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RC45 05-01-2004 02:21 AM

April 30 - CannonBall Run - One Lap of America cars...
 
The Corvette Section...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...8lineup_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...im_mark_01.jpg
Jim Heck & Mark Hill

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rprocar_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rprocar_06.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rprocar_02.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rprocar_03.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rprocar_04.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rprocar_05.jpg
The "Cancer Research" Car

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...648rc45_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...648road_00.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...648road_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...648road_02.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...648road_03.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...648road_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...lection_01.jpg

Rivals...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...8rivals_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...8rivals_02.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...8rivals_03.jpg

The Human Factor...
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...rubdown_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...648smug_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...48srt10_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...0_truck_01.jpg
http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...ck_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 05-01-2004 04:21 AM

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 05-01-2004 04:26 AM

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 05-01-2004 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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... ;)

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

RC45 05-01-2004 04:40 AM

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 05-01-2004 06:09 AM

WOW thanks for the pics dude!

gis 05-01-2004 06:56 AM

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

hemi_fan 05-01-2004 09:56 PM

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

nthfinity 05-01-2004 11:10 PM

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 05-01-2004 11:33 PM

Yeah - seems the Viper incurred a penalty of sorts.

The current standings.

http://www.onelapofamerica.com/Histo...ts/results.htm

chest3r 05-03-2004 01:33 PM

The black vette is very nice :o :o

PATo355 05-03-2004 02:16 PM

http://www.z06vette.com/gallery/data...8rivals_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 05-03-2004 04:44 PM

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

graywolf624 05-03-2004 05:48 PM

ok.. here is the specifics on that car:
Quote:

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/show...b=5&o=&fpart=1 and http://www.gt40s.com/ubbthreads/show...true#Post34297 .
From this thread: http://corner-carvers.com/forums/sho...threadid=16374
with lots of pics from the cc boys.
http://fast4doors.com/stl-web/galler...0568.sized.jpg

teto 05-03-2004 07:23 PM

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


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