tireshredder

I went to SEMA and the first day of the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Here are some photos of most of the Corvettes that were competing. Vegas has a great race track and good views of Red Rock and the Strip in the distance.

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And more

69427

Do they allow vehicles that aren't mobile billboards?

tireshredder

All the competitors put the windshield and door stickers on. That's the sponsors for the race series and they make it possible because the entrant fees wouldn't cover all the costs to host an event like this.

All the little stickers are individual sponsors. If you are willing to give me a big brake kit or an engine. I'll be happy to put your stickers on.

I took my Vette to the LS Fest. We all had to have matching windshield stickers for media coverage. The sticker came off easy when I got home but did look cool when I saw my car in an online blog

exracer28

Were there any street cars there?

Bill Dearborn

It is a street car challenge. By definition they are all street cars. If they weren't they wouldn't be permitted to compete.

Bill

tireshredder

These are all street legal cars with full interiors and working lights, windows, horns, etc. Most have custom interiors. They all do a road rally where they drive them around the city. This racing series is about SEMA quality cars that race, not a bunch of stripped out cars that are only for the track.

micjester

and an Evo displaced a Corvette a the top this year...

Josh H

Cool cars. Thanks for sharing the pics.

George Washnak

I love the look of all the cars ... terrific photos by the way. Thanks for sharing them with us!

69autoXr

The last picture looks as if the cars are side-by-side; was this run like a ProSolo?

Tomswheels

Actually, if you take out the car show portion “D&E” which is purely subjective, and just look at the 3 performance events, a Viper should have won. Popp and Wilhoff Corvettes would have been top 5.

wtb-z

Maybe the Miata under the starting line in this photo?

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-dsc_12691.jpg

Matt_27

Are there results posted for the event yet?

edit: found them:

https://clubregistration.net/clients...m?eventID=8604

69427

All I see is a large parking lot, and a bunch of traffic cones. Where's the big expenses hidden at?

Josh H

Are you always an *******, or is today the exception?

fleming23

ahem...

micjester

Yep, would have been:
Viper
Evo
Evo
Vette
Vette

With the D&E, all but Wilhoff (vette) are still in the top five, just different order. So you pretty much have the same competitive cars/drivers either way.

69427

Hey noobie, making friends already, huh? I asked a question, and so far I haven't seen you add much value to this thread.


Fleming, however, is adding value, by pointing out where all the high cost maintenance expenses come from.