Corvette FTW , Optima OUSCI on SPEED today
02-25-2012, 10:56 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Corvette FTW , Optima OUSCI on SPEED today
The premier of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational 2011 is today on SPEED channel @ 2pm ET.
A Corvette was the overall winner of this event
Here is the trailer video of the show that airs today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qzyUU_ytI
A Corvette was the overall winner of this event
Here is the trailer video of the show that airs today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21qzyUU_ytI
02-26-2012, 08:30 PM
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Le Mans Master
Congrats!, it was good to see not only a great prepped car, but one of our own take the top spot.
02-26-2012, 11:35 PM
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02-27-2012, 09:17 AM
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02-27-2012, 11:02 AM
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I was walking through Autorama yesterday in downtown Detroit when I heard, Danny Popp....I'm like WTH the booth we were walking by had it on (must of been taped) so I caught the end. Nice job and great driving as always, congrats on the win. You are just doing want we all know you are capable of
02-27-2012, 12:35 PM
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Le Mans Master
Danny absolutely annihilated them on the autocross course
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Then the road course was easy pickings for him, too.
What a driver and sterling example of how to pilot a Corvette!
.Then the road course was easy pickings for him, too.
What a driver and sterling example of how to pilot a Corvette!
02-27-2012, 12:40 PM
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Burning Brakes
Set the DVR and watched it Saturday evening... great driving Danny! Thanks for representing Corvette so well like you always do. Looking forward to getting back on the track with you again soon.
02-27-2012, 02:45 PM
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Le Mans Master
I was walking through Autorama yesterday in downtown Detroit when I heard, Danny Popp....I'm like WTH the booth we were walking by had it on (must of been taped) so I caught the end. Nice job and great driving as always, congrats on the win. You are just doing want we all know you are capable of
02-27-2012, 03:19 PM
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Nice job as usual!!! Somebody needs to start making you work for these wins once in awhile. You made it look easy minus the master cyl. I loved seeing all those 2nd Gen camaros. My first car.
02-27-2012, 03:36 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Thanks everyone, that was fun. Glad we could respesent the Corvette community and this board !! My pleasure for sure.
FWIW, early in the year I did a magazine shoot with all of those old Pro-Touring cars. I was the test driver for the shoot-out and ran all of the cars on the autocross course. I also had Todd's car there and ran it. Dont think because the cars are old that they are slow....I was faster in 3 of the old Pro-touring cars than I was in Todd C6Z
We fixed some of the "street tire" manners in Todds car since then, but those old cars are FAST, kid yourself not....... The Detroit Speed cars utilize alot of C5/C6 front suspension pieces and geometery. Probably because the owners were on the C5 chassis developement team way back when.
The event was fun , but I found out that I am not personally LasVegas approved....wow is there some weird stuff that happens out there
Many thanks to all of the sponsors and people that helped with this effort. I would like to thank EVERYONE personally for their contribution to the result.
Todd Rumpke
McCluskey Chevrolet
ERL
HAWK brake
Pfadt Race Engineering
Detroit Speed
LG Motorsports
Michelin Tires
BF Goodrich tires
Forgeline
Van Steel
QuarterMaster
VBP
10/10ths Motorsports
Beastworkz
GoodAero
Callaway cars
Rumpke Waste Management
GREAT RESULTS ARE MORE EASILY ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF MANY !! Thanks !!
FWIW, early in the year I did a magazine shoot with all of those old Pro-Touring cars. I was the test driver for the shoot-out and ran all of the cars on the autocross course. I also had Todd's car there and ran it. Dont think because the cars are old that they are slow....I was faster in 3 of the old Pro-touring cars than I was in Todd C6Z
We fixed some of the "street tire" manners in Todds car since then, but those old cars are FAST, kid yourself not....... The Detroit Speed cars utilize alot of C5/C6 front suspension pieces and geometery. Probably because the owners were on the C5 chassis developement team way back when.The event was fun , but I found out that I am not personally LasVegas approved....wow is there some weird stuff that happens out there
Many thanks to all of the sponsors and people that helped with this effort. I would like to thank EVERYONE personally for their contribution to the result.
Todd Rumpke
McCluskey Chevrolet
ERL
HAWK brake
Pfadt Race Engineering
Detroit Speed
LG Motorsports
Michelin Tires
BF Goodrich tires
Forgeline
Van Steel
QuarterMaster
VBP
10/10ths Motorsports
Beastworkz
GoodAero
Callaway cars
Rumpke Waste Management
GREAT RESULTS ARE MORE EASILY ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF MANY !! Thanks !!
Last edited by RAFTRACER; 02-27-2012 at 06:07 PM.
