This is a 1972 Chevrolet Corvette LT1 it's been in the family for 40 years my father
purchased it 1 year old when I was 3 so it's been around for 40 years in the family it's
primarily been an autocross car you know we un-moth balled it last year to run Good Guys
events and pro touring events such as these basically due to sponsor requests at the time
the car was still sitting there to be good for it since we started running it you know
it's chock full of all sorts of good stuff from the existing sponsors and a bunch of
new ones you know we've got Bilstein suspension components Wilwood brakes Forgeline wheels
BF Goodrich tires Lingenfelter performance V stroke LS 7 engine in it Holley engine management
for that V stroke LS 7 and then it flows throw Hooker side mount headers car right now is
working real well it's also put the Jerry Wright coilovers and balance of the car we're
working on it it's getting better every time we run it and we're pretty pleased with it's
performance right now as a day profession I am a corvette technician at a Chevrolet
dealership in Cincinnati McCluskey Chevrolet and myself and two other guys thats's all
we do all day long is work on Corvettes 24/7/365 even the winter so we keep ourselves entertained
with Corvettes all sorts of Corvette stuff but you know 75-80% of the business is actually
doing race car work in a dealership which is actually pretty cool you know we're gonna
continue to work on all Corvette platforms you know we we're working on the 72 and bringing
it up to the millennium here finally we work on C5 and C6 Corvette platforms primarily
and you know the C7 Corvettes just coming out now so we'll get our hands into that we've
additionally been working on C5 2700 Camaro platforms as well with Lingenfelter and various
other people so you know we pretty much all GM performance products Holley LS fest and
running the grand champ there's all sorts of things going on here there's a whole group
of these cars actually participating for the grand champion and the grand champion is basically
the best blended performance between this autocross here that's behind us you have to
do the car show over there a 50 mile country cruise then you have to run down the drag
strip and the 3S challenge of course that's all day tomorrow so I think there was 5 events
best points in each added together the total is gonna name the grand champion we're pretty
successful at these kind of automotive events you know whether it be road course autocross
you know drag race what not and I owe all that to my upbringing I mean I was raised
in parking lots primarily like I said my dad bought this car a year old there was other
Corvettes and Z28's and actually Corvairs in the family at the time dad's always been
you know a car guy so you know he ran national council Corvette events SCCA events you know
I was born and raised in parking lots and I loved it so much as a kid you know I started
driving as soon as I was 16 had a great mentor in my father who was successful at it also
and you know now in my early adult ages here I've been doing this for over 25 years now
so you know we've got a lot of experience had a lot of upbringing a lot of background
and you know that results in performance and we're very happy the reason I am like I am
is from riding in the passanger's seat of this car when I was a small boy for many many
years this car has been a lot of fun it's got a lot of family heritage behind it