This Corvette is worth more than just about any car on this video. Though I sure that it was not an all matching numbers car, it is still an extremely valuable Corvette. I’m sure that the driver didn’t want to get into unnecessary mishaps.
Never seen such weird and slow driving on track by a professional! A well set up C2 handles and brakes really well - what was going on here? And yes, I have owned C2s (‘66 427/425 roadster and ‘63 fuelie coupe) since 1991 and driven them hard in various sporting events…
She sounds and looks awesome, but what a disappointment to not see her run to full capacity. Why build a race car to get passed by entire field? Honda or Toyota would b much cheaper and same results.
Both, thats a great way to realize their fear of it being wrecked. Either keep to the right or stay off the track...never take anything on the track you arent willing to ball up anyways....
Get off the track! All you are doing is posing a hazard to the other drivers and historic vehicles. Park it or get someone else to drive your penske replica
Well at least the gas in the secondary float bowls is preserved. No need to be a hero out there but at least try and keep up with traffic to lessen chances of getting wacked
I know...irritating to watch. Id be pizzed if I had to deal with sunday drivers on a proper track. Some call it preserving, I say thats putting it at risk to get hit
Looking out across that hood on that track sure brings back memories. I miss those days. Now to the important stuff. This is NOT an original one of twenty 1967 Corvette L88. It is a tribute car built by George Haddad. It is an incredible car, done as close as anyone is ever going to get, so it is worth a lot of money, but it isn't an original. If he crashes it, his pocket will hurt BUT history is not lost. It sounds like he is geared all wrong. When I ran anything there that shifted under 7000, I ran either a 3.70 or 3.55 rear. I only ran the 4.11 with the 9000 rpm 302. Around Big Bend (2:27), I was over 160 and 8000 rpm, and you won't get there with a 6500 rpm motor and a 4.11. He will hit a max of around 130 mph. Now if he isn't running at 6500 the whole time, but something more like 5500, then he is running about 107 mph, much slower than everything else. Don't criticize the driver Kerry Hitt. He has about 130 professional race starts in Trans Am and others. Granted, some made it into professional series with cubic dollars, but those guys rarely stayed. I don't know him, don't remember seeing him race, so I won't judge. This looks like just a chance to exercise the car. Also, most of vintage racing originally was just to put old race cars on the track at speed, rather than sitting in static displays, but in the last 25 years or so, many are really racing them, as most are not really old race cars but new race cars built from old cars. Some of those guys on the track think they are going to make an impact by being fast in vintage racing. If they were fast, they would be in the real racing series. Removal of the Hairpin and putting in that Indy curve 2:42 has really messed up the character of Sebring.
Where has this video been hiding. Hopefully this is the year for my 65 and if it sounds half as good as the one I just watched, you won't be able to knock the grin off my face with a baseball bat. Thanks for taking us along. I enjoyed every turn.
Nice job. more racing experience is needed but in this case preserving a 67 l88 is more important than putting it into the wall. Love to hear the engine.... must have been a pisser.
At some point when you have faster traffic on a course then going to slow is a liability. Never run something you dont mind balling up. Hearing it being babied at part throttle had me cringing Its a track not a parking lot lol
