April 30 - CannonBall Run - One Lap of America cars...

[RC45]

The Corvette Section...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648lineup_03.jpg
The Corvette Corral line-up.
From front to back:
John Berger (EB Z06) - Timothy McArthur (Red C4) - Tom Counts (Red C5) - Rod Sizemore (Red Z06) - Jim Heck (Red Z06) - Dan Corcoran (Black Z06) - Matthew Meyer (Red C4)

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648jim_mark_01.jpg
Jim Heck & Mark Hill

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648powerprocar_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648powerprocar_06.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648powerprocar_02.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648powerprocar_03.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648powerprocar_04.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648powerprocar_05.jpg
The "Cancer Research" Car

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648rc45_01.jpg
Your's Truly's car - after having been in 6th gear for 1800 miles (first time 6th gear has ever been used... ;))

On the Road Section....
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648road_00.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648road_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648road_02.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648road_03.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648road_04.jpg
Yes Dorothy - this is the road to Kansas... ;) (the next event is tomorrow in Topeka Kansas)

Reflections...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648reflection_01.jpg

Rivals...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648rivals_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648rivals_02.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648rivals_03.jpg

The Human Factor...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648rubdown_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648smug_01.jpg

Last year a Corvette Z06 won - this year the Daimler-Chrysler Factory sent 3 Ringers to try and take the crown from the Privateer Z06's....
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648srt10_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648srt10_truck_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648srt10_truck_Race_01.jpg

More to follow when I get home to texas next week... ;)

(BTW - the preliminary results from day 1 had the factory Viper pulling 1.1G in the WET!!!! :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[novass]

Nice photos!! Some sick cars. Ive never seen a Vette being used as a tow truck either :wink:

Cant wait to see the rest of the photos :D

[RC45]

Well - the rules state that each car has to take all consumables and supplies with it... NO support vehicles allowed. :D

So - if you want spare tyres or oil or coolant or tools etc - put it in the trunk, or tow it ina trailer... ;)

[novass]

Well - the rules state that each car has to take all consumables and supplies with it... NO support vehicles allowed. :D

So - if you want spare tyres or oil or coolant or tools etc - put it in the trunk, or tow it ina trailer... ;)

I didnt know that, but thats pretty cool though. A true test of the vehicle

[RC45]

Yes - and a true test of the driver/s.

The event starts... the cars get sent off on the current challenge at about 15 second intervals (or for shorter events 15 seconds after the previous car leaves the track) and then you pack your shit and leave...

The afternoon's event started at 4pm. The first car was done at 4:01pm - and packed up and hit the road.

That cars next event starts at 8:30am this morning in Topeka Kansas... ready or NOT.... :shock:

So your car has to be setup for track/skidpad/oval/drag-strip AND street driving... you must have ALL supplies in/on/behind the car... and you have to get to each even on time and ready to start.

They will be hitting 7 stops in 7 days - each with about 16 hours travel between them - ending back at South Bend next Saturday.

I love the way Dodge has pulled out all the stops to win this year.. :lol:

That SRT-10 (both car and truck) is running on "Manufacturers Plates" - and has so many Mopar custom items on it, it is probably more exotic that the Oreca Racing Vipers of old... ;)

It pulled 1.1G on the wet skid pad according to preliminary results... I would say that is a pretty well sorted car (including tow hitch... ;))

[TT]

WOW thanks for the pics dude!

[gis]

thanks for the pics dude.they are great.i love those BBS rims on the srt-10 ram :)

[hemi_fan]

wow, impressive cars. Whats that last pic of!?! it doesnt look too street legal.

[nthfinity]

Very very impressive numbers on that Viper SRT-10. its good to see manufacturer support on this event, however, it almost seems to take away from it a bit as well.

god... 1.1 g in the wet... i cant even imagine 1 g in the dry (just yet)

[RC45]

Yeah - seems the Viper incurred a penalty of sorts.

The current standings.

http://www.onelapofamerica.com/History/2004/results/results.htm

[chest3r]

The black vette is very nice :o :o

[PATo355]

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648rivals_01.jpg


This is THE pic man .... every day you take 1 shot that is incredible , this is the best IMO , btw is that the new GT40 '? i thought it was not released yet

[graywolf624]

I do believe thats a replica.. Theyve had kits out for years. Theres only been 3 gt40s released to my knowledge.

[graywolf624]

ok.. here is the specifics on that car:
That's Buzz Clarke's CAV GT40 pulling a trailer. He's running a pretty hot 351 (>500 hp) in front of a ZF transaxle. The car is new, and only a few weeks ago he was trying to get everything sorted out (looks like he did). There's some more info on his GT40 http://www.gt40s.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=33999&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1 and http://www.gt40s.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB6&Number=34297&Forum=All_Forums&Words=1415&Match=Username&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=33507&Search=true#Post34297 .

From this thread: http://corner-carvers.com/forums/showthread.php?s=d34e2e6840685280f037442b6a2b2337&threadid=16374
with lots of pics from the cc boys.
http://fast4doors.com/stl-web/gallery/albums/One-Lap-of-America/DSCF0568.sized.jpg

[teto]

nice pisctures dude....there are some great cars....

[Erez]

nice pics dude!! excellent work all the way!! but just one thing.. :lol: why no links to higher-res? :) and that a GT40 replica right?

[RC45]

nice pics dude!! excellent work all the way!! but just one thing.. :lol: why no links to higher-res? :) and that a GT40 replica right?

I have a bunch more to upload still - I may even post links to hi-res picks oneday - maybe in trade for more comments/criticisms on the downloaded video simulations... ;)

[Erez]

about that.. the vid wont work for me! what could be the prob? whats that mp4?

[RC45]

about that.. the vid wont work for me! what could be the prob? whats that mp4?

Quicktime Mpeg4... ;) - now if only folks would leave comments when they experience problems...:p

Try that or simply use the LSX Mpeg player/codec I included in one of the other video zip files.

[Erez]

lol! dont worry :) when i'll have it working i'll leave some 'review' ;)

[Erez]

K.. here's THE review :)
at the first few min it looked like you were going around and around.. lol! made me dizzy! hehehe and i hate people that are in your way when you really dont want to be going 20MPH.. lol.. looked like it was a nice smooth ride...
LOL! you should get ceramics brakes :wink:
only thing missing is some competition :lol: :wink:

[RC45]

K.. here's THE review :)
at the first few min it looked like you were going around and around.. lol! made me dizzy! hehehe

Yep - that was a :clover leaf junction/interchange - a great civil engineering contribution to general driving pleasure.
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data/500/3648cloverleaf_01.jpg
This is the clover leaf junction in question - I hope it all makes sense now... :D

There are none near where I live - and everytime I have been on one I was in some eco-rental -- until now... ;)


LOL! you should get ceramics brakes :wink:
only thing missing is some competition :lol: :wink:
uhm - that would constitute "street racing" - which is illigal and something we here at JW neither condone, nor support... ;)

[Erez]

hehehe the junction thing is clear now :D lol!
and your right! i dont know what i was thinking ;)

[SilviaS15Cwest]

Wow, those are some awesome cars. 1.1 g's in the wet... WOW! :shock:

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Thanks for the pics.....every car on the pic looks handsome(except the pic ups IMO) although the cars that i like most were the every porsche 911 pic, and the back of the red and white Viper as well. Compliments for the good quality of the pics as well