Ed is a Supporting Tuner on the CF and is ready to give back by taking on the lead role this year! Way to step up Ed. www.thehpfactory.com Racing once again at Richmond Dragway ! Looks like 6 races this year:

• May 3rd 2PM
• May 24th 1pm
• June 28th 1pm
• September 20th 1pm
• October 4th 11am
• October 18th 10am

• Cost is $30 to race.
• You pay $15 at the gate and find me in the pits and pay me $15. This makes it easier on the track and for days end payouts.
• 1st round buy backs are $25, find me in the staging lanes when our class is called in.
• Spectators encouraged with General admission $12 -$15 per person.
• The track opens at 2pm, I try to get there NLT 1:30pm
• Time trials start at ~2:30 pm
• Eliminations start by ~6pm
• This is a regular race day, but our Corvette class will be called over the PA system.

• Winner $150 ( target $300 if 15 cars or more)
• R/U $75 ( target $150 if 15 cars or more)
• Semi-finalist $40ea (target $75ea if 15 cars or more)

Here is the lowdown on the 4th MACC race on September 1st!

By Steve Oyer

In the first round:
Kromer glides to an easy win WITH a TRAP SPEED OF 92 MPH due to Wilson having mechanical issues big time! Davis sleeps at the tree cause he saw Criss activate the big red eye and smoothes to a win Oyer has a good launch and fair tree close to Creecy's R/T but Creecy misses a shift allowing Oyer to an easy win with a trap of 102 mph. Claytor takes the win on an easy 10.17 pass with Perin eating a sandwich at the tree. Carlton wins with a good tree/time when King gets a -.007 head start on the tree……..and his 1st 10 sec slip again for the day.

2nd round:
Oyer takes the win with a 11.12 on a 11.00 over Davis who breaks out with a 13.2244 on a 13.23 and a .05 light to boot…………oh well, that's racin' 'cause if he didn't break out he would have had me easy…….off my dial by over a 1/10th! Claytor Takes the win is a closeeeeeeeeee race. He runs a 9.9843 on a 9.98 with a .0478 light vs. Kromer running an 11.7407 on an 11.73 with a .1018 light. King takes the win letting off to an 11.00 @ 115 due to Perin having a slow light and off his dial by almost 2/10ths. Wilson takes the win running a 12.53 on a 12.56 due to Criss light the red eye by .02 Carlton gets the comp bye easing off the line by ½ second and finding his dial of 13.82 needs to be a 13.79.

3rd round:
Carlton gets the easy win with a nice .04 tree due to Wilson going red by a 10th. Oyer wins in another breakout fest running an 11.12 on an 11.14 vs. King with a 10.92 on a 10.96……..another quick vette close race! Neither tree is worth mentioning! Claytor gets the comp bye and runs a 9.98 on a 9.97 @ 136+ with a red light……why can't he do that when we race dam it!

NOTE: There is a top end oil down and the track tells us in the staging lanes we will finish out the night running the 1/8th mile………. Semi-Final round:
Claytor wins running a 6.3656 on a 6.36 with a .08 tree vs. Carlton running an 8.95 on an 8.82 with a nice .04 tree. Oyer gets the comp bye…….playing with the tree (.08…not great) running a 7.1027 on a 7.08.

Final round:
Claytors' night to shine again! Running a 6.3647 on a 6.36 with a .04 tree vs. my nice big redlight again!. -.010 Is close……but I broke out with a 7.0451 on a 7.10 so it didn't hurt as much……right?...........yea right. Congrats once again for Dave winning an extra point for distance, Dennis an extra point for the best R/T and Roger a point for the best package of the night, a .0521 TWICE no less! Here are links to our CF threads, picture with detailed round by round sheets, comments and other pictures: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1803759 http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1802275

FINAL THOUGHTS
Congratulations to Roger Claytor for his driving skill and as the runner up for the 2007 MACC points series! I am honored to take the championship this year because there were way too many close races that could have easily gone either way. I want to thank all the spectators and racers for coming out to race with us. If it wasn't for Jeff stepping up to the plate and putting up the $$$ I want to once again thank our sponsors Carolina Auto Masters and Performance Tire & Wheel Services, Inc. And a BIG thanks to Johnny Davis and crew at RDW for letting us come play on race day with them this year. We look forward to next year

Hope to see you all soon at the next track rental at RDW………November 9th, look for the post in the SE section!

We had a total of at least 23 different racers through the year………..if you all come each time, watch the $$$ payout go up!

Here is the lowdown on the 3rd MACC race on August 11th!

By Steve Oyer

I was also able to award the "Clock" to Scott as he made it back up for this race………

I guess if he comes back on the 1st he gets to award it to Ernie…….. I never thought a .225 R/T would win that. Competition is getting tighter! The Race with 8 cars, Jerry once again with Low 10s led the class during our 2 qualifying runs. The red lights started early even in time trial……….an ominous sign of things to come for sure.

In the first round:

Hudson glides to an easy win WITH A TRAP SPEED OF 89 MPH due to Henry lighting the red bulb big time!

Gabe driving Brian's car breaks out with a 13.3669 on a 13.37 but……..McPeeks red lights with a -.0094 bulb to give the win away! Oyer wins on a break out over Wilson running a 11.18 on a 11.18 vs. his 12.69 on a 12.75……r/ts were near the same……..it was close at the stripe! And I think Bill was happy with that ET.

King takes the win on another close match, r/ts near the same with him running an 11.0143 on an 11.01 to Carlton's 13.8794 on a 13.86!

2nd round:

I was suppose to get the bye run……..but very unfortunate for McPeeks he didn't get back to the lanes soon enough and was turned away by the staging lane crew…….oh well, that's racin sometimes. Sorry it happed Jerry…..

Once again Gabe driving Brian's car cruises to an easy win as Hudson lights the big bad red bulb by over -.15 seconds giving the win away. Wilson chops the tree with a .0026 to take out King in a hole shot by 2/10ths. Wilson ran a 12.8591 on a 12.67 vs. King who is dialed in running a 11.0147 on a 10.99

Now you would think me watching all my fine outstanding, fierce, diehard, stoic, peer racing competitors red-light I would be paying attention…………….hell no, I want to chop the tree…….and I paid for it. Carlton takes the win even though he breaks out by running a 13.8324 on a 13.84 dial……………because I RED LIGHT to a -.0099 with an 11.20 on an 11.16 dial. At least I lost to the eventual winner……….that means something right?.................

Semi-Final round:

Wilson gets the bye due to his r/t and red-lights playing with the tree and has some shifting gremlins ………as they say……..he's in the money! Carlton takes the win with a .06 r/t and running a 13.8104 on a 13.81 dial to Gabe's………….yep, you guessed it……………..red-light of -.0156 Final round: It was Carlton's night to shine. He ran a 13.93 on a 13.80 with a .0415 tree! Wilson had a sluggish light of .1886 and was way of his dial due to the shifting issues come back again. Here are links to our CF threads, CAM picture album and a few of my pics with detailed round by round sheets, comments and pictures:
http://www.carolinaautomasters.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=314
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1784122
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1784123

FINAL THOUGHTS

Congratulations to Dennis Carlton for his driving skill. I am guessing the buy back was worth it this time!

I want to once again thank our sponsors Carolina Auto Masters and Performance Tire & Wheel Services, Inc.

Hope to see you all on September the 1st, the final race for the championship!

Here is the lowdown on the 2nd MACC race on July 14th!

It was another hot/humid day with no rain in sight....means we should have 2 qualifying runs and running the full ¼ mile. It was great for me to show up and be the #6 car! The DA was no better than +1700, about 90 degrees at 3pm and 80 degrees at 9pm...about a 1/10th quicker in the evening. Great to talk to some of our Maryland guys that made it out and of coarse the one "Chief" that had been trying to make it more than a few times. The Race With 11 cars, Roger Claytor led the class during our 2 qualifying runs with a 9.XX at 137+mph. The fine track officials I love dearly...:) pull "the can of numbers" out to see who gets the bye run..... Stelly gets it in the 1st round.

In the first round:
Hudson squeaks out a very close one over Carlton due to a break out with a 12.272 on a 12.27 vs a 13.779 on a 13.78! Oyer wins on a red light running a 11.26 on a 11.25 vs a .005 red bulb!for Terry. King is on his dial and r/t running a 11.14 on a 11.10 with an 06 vs Howard who was uncharacteristically off his dial and R/T by over a 1/10th on both. Boone wins by treeing his next door neighbor Davis with a .02 to a .22 Claytor wins on a lift to make sure he doesn't run under over Lupows' slower R/T and time off his dial. Stelly makes a clean pass under his dial on the bye

2nd round:
Stelly trees Hudson and lifts to make sure of the win with a 11.57 on a 11.19 with a .01 vs a 12.37 on a 12.23 with a .33(winning the Chief Dave Award!!!) Oyer wins on a double break out over King 11.24 on a 11.28 vs 11.02 on a 11.10....neither was willing to lift! Claytor runs closer to his number than Terry on a close race! R/Ts were near the same with a 10.08 on a 10.03 vs a 11.82 on a 11.75 Lupow wins on a double red light over Boone with a closer to green R/T of a .0046!

Semi-Final round:
Claytor took out Lupow with the best package of the night with a .0407! Chief Dave was no slouch either ...his was a .0519! Must have been close at the stripe.

Oyer took out Stelly in a pedal race at the end....R/Ts were both .04X so the lift/gas game was on and I eaked this one out......damn close!

Final round:
It was Claytor's night to shine. He ran a 10.0445 on a 10.04 with a .0386 tree! Oyer had a sluggish .08 light and ran out the back door with a 11.21 on a 11.25 dial...returning the favor Claytor gave me in the last race.LOL

At the strip, Claytor won by less than 1/10th of a 10th, or extrapolated out...by less than 9 inches!!!

Here are links to our CF threads, CAM picture album and a few of my pics with detailed round by round sheets, comments and pictures:

Thread 1
Thread 2
More Pictures to come.......right Jeff!

FINAL THOUGHTS
Congratulations to Roger Claytor (Not on the CF yet) for his driving skill and his 1st ever well earned win since starting to race 8 years ago!

I want to thank our sponsors Carolina Auto Masters and Performance Tire & Wheel Services, Inc.

Thanks brother!

Dave Satterfiled Wins First Event of 2007

Here is the lowdown on the 1st MACC race on May 12th!

By Steve Oyer

It was a hot/humid day and rain was all around………..the DA was no better than +1300 all evening. With the threat of rain, the track went to 1/8 mile for all and just one test pass…it happens!…..just as we were going into the 1st round of eliminations………the rain came. After about a 45 minute delay and we were still lined up in the staging lanes for round 1! Dry off the water on the cars to keep it off the track And lets get it!

The Race

In the first round, Claytor broke out less in the double breakout over Satterfield with a 6.34 on a 6.37 vs. a 7.46 on a 7.50. McPeeks had near 2/10s advantage off the line to take out Woodberry who also ran under. Hudson snuck by with almost 3/10ths advantage off the line to get by Davis who also ran under.

I had the bye and didn't take myself out! All 3 bought back to have some more racing fun in the 2nd round; In the 2nd round, Oyer took out Hudson who was asleep at the tree for a change. Claytor ran a 6.35 on a 6.33 and took out Woodberry who red-light…. Satterfield has a nice .02 r/t and took out Davis who also had a nice .06 light but off his dial by 2/10ths. McPeeks had a bye this time due to his .015 r/t and ran a nice 6.41 on a 6.40.

In the Semis, Oyer raced a close, yet successful, round against Claytor. Both racers were nearly identical on the tree. With Oyer running a 7.37 on a 7.35 vs Claytor running out the back door with a 6.31 on a 6.35. McPeeks gave away his chance for the win against Satterfield when he left early by 1/10th off the starting line.

In the Finals, Satterfield had a quicker reaction time with a .075 to Oyer's slowest of the weekend .131. With both drivers off their dial by similar numbers it made for a close call at the stripe……….Satterfield won by less than ¼ of a 10th, or extrapolated out…….by 2.98 feet !!!

Here are links to our CF threads, CAM picture album and a few of my pics with detailed round by round sheets, comments and pictures:

Congrats to Dave Satterfield on winning the 1st MACC race!
Results
Photo Gallery on The Corvette Forum
Photo Gallery MACC Race #1

FINAL THOUGHTS

POINTS:

The 1st 2007 Mid-Atlantic Corvette Challenge Bracket Race presented by Carolina Auto Masters is Saturday May 12th

• The track opens at 3pm, I try to get there NLT 2:30pm
• Time trials start at 3:30 pm
• Eliminations start by 7pm
• This is a regular race day, but our Corvette class will be called over the PA system.
• Payout for each race will be based on car count and sponsorship, but here is the minimum cash payouts & trophies for:
• Winner $150, target $300
• R/U $75, target $150
• Semi-finalist $38, target $50

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