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Click here to see some pics of the Mark Cleary's Corvette and his family at the Corvette Museum High Performance Driving Event at the Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

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Rich Spina's 2006 Corvette was featured in USA Today.
Click on the following links to see photos and read the short article.

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Roy Danaher took a few pictures of the Corvettes (Ken, Norm & Dennis) going down the Z MAX drag strip on Wednesday. Sheldon had his Camaro and Corvette there also. Norm and Dennis had two match races. Ken also ran a couple of times, but Roy was not able to get a picture. Sheldon ran his 427 Camaro, but had mechanical problems.

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Here are some pictures from the Carolina Regional Mustang Club's 2010 10th annual High Performance Driving School that Russ Brasher attended. This event is sponsored every year by CRMC, and all car clubs are invited to attend and participate. It is held at Carolina Motorsports Park, south of Kershaw, SC, on the 2.66-mile road track there.

Russ Brasher always participates in this event because it is the only HPDE (High-Performance Driving Event) he has found that allows convertibles without rollbars to participate. Although convertibles may only drive in the "novice" class, there's plenty of opportunity to open up your car and see what it's capable of on the straights and through some challenging curves.

Instructors are provided for every driver, and one is in the car with you at all times while you're on the track to help you get the most out of your car. Over two days (all day Saturday and Sunday), you get about 4 hours of track time (in separate 20-minute sessions) and a few hours of classroom instruction, too.

The event is held every June on the first weekend after Memorial Day, and only costs about $340 for non-CRMC members. Let's see if we can get a contingent from GCC out there next year!

http://www.ponytales.org/events/performance-driving-school.html

http://www.carolinamotorsportspark.com/

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The story of Mark Curtis' restoration of his 1959 Corvette has been moved since our elimination of the Sunset Garage page. Follow Mark's ongoing project by clicking on the photo below.

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