26th Anniversary

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

It runs from Chesterfield Airport Rd. that is just south of 40 around
the back (west side) of Babler State Park and down to Route 100 in
Chesterfield MO. The good part is from Route 109 to 100 behind Babler.
The rest is just straight.
I moved from St. Louis in '79 and it's been built up a lot since then,
so it's probably not a good place to haul ass anymore.
Back in my day it was a deserted country road, bumpy, tight turns, big
elevation changes. It had a 30 MPH limit and most people wouldn't go
over that. My brother and I could average 60 MPH over the 8 mile long
"good" stretch. Of course, we'd do these runs at night so you could use
the whole road unless you saw some headlights coming.
It was a wild ride! Grabbing air over some of the big humps, 80 MPH down
a long hill to a 20 MPH right angle turn, a combination of turns that if
you got the line wrong would launch your ass into the woods, blind drop
off turns that looked like the road just disappeared. That was the
coolest; going 80 into one of these blind turns in the dark. Your
passenger had no idea where the road went, was on the verge of shitting
themselves, then you'd pitch the car sideways so when the road dropped
away you'd be aimed the right direction, then you'd slide across the
road scrabbling for traction, then full throttle to the next turn. At
the end of the road after the adrenalin had subsided, you'd go to stop
where the road teed into Route 100 and just about sail thru the stop
sign not realizing the brakes where almost completely faded.
People would ask me to take them for rides on this road. It was
fascinating! They'd either laugh their ass off for 8 miles or they'd
tell you to slow down right the fuck NOW!
Sorry for the long post, but it was one hell of a road. The Scirocco was
made for it!
Dan
 
> Christian Els wrote:
> >
> > Where is Wild Horse Creek Rd? I've heard it mentioned by StL natives on
> > other lists as well and I have no clue...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Christian
> > was Jennings, Clayton, Troy
> > now Columbia
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jester@westfailure.net>
> > To: "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> > Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 March, 2002 07:41
> > Subject: Re: 26th Anniversary
> >
> > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Dan Bubb wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yep! Today is the 26th anniversary of buying my first Scirocco. '76 Lime
> > > > green with a plaid interior. I wore that poor thing out racing up and
> > > > down Wild Horse Creek Rd in the St. Louis suburbs.
> > > No way!
> > >
> > > I used to rip my 87 scirocco 16v back & forth & back & forth on that road
> > > late at night. Do you still live in STL?
> > >
> > > Can't do that anymore out there, now its all built up with rich peoples
> > > houses, I bet they patrol it a lot heavier & there is probably traffic at
> > > midnight now :(
> > >
> > > Back when i was in late HS & early college there were some good parties
> > > out in that area... (late 80's)
> > >
> > > take care,
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
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