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The Gambler's Run was run from Elko, Nevada north on highway 225 to the Wild Horse Ranch and back to Elko for a total of 94 miles. This year NDOT had scheduled to complete road work on 225 before the start of the rally, but due to rain had not completed the work. As a result the course was shorted to 90.54 miles. This was the third year MKM Racing Promotions put on this event. They're web address is www.openroadracing.com. |
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| There were three 928s from NorCal928 entered in the Gambler's Run. Paul Mooradian in his 82S, Tim Dey and his wife Cheryl in his 94 GTS and me in my 90 S4 with Tim Bosserman as my navigator. |
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| There was rain predicted again for race day, with a 7 mile section of road limited to one lane because of road work and the Air Rescue Helicopter not available, people were a little worried about the race. But we were able to get the whole race in before the rain hit, though there was a strong (10-15 mph) head wind on the way back. |
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The 928s
 George A Suennen/Tim Bosserman 1990 928 S4 Grand Sport 155 class |
 Paul Mooradian 1982 928S Grand Touring 135 class |
 Tim/Cheryl Dey 1994 928 GTS Grand Touring 125 class | |
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This year I bought a new Mini-DV camcorder and was able to get the complete
run on digital video. I made a SVCD video disk, playable on many new DVD player,
and on newer computers with special software that can decode mpeg-2.
I'm selling the disk for $10 + shipping (to cover the production cost).
I put a couple of samples on my site:
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928 Results
| Division | Target | Number | Driver/Navigator | Model | Finish | Times/Avg Speed | Fastest Radar |
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Sport |
155 mph | George A Suennen Tim Bosserman |
90 928 S4 | 37:06.057 (+0:3.207)
154.764 (-0.236) |
168 mph | ||
| Grand Sport |
135mph | Paul Mooradian | 82 928S | 40:14.318 (-0:00.082)
135.005 mph (+0.005) |
156 mph | ||
| Grand Touring |
125 mph | Tim Dey Cheryl Dey |
94 928 GTS | 43:47.138 (-0:00.414)
125.020 mph (+0.020) |
139 mph |
| This was another great event. All the 928s ran well, we all finished 1st in class. We helped Team Porsche win the Team Challenge for the first time in a MKM event. The supercharger worked well, I had installed and extra 16" fan in front of the radiator. This seemed to take care of the overheating problem. |
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Copyright 2004, George A Suennen
written: 11/11/04
rev: 09/18/07