rfn026

I was at Sebring last week with Lance Miller and his former Tommy Morrison R9G. I'm doing an article about this car for Corvette Fever magazine. I thought I might share a couple of the pictures with everyone here.

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offshore241

I saw it there to. VERY cool car.

shakedown067

Nice pics. I look forward to the article. Hope he's able to run next week at sebring too. Would love to capture some pics myself.

davidfarmer

what is "R9G".....?

0Vector Vette

R9G is the old "Corvette Challenge" cars.

shakedown067

It's the option code when you bought the car.

acrace

Wasn't R9G the option code for the '90 World Challenge cars? Did the Corvette Challenge cars also have the same option code?

lgaff

Look for Vettdaddy he is rebuilding one of the old Morrison Challenge Cars that John H wrecked.

racelance

This site will help expain your questions: http://showyourcorvette.com/. The engine was delivered to the shop today. It will be in tomorrow evening... I'm eager to test it, fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly!

Cheers,

Lance

PS I'll keep you posted...

shakedown067

Good luck. I want to see her running thursday and friday. You running in the parade laps Saturday morning too?

racelance

I'm a virgin to this event, so I'm playing it by ear... sounds like fun though...

Lance

racelance

Update:

Engine was dropped in yesterday. The fuel injectors were clogged so the guys putting the engine in were bummed they couldn't finish it... they took off the fuel rails & injectors from my old engine and managed to save the gaskets - needless to say she's running! I have a practice/qualifying - really as shake down with the new engine later today. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes okay, it's been a long journey!

Cheers,

Lance

offshore241

I'll be there Thursday-thru Sunday cheering you and all the Vettes to Victory !!

racelance

UPDATE: Here's the latest...

We got the new engine in the car just in time for the practice session. I went out and took it easy for two laps as the cockpit filled up with smoke and watched out my rear view mirror as smoke hazed out the rear of my car. No big deal I kept telling myself... knowing the oil & lubricants were burning off as I gently took the car around the track. On the third lap I decided to take it a little bit harder and the smoke went away for the most part. Unfortunately once the car was shifted to 5th gear on the longer straights the car had a slight vibration. I decided to push it a little harder on the next lap to see where the vibration was coming from - more in the steering wheel than my seat of the pants. It vibrated much worse when I pushed it a bit harder so I decided to bring the car in and call it a day. We pulled the wheels & tires off and replaced 'em with new ones. We took the drive shaft out and turned it 180 degrees and bolted it back up.

I found out that our practice session was a practice/qualifying session - so needless to say I was a little bummed because I was breaking the car in & didn't realized it was a timed session, oh well!?! Lesson learned; always check the schedule of events closely before going out. Needless to say I didn't qualify well at all - well, last place! LOL... Way to represent right?! Thursday came along and we had our one hour endurance race, of course I didn't know if my car was going to vibrate or not so it was kind of nice to start off at the back of the pack.

There were 72 cars that started the 1 hour race (with a mandatory 3 minute pit stop), yours truly was at the back of the pack. The green came out and I powered past a few cars and played it cautious due to the lack of confidence that the car was completely fixed. I got around to turn 17 and was going full tilt in 5th gear and NO VIBRATION - needless to say I was thrilled! Long story short I ended up locking in 18th position overall and 1st in class. All in all it was a great race and the car felt exceptional. The new engine didn't have near the RPM's as my old one but it was certainly crisp!

Friday came along and we have a 1/2 sprint race and the car didn't miss a beat once again. I ended up in 12th overall and 1st in class again. All in all we had a tough time at the last race as you can read above, but this one brought big smiles to the entire crew (including yours truly).

Life is good,

Lance

PS Nice to meet a lot of C4 fans out at the track, thanks for stopping by!

shakedown067

Hey Lance, I only got to roll by once, but you looked busy so I didn't want to bother you. Got some fun pics of the ride though. Good luck for the rest of the season!




You can find more at my 2010 Sebring Gallery

racelance

Thanks for sharing the pics, great shots! You should have come over to say hi, I'm never to busy for that!

Cheers,

Lance

PS Thanks again for the pics.

Kubs

Cool pics and great story! Glad to hear its up and running again, and congrats on the class wins! Last to 18th isnt too shabby either for a 1 hour race.

racelance

Thanks, it was a fun weekend and much deserved after the prior weekend we ran.

I can't get over the great pics that were captured above by Eric - thanks again!

Lance

offshore241

Lance,

Great run ! The car brought a smile to my face every time you came around. The Sebring crowd is definetly a Corvette crowd ! You might not of heard it, but the crowd cheerd every time you came around.Glad to see you got the engine in and back on track ! That car is cool.....

CORVETTES RULE !

BG

shakedown067

LOL. No problem Lance. Let me know if you make it out to the Fall HSR race at Sebring. I'm hoping to make it, but I might have some family stuff in October that might be in the way.