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The C7 is 177" long or 14' 9" long. You will need an enclosed trailer longer than 16 or 18 feet. You will need extra space to be able to position the car to get it tied down and to get the correct hitch weight for your toe vehicle. I personally wouldn't buy a trailer less than 24 feet and would probably go 26. A v-nose helps with shorter lengths. Also beware of wheel well heights inside which can interfere with door opening. It's no fun squirming out a window or out the rear hatch in order to get out of the car. A winch is the way to go. While I have not hauled a C7 these are common issues. I'm sure others can give more details.
I used to show cars in the ISCA, and would never go smaller than a 24', especially if you're looking at a v nose. Plus you have the advantage of being able to put some other items in the trailer too, properly stowed. You'll never be sorry if you have a trailer with sufficient room. You'll always be sorry if you have a trailer that you wish was larger.
I have a 20' enclosed, and it's the absolute smallest enclosed I would recommend going with.
You can see mine in the pics below (the C7 fits exactly the same as the ZR1), and it's 16' 4" to where it starts to "V" down, and 20' 4" to the tip of the V, but the winch and battery take up almost 2' of that space. It still leaves a little bit of room for some lightweight track support stuff.
Like Snorman said, I find the "escape door" on the left a really great feature. I have a winch, but I can just open the door to easily get in or out of the car if I drive it in or out of the trailer.
In the second picture you might be able to make out a bar going across. Below that is a tire rack, and the bar goes through the hubs.
My trailer is aluminum and weighs 2500 lbs. With a 3500 lb car, 225 lbs of spare wheels/tires, and a 100 lbs or so of some track support junk, it's up around 6400 lbs or so. Loaded up it has a 725-750 lb tongue weight.
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Does the bottom of your door when you open it clear the lower opening of the escape door?
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Those Montrose trailers are expensive! I saw one recently on our last trip FM3 Marketing's Cars & Cones. I talked to the owner for a while about his trailer and I really liked it to the point of being ready to order one. He even said about what he paid which was very decent. However, once I called, I discovered the pricing for one of those was closer to an ATC or InTech, which in my opinion are much nicer trailers.
Anyway, I just sold my Aluma 18 Tilt like some of you have on here (probably kick myself for that later) for a 24' enclosed race trailer with cabinets, 15k BTU A/C, escape door etc. One thing I did have to do was give up torsion axles to lower the inner fender height so my driver door would clear the escape hatch. Anyway, At least I will now have a place to escape the heat during those miserably hot track days! Less concerned about rainy days now as well!
This was the trailer I just sold
New one should be built in about 4 more weeks. Unfortunately not in time for the USCA event at NCM.
Last edited by fleming23; May 20, 2016 at 02:50 PM.
If you want to go top of the line I would check out Jimglo Trailers. They are all aluminum and composite. I have a open tilt bed trailer that is all aluminum which I use to transport a classic car.
Jimglo trailers are special ordered with only the options you want just like how you ordered your Corvette. The company uses Arizona prison labor to build their trailers within the Arizona prison system. If your worried about quality...don't because there are plenty of prisoners that want those jobs so quality is number one!
Try to find a used one, you won't find many and if you do they are sold fast. Don't work for them but always willing to plug an outstanding product.
I used to show cars in the ISCA, and would never go smaller than a 24', especially if you're looking at a v nose. Plus you have the advantage of being able to put some other items in the trailer too, properly stowed. You'll never be sorry if you have a trailer with sufficient room. You'll always be sorry if you have a trailer that you wish was larger. 
