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As a new week begins, the excitement from the past week still hasn’t left. A day of testing at Tire Rack, followed by the 7th Annual Motor State Challenge, there couldn’t have been a better succession of events and there is no better word to sum everything up for RideTech than success.

Wednesday we arrived early at Tire Rack for testing (a great group of people that made us feel right at home I might add, thank you!!) Here we met up with Fox Shocks and several RideTech customers. The goal for the day? Continual improvement… which included making fast cars of course. After a full day of tuning, testing, fine tuning, and heading back out to test some more, we were able to gather a ton of information to use for the development of even better products. I want to thank everyone who brought their cars out and burned up their own time, tires, and fuel in order to make the experience for ALL RideTech customers better.

Thursday evening was the Motor State Challenge cruise to Warren Dunes State Park and subsequent dinner on the beach. Then the real fun started Friday at Gingerman Raceway. Being my first time at Gingerman I was impressed with the freshly paved, 1.88 mile, 11 turn track that was just as fun for seasoned professionals as it was for rookies. By the end of the day RideTech equipped Corvettes were leading the classes for fastest lap times:

Late Model:

1st – Brad Yonkers – 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (RideTech HQ Smooth Body Shocks, RideTech Front and Rear Musclebars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)
2nd – Chris Jacobs – 2001 Chevrolet Corvette – (RideTech TQ Coilovers)
3rd – Randy Johnson – 2002 Chevrolet Corvette – (RideTech TQ Coilovers, RideTech Front and Rear MuscleBars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)

Manufacturer’s Late Model:

2nd – Jim McKamey – 2000 Chevrolet Corvette (RideTech TQ Coilovers, RideTech Front and Rear MuscleBars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)
2nd – Todd Green – 2004 Chevrolet Corvette (RideTech HQ Smooth Body Shocks, RideTech Delrin Bushings)

Manufacturer’s Vintage:

1st – Chris Smith – 48 Hour Corvette (RideTech Level 3 Coilover System)


Saturday, the RideTech Nation headed back to Tire Rack for the autocross portion of the Motor State Challenge. Adrenaline still pumping from the day before, RideTech customers continued to lay down some of the fastest laps of the day:


Late Model:

1st – Brad Yonkers – 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (RideTech HQ Smooth Body Shocks, RideTech Front and Rear Musclebars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)
2nd – Chris Jacobs – 2001 Chevrolet Corvette – (RideTech TQ Coilovers)

Manufacturer’s Vintage:

2nd – Chris Smith – 48 Hour Corvette (RideTech Level 3 Coilover System)

Manufacturer’s Late Model:

2nd – Jim McKamey – 2000 Chevrolet Corvette (RideTech TQ Coilovers, RideTech Front and Rear MuscleBars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)
4th – Amanda McCarthy - 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (RideTech HQ Smooth Body Shocks, RideTech Front and Rear Musclebars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)
5th - 2nd – Todd Green – 2004 Chevrolet Corvette (RideTech HQ Smooth Body Shocks, RideTech Delrin Bushings)


While we always hope for the best going into an event, this week the RideTech Nation as a whole performed better than we ever could have asked for. Overall results show the dedication from both RideTech and our customers to fast cars, and fast times. Thank you all!!!


Overall Winners:

Late Model:

1st – Chris Jacobs – 2001 Chevrolet Corvette – (RideTech TQ Coilovers)
2nd – Brad Yonkers – 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (RideTech HQ Smooth Body Shocks, RideTech Front and Rear Musclebars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)

Manufacturer’s Vintage:

1st – Chris Smith – 48 Hour Corvette (RideTech Level 3 Coilover System)

Manufacturer’s Late Model:

2nd – Jim McKamey – 2000 Chevrolet Corvette (RideTech TQ Coilovers, RideTech Front and Rear MuscleBars, RideTech Delrin Bushings)

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