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#55 of 221 Re: new 2006 Z06 in stock [starrow68] by gbjerke Sep 28, 2005 (6:28 am)
Replying to: starrow68 (Sep 27, 2005 7:50 pm) Randy-- How right you are regarding "having more HP than training is not a good thing." Just returned from a weekend at Road America and you see it every school. Have some interesting video from a couple years ago. Lining up in pit lane, had the camcorder going and you can hear this awesome rumble coming up along side me. The lumpy cam could be heard big time and along side me comes a highly modded Viper. Gonzo adjustable wing on the back; Hoosier tires...all I could think was "I hope he goes first or I'll have to wave that bad boy by me before I get out of the pits." I get the "go" ahead of him. I round the first turn and look in my mirror...he is a ways behind me so after turn 3 I look again as 3-5 is a long straight. He is further behind. Never saw him again during the 1/2 hour session. My son was timing us...turns out I was picking up 5-7 seconds per lap on him. Certainly, his car had the advantage but as you indicate, if the driver is not accomplished, all that horespower just won't cut it.
#56 of 221 Corvette C6-Rs on front row for 8th annual Petit Le Mans by xkss Sep 30, 2005 (9:48 pm)
Petit Le Mans is a 1,000/10 hour race, whichever comes first.   This will be the third time that the two Corvette C6-Rs have competed with the new Aston Martin DBR9s.   check this link   C6-Rs on front row for Petit Le Mans
#57 of 221 C6-R wins Petit Le Mans by xkss Oct 02, 2005 (2:35 pm)
Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen won the GT1 class of the 8th annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the number 4 Corvette C6-R.   check these links   Petit Le Mans   Corvette Racing
#58 of 221 Petit Le Mans by xkss Oct 02, 2005 (2:36 pm)
Jan Magnussen and Olivier Beretta
#59 of 221 The original Corvette Z06 by xkss Oct 04, 2005 (7:58 pm)
The 1963 Corvette had a Z06 performance option. Only 199 were built and featured stiffer suspension, more powerful brakes, and other cool stuff. It was intended for racing. A Z06 won a race at Riverside, California shortly after it went into production. Also, 1963 was the only year for the split window.   The Z06-specific master cylinder is shown in the first picture.       This Z06 has the rare 36 gallon fuel tank.         2001 and 1963 models.
#63 of 221 Thanks for the history by starrow68 Oct 07, 2005 (7:26 pm)
Just spent the day at Sears Point Raceway and one of the other entries was a C6 Z06, Black and rear end rubber is so wide it looks mean just sitting in the pits. The owner had driven the car back to the SF area from Chicago and had a 2,300 mile trip, in addition to some 12's at the Sacramento drag strip the prior week, just messing around. He did 1.80 for 60 ft on the run flats. Nice to see that there are some that are going to use it for what it was built for. He wasn't running timing so didn't get any lap times. Randy
#64 of 221 American Le Mans Series race at Laguna Seca. by xkss Oct 08, 2005 (2:01 pm)
It is next Saturday (the 15th). It should have even closer GT1 racing than Petit Le Mans (4 vs. 9+ hours of racing).

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