Credits: Article and images by Drew Coblitz @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/drew-coblitz-mclaren-600-lt-richard-mille-rm-67-02/
A version of this story first appeared in Revolution Magazine USA, Issue 74
At about the 150-mile-per-hour mark speeding down Phantom Hill, I realized that I had never actually made a will. It’s funny what you think about when the earth next to you is flying backwards at seemingly Mach-level ground speed. At 60, 70, 80mph, you don’t really think about the little dips in the road. They just don’t feel like much of an issue, but at 150, 160, 170mph, they feel like craters.
To say there was a lot swirling around my head as I hurtled to the braking zone at the end of this three-mile closed road would be an understatement. My thoughts ranged from, “This is insanely awesome!” to “Which watch will they bury me with if this is the last thing I do?” and everything in between.
A few days before the above existential moment, a group of adventure-seeking car nuts and myself landed in Sun Valley, Idaho. We were there for a charity event called Tour de Force that a friend of mine, Dave Stone, puts on every year to benefit The Hunger Coalition, with last year’s donation from the event cresting the one-million-dollar mark. Unlike most charity events, though, this one is more of a charity adventure.
Through a unique set of circumstances, Dave and the local sheriff were able to convince the governor of Idaho to shut down three miles of highway encompassing Phantom Hill on route 75, around 13 miles north of a picturesque mountain town called Ketchum. Dave then proceeded to invite every one of his petrol-for-blood, extreme- experience-seeking, car-guy friends to take runs over this stretch of road in search of their cars’ top speeds.
The other participants sent a wide variety of cars over: Bugattis, Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis and McLarens all participated in the first year I took part in the event. My car of choice for the first time at Tour de Force was my McLaren 600LT coupe. The McLaren 600LT is a (conservative) 600 horsepower, approximately 3,000 pound supercar with a 205mph top speed and a carbon monocoque chassis that was built to be piloted at every last mph of its speed rating.
Credits: Article and images by Drew Coblitz @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/drew-coblitz-mclaren-600-lt-richard-mille-rm-67-02/