If you hustle it is 10 hours to Memphis and another 5-6 to St. Louis.
Texarkana is 5.5 if you don't stop and maintain 70 on 59N. Little Rock is about 7.5-8 hours from Houston.
Damon likes to take 67 -- which goes to the west of Little Rock and Memphis. That road is a little too rough (steep, narrow, diesel hard to get, low bridge) in a big rig -- so I take the Interstates. We run 5 over the speed limit and don't stop for anything (have a kitchen and bathroom in the motorhome) but to walk the dogs for ten minutes every 4 hours. We stop and top off with fuel and dump the tanks before we get to the track. Damon and Slim run a little slower (generally 65mph) and make quite a few short stops.
I think no matter how you slice it -- St. Louis is 15 hours of driving time at about 5mph over the speed limit. Add to that any time you've stopped.
Usually the earliest you can get out of the track is 3PM Sunday if you lose in the early rounds -- but it is customary for Texas Outsiders to stay until the last Texas Outsider is out. I plan on winning -- so you won't be out until 5PM. |