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Take a ride with Mike Skeen in the ARRC winning GT1 Corvette

Old 01-10-2014, 07:29 AM
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Pffft. Slow.


Old 01-10-2014, 09:32 AM
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The car is owned by Bob Monette and was bodied as a Camaro. This past year Rick Peters at Monette Racing Group re-bodied the car as Corvette.

I think it is an older Riley & Scott chassis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_%26_Scott
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Any other details on it??
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Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO
Any other details on it??
Bob has top notch stuff in his cars, I am quite sure this would have a Nascar bred Chevy SB2.2 motor with more than 800 HP, Hewland 5 speed, probably Penske shocks.

Skeen ran some 1:21's in the car, which would have been competitive in the Trans Am race.

Skeen drove the Monette Jaguar in the TA race finishing second to Tony Ave.
Mike had a best lap of 1:20.472 to Tony's 1:20.404.
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Skeen ran some 1:21's in the car...
Wow. That's flying... only a second off of the fast race lap for the C6Rs this year at Petit.
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What's the pop sound on up and downshifts? Seems louder on the upshifts.
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Mike can drive.

Bink...I like your avatar, Go Bucks!
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I was there during the ARRC. Looks like I only need to pick up 23 seconds to keep up....
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Wow. Not even a chance for anyone.
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"Objects in Mirror Are..."
Wait, there were no objects in the rearview mirror.
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TT2 record in two years...lol
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Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO
Wow. That's flying... only a second off of the fast race lap for the C6Rs this year at Petit.
Only a second off...with almost 2x the hp
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