Mean Green

Man :D....it was such a great day, I don't know where to start :D (pics are at the bottom if you don't like reading ;) :D)

OK, Let me begin by thanking Bradenton Motorsports Park (Dave and Allen) for putting this all on, allowing us our own staging area and lanes and just plain everything!!! y'all ROCK!!!

Next, let me thank the sponsors and although we didn't have enough time to get 'em all printed, the shirts and a full compliment of trophies and awards will be given out for the March 22nd Round 2 Date! Thanks to Ecklers, Norris Motorsports (Mike), CorvetteConnections of Lee County(Keith), Faster Proms (Jeremy), The CorvetteForum (Troy) and the Z06Forum (Tom and Les) :D :cheers: We now have a ton of trophies and awards for the winners :D

Next...congrats go out to Emily Lewis for winning Round 1 of the Challenge :D :cheers:....damn it guys, we really need to learn how to stop jumping that light ;) :smash: and not just Bob, 16Again :jester But trust me, it wouldn't have mattered today.....in the last round she ran within 3/100ths of her dial-in and NAILED the tree :D :cheers:......next month y'all, next month :D.....congrats Emily :cheers: :D :cheers:

Bob (16Again) came in 2nd and I believe Marc (C5Man) came in 3rd :D :cheers:

The CorvetteConnections car took home best ET :eek: :D :cheers:

C5BTW had the best RT, with a .506 but that was during practice runs and not the qualification runs....during which, I ran a .518 but alas......not the best of the day ;) and although a trophy winning RT, they weren't printed in time :(....next month :D :cheers:

Thanks to TLewis and his family for running the whole show :D:D:D :cheers: ......without y'all, no way it'd be near as fun :D :cheers: And I gotta special smiley for Mrs TLewis ;) :reddevil :jester :blueangel: Tracy says he doesn't run the vette 'cause he wouldn't have the time to run the show, but I think it's because his 16 year-old daughter runs better than him :D....and most all of us on any given day!

https://www.corvetteforum.com/events/gallery/albuo03

Looking forward to next month and looking forward to going deeper than Round2 :D :cheers:


[Modified by Mean Green 2000, 4:21 PM 2/22/2003]

GrandSportC3

I wish I could have been there... I couldn't take any chances because of the weather forecast... I cannot drive at all with my Drag Radials in rain.. (just about no thread left on my Drag Radials - so I will only drive 480 miles roundtrip with less than 20 chance of rain...

:cheers:

Olivier

vetteweiser

That was fun :yesnod: :cheers:

Hopefully next time it wont be so damn windy though... now I'm sunburned and sandblasted :lol:

Congrats to Emily :cheers:

MY 95

mee too :(

16Again

Congratulations EMILY........ Had a blast! Now all I have to do is figure out how to win when we line up. Every time we race I "LOSE" :( Thanks to the Lewis family for the awesome job you all do. :cheers:

Bob

pewter99

Emily... :thumbs: :cheers: :cool: :hurray:

vstella

Congrats to all the participants..sounds like a fun day. I'm looking forward to the next race.. :thumbs:

Fuzzy Dice

Olivier you have to keep the faith, brother...there was not even a HINT of rain all day, as in 0%....

Fuzzy Dice

Me three !....I've got so much sand in my vette I think I'll just rake it and make one of those Japanese garden dealies... :D ..don't know what my K & N looks like.. :eek:

Lastly...kudos to Tracy and family for all their hard work and to MG and Ken & Michelle for the great pics... :hurray:


[Modified by golfboy1, 9:44 PM 2/22/2003]

GrandSportC3

Well - I didn't want to take a chance.. I noticed that there was no rain in the forecast until 1 PM.. but 60% chance of rain after that... so I decided not to go... I wouldn't have competet at the Challange anyway because I wouldn't have a chance with my my manual transmission.. You can never get that consistant ET's with MT... The temperature was also too high... I want to get into 11's and I need temps in the 40's or 50' .. maybe low 60's to get the best possible power... Today it just was too hot...

:cheers:

Olivier

Boots

I think I managed to get sand up my #@$%! :jester

Congratulations to Emily and Bob (when he wins I can throw him in the water right?)!

Thank you to everyone who helps put this event on!

Damn you MeanGreen! I wanted to me 'Sir Not Appearing in this Photo Gallery'... but I see you had to resort to your long range lense to get me. :p:

See you next month! :steering:

16Again

Just remember, seeing as that I am vertically challenged I may drown in the water box so keep a life preserver handy. :lol:

Bob

Mean Green

Oliver....you're missing the whole point of the series ;), but hopefully one of these days you'll make it up :D

:lolg:

GrandSportC3

Well - I might get a C5 with AT and then compete in the Challenge.. I'm the type of person that competes to win..

GoatVet

Mark

It looks like you all had a great time.
I think I will come down to Florida in the summer or late fall to race in the Challenge.
I sometimes race in the NJ Challenge but up there I have to dial in the 14 with the vert. (no fun).
We can do a run together like we did in the Jan Daytona event.

Mike

Mean Green

sounds like a plan to me :D

VETTENV

I had a fun time, even if it was spectatin'! :thumbs:

Fuzzy Dice

Olivier, you know I like you and respect you and your car but in this case MG2K is right...the Challenge is about soooo much more than winning...heck, we all are competitive and want to win...the point is I feel like a winner every time I just show up...why ?....because I get to spend the day at the strip with brother drag racers enjoying the comraderie and, oh yeah, I get in at least 5 runs...more if I go out early and just "test and tune" the rest of the day...you have built a beautiful and very fast vette and I miss seeing you run it...join in the FUN buddy.... :thumbs:

DJOXTON

Fun day, thanks for the pics. Washed my car and the front end looks like it was sandblasted. Which, I guess, it was. Still a lot of fun and learned a lot too. Everyone that can should go to the Charlotte show this weekend, it seems like those guys are always showing up to everyone else's show.

Purerock105

It's also interesting that the pics that you took seem to have a higher
'view' post when Emily is in the picture....hmmm.

:lol: :crazy: :D :eek: :bb :jester :cheers: