SLC. The restaurants are all open but operating as take-out only. The common delivery services (like Door Dash) are operating. I can't verify whether the hotels are open, but I believe they are. Worth a call.

I've never done the RA course as I bought used, but it is out at the Motorsports park that is about 20-25 minutes from downtown SLC. The airport is between SLC and RA (closer to SLC) so any of the airport hotels will be reasonably close. The hotels/motels in Tooele (pronounced Too-ill-uh) are closer, but there's not much to do there and not many restaurants. Go to the Wal-Mart and watch the cars rust. I don't know if there are night-time activities as part of RA.

The Pony Express Trail is a fun and scenic road. I've only ever done it to the Utah/Nevada border, but in that section it isn't challenging. My wife and I cruised at about 100 mph for loooong sections and we're not experienced off-roaders. It's a graded dirt road. Perhaps the Nevada sections will be more challenging for a Raptor, but there are Camry's that drive the Utah section. Still fun.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

That sounds awesome! I was surprised to find out on my drive that it only tops out at 107 mph. I figured it would be higher. Wyoming is a little far though, I can't even imagine how many tickets I'd get on a trip that long. Haha.

probably not much longer than my drive. its about 17 hours from me. when i lived in colorado springs it was 7 hours and i know the drive from phoenix to colorado springs is 11 hours. so depending on where you are, you can make it.

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

oh, and the reason the trucks top out at 107-110 is because the tires are only rated to 120mph.

 

[Raptor Renegade]

Thanks for the helpful tips! Good stuff for people who have trips coming up. I stayed in Tooele and they had an Arby's so that made my day. Lol. That trail sounds awesome, and I was gonna explore more, but then I got a stupid migraine right after we graduated.

 

[Raptor Renegade]

oh, and the reason the trucks top out at 107-110 is because the tires are only rated to 120mph.

Ahh, good call, I wasn't thinking about the tires. I'm currently in AZ, but I'll definitely head up there one of these days, heard it's beautiful.

 

[Winchester30]

Big Blue hit 125 (not me).

 

[Deleted member 12951]

probably not much longer than my drive. its about 17 hours from me. when i lived in colorado springs it was 7 hours and i know the drive from phoenix to colorado springs is 11 hours. so depending on where you are, you can make it.

SLC is a 19hr drive for me. Driving to San Diego for a Baja run is 24hrs one way. But have done that trip 4 times so far. My GEN1 has 91k miles on it now and more than half of it is just traveling to Raptor runs throughout the country.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Big Blue hit 125 (not me).

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Mike has a tune to remove the governor and that was on pavement