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Vette C6.r
Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
edited October 2011 in The Clubhouse
Since as long as I can remember I have been a diehard Corvette fan. When they started to go GT racing in 1999 I became a huge fan. Since 2002 I have been to at least 2 races a year, to current. My frequency to the track started to get noticed. During these races I am on vacations but these guys are at work so it took some time to start spending time outside of track to start to get to know the guys.

Long story short, in 2009 the ALMS announced they would have an event in Baltimore. Well that's about all it took. The crew said that I was fate that I be on the team.

Corvette Racing is THE top GT race team of modern history. They don't allow "fans" to be on the team. This team wins the pit crew challenge year after year. I asked them if they let "fans" on the the team. They said "never".

Needless to say the event in Baltimore was the time of my life. I was also the social director and since the Vettes weren't "on track" much we had some pretty good play time. Felt like I was 21 again.

I have done several races since Baltimore and the door is pretty much wide open to do it again.

Truely a dream come true for a guy that lives, eats and breathes cars and more importantly, Corvettes.


The pics are of the pit stop, the C6.R and my yellow C6-Z06 and a close up of me in my very own Corvette Racing firesuit.
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited October 2011
    Sorry forgot the other pic.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited October 2011
    Very cool!!!! That must have been so much fun.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited October 2011
    Super cool, Tony!!

    I bet both of those are just a wee bit faster than my yellow car... Haha! :smile:
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited October 2011
    Hey Tony!
    What an awesome story....nothing like the growl of a motor that can really do it!
    Great pics to boot.

    My sons were just on a track in Munich Germany driving V10 Formula1 BMW's.The excitement is incredible.

    Keep us posted. Really cool.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,504
    edited October 2011
    Truely a dream come true for a guy that lives, eats and breathes cars and more importantly, Corvettes.

    I'm happy for ya, broham.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited October 2011
    I'm happy for you also.
    Great things sometimes comes to those who live long enough and keep at it.

    Very cool story.
    That's great!
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,223
    edited October 2011
    Wow !!! Awesome story..

    Congrats, my dad raced for 10 years when I was just a young boy and we lived at the track on weekends, nothing like you got to do but the excitment was a blast!!!
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited October 2011
    Very Cool ! Where was the event held ? :cool:
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited October 2011
    Nice pics, Vette... have you ever been out to Bowling Green to see the plant/museum? I'm out there every year to visit my sister, and have done the tour once. It's pretty cool :)
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,427
    edited October 2011
    johnsmith522 wrote: »
    you have no units on any of the numbers. And part of the problem seems to be missing.

    As a chemistry teacher, your concern for units on numbers pleases me. Your lack of any tie to this thread and the spam in your signature do not please me.

    Reported.

    Oh yeah OP, cool experience with the Vettes!
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited October 2011
    NAP the first race was in Baltimore the seoncd race I was on the team was at Road Atlanta.

    Nadams. Yes I have been to Bowling Green a few times. Drove in a caravan of thousands to the 50th anniversity of the Corvette in 2003.

    Great times.
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  • Vette C6.r
    Vette C6.r Posts: 1,560
    edited October 2011
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    Super cool, Tony!!

    I bet both of those are just a wee bit faster than my yellow car... Haha! :smile:

    Yeah but they can't take 3 to lunch at Capitol Audiofest. lol
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