Road America presents the
Corvette World Tribute to
100 years of Chevrolet
Supported by
August 18-21, 2011
In conjunction with the ALMS and the
GT2 ZR1 Corvette Racing Team
Vintage Race Group (V) is for Corvettes manufactured and prepared to 1972 and earlier racing specs.
Historic Race Group (H) is for Corvettes with post-1972 specs regardless of year of manufacture; and certain earlier cars that may be deemed more appropriate for this group.
Contemporary Race Group (C) classified by race and tech directors.
HPDX Lapping Group (X) is for track-day Corvettes all years of manufacture and will be subject to a safety inspection. No speed limit, experience required, helmets, passing zones defined.
Autocross Group (AX) is open to Corvettes all years of manufacture. No prior experience necessary, seat belts required and cars subject to safety inspection. Two unique courses will be run, no experience required, free to try as many times as time permits.
Touring Group (T) is open to Corvettes all years of manufacture. 70 mph speed limit, seat belts are required, follow pace cars.
Trailers will be parked in North Paddock based on the space requirements that you indicated on your entry.
Wednesday August 17, 2011
1:00pm – 5:00pm Registration and parking (Registration located inside Gate 6 at Registration Bldg)
“Corvette Field of Dreams” set up (located in North Paddock inside & near Lester Bldg)
Motorhomes, RVs and camping set up
Thursday August 18, 2011
7:00am – 5:00pm Registration and parking (Registration located inside Gate 6 at Registration Bldg)
8:00am – 12 noon Tech Inspection (Racing HPDX Lapping cars only) at the RA Center
9:00am – 5:00pm “Corvette Field of Dreams” set up open (located in North Paddock inside & near Lester Bldg)
Corvette Corral opens (located at Turn 3 inside Gate 4)
Vendor area opens in Midway
10:00am HPDX Lapping driver meeting with Carl Jensen and Jack Woehrle at RA Center
Thursday August 18, 2011 (Continued)
10:15am Vintage/Historic/Contemporary Racing Groups driver meeting at RA Center
11:30am – 12:10pm Corvette World Tribute Track Touring; 70 mph speed limit, no passing in turns, seat belts required; must follow pace cars; CWT participants only. (Location: Staging in Turn 5 West, entering track at Turn 13 with Exit at Turn 5)
12:10pm – 12:40pm Corvette World Tribute Race Groups and HPDX Lapping – No speed limit; HPDX or racing experience required, helmets, passing zones defined.
Friday August 19, 2011
7:00am – 5:00pm Registration and parking (Registration located inside Gate 6 at Registration Bldg)
8:00am – 10:00am Tech Inspection (Racing & HPDX Lapping cars at RA Center
9:00am – 5:00pm Corvette Field of Dreams, vendor areas and Corvette Corral open
10:00am – 11:00am Corvettes Racing thru time Session 1 Driving Corvette Race cars at the limit at Road America Center, celebrity guests,
panel presentations, Q & A, selected display cars
Panelists
Jim Jeffords, driver of Nickey Purple People Eater Corvette 1958 and 1959 SCCA
BP National Champion. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame. Car on display
Bob Bondurant, driver of Washburn Chevrolet Corvette # 614, 1959 Cal Club Champ and founder of Bondurant School of Racing. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame.
Tony DeLorenzo, driver of Hanley Dawson Chevrolet SCCA A Production class L88 # 7, founder and leader of Owens Corning Corvette racing team, record consecutive 1969 and 1970 SCCA AP wins and Daytona and Sebring FIA class wins. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame. Car on display
Bill Cooper, driver of Valley Chevrolet # 3 and 1989 Pro Corvette Challenge Series champion, professional driving instructor. Car on display
Andy Pilgrim, driver of Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing Team C5R ALMS Series wins, professional driving instructor. Car on display
Johnny O’Connell, driver of Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing Team C5R and C6R ALMS, record GT class wins at Sebring, Le Mans GT class winner. Car on display
Moderator
Ralph Kramer, former head of Chevrolet public relations, introduced the Corvette Challenge Series and the ZR1, author and Corvette expert.
11:40am – 12:10pm Corvette World Tribute Track Touring; 70 mph speed limit, no passing in turns,
seat belts required; must follow pace cars; CWT participants only. (Location: Staging in Turn 5 West, entering track at Turn 13 with Exit at Turn 5)
12:00 pm – 1:05pm ALMS Corvette racing team autographs in Competition Paddock
Friday August 19, 2011 (Continued)
12 noon Deadline for purchasing the Saturday Dinner and special screening of the Quest, Le Mans documentary by filmmaker Michael Brown. $30 per person; Saturday dinner 6pm-7:30pm,
Film 8pm-9:30pm at the RA Center. Purchase tickets at Registration.
12:10pm – 12:35pm Corvette World Tribute HPDX Lapping — No speed limit; HPDX or racing experience required, helmets, passing zones defined.
12:35pm – 1:05pm Corvette World Tribute Race Car — Qualifying 1
Vintage, Historic, Contemporary Racing Groups combined
2:00pm – 3:00pm Corvettes Racing thru time Session 2 Preparing Corvette Race Cars to win at Road America Center, celebrity guests, panel presentations, Q & A, selected display cars
Panelists
Ronnie Kaplan, Crew chief and preparation of Nickey Chevrolet Corvettes and other race car programs.
Dick Guldstrand, SCCA BP west coast Champion, Pro driver for Roger Penske and Dana Chevrolet, tuning and chassis parts and expert. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame.
Doug Hooper, Early west coast racer, won Z06 first race driving for Mickey Thompson at Riverside in October 1962, restored and drove Grand Sport Corvette chassis #001 roadster in vintage racing. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame.
Gib Hufstader, former GM engineer served under Zora Duntov, devised high performance parts program, homologation, testing and delivery to Corvette racers in mid-1960s. Vintage racer. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame.
Tony DeLorenzo pinch hitting for Jerry Thompson, former GM engineer and Owens Corning team mate of Tony DeLorenzo, builder of several successful Corvette C3 “Shark” and C4 race cars. Vintage racer. National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame. Car on display
Alan Sevadjian, Duntov Motor Company licensed manufacturer of authentic Grand Sport continuation Corvettes, former SCCA and current vintage racer.
Doug Rippie, DRM, Leading C4 Corvette World Challenge and IMSA Supercar Series tuner and chassis development, former SCCA and current vintage racer.
Lou Gigliotti, LG Motorsports, leading constructor of C5 and C6 tube frame chassis, tuner, winner in SCCA club and pro Trans Am and World Challenge series, Reality TV star. (provisional)
Moderator
Ralph Kramer, former head of Chevrolet public relations, introduced the Corvette
Challenge Series and the ZR1, author and Corvette expert.
3:25pm – 3:40pm Qualifying — ALMS Corvette Racing team
4:30pm – 6:00pm Corvette Racing Team Doug Fehan and #3 Corvette crew chief Dan Binks,
presentation and benefit auction Camp Anokijig (An-oh-ki-jig) at Corvette Corral
Saturday August 20, 2011
7:00am – 5:00pm Registration and parking (Registration located inside Gate 6 at Registration Bldg)
8:00am – 10:00am Tech Inspection (Racing HPDX Lapping cars only) at the RA Center
8:00am – 9:15am 1.25 Hr race, SCCA Trans Am
9:00am – 5:00pm Field of Dreams, Corvette Club displays, vendor areas and Corvette Corral open
10:00am – 11:00am Corvettes racing thru time Session 3 The Outlook for the Corvette Racing Hobby and Collecting at Road America Center, celebrity guests, panel presentations, Q & A, selected display cars
Panelists
Kevin Mackay, founder of Corvette Repair, top sleuth, expert and award winning restorer of Corvette race cars. Cars on display
Mike Yager, founder of Mid-America Motorworks, a pioneer Corvette mail order business, collector, influential author, holds Corvette FunFest event, former trustee of National Corvette Museum and Corvette hobby expert. Cars on display
Lance Miller, partner and second generation leader of Carlisle Events, Corvettes at Carlisle, collector and vintage racer.
Ralph Kramer, former head of Chevrolet public relations, introduced the Corvette Challenge Series and introduced the ZR1, author and Corvette expert.
Jim Gessner, Pioneer Corvette historian, first year inductee in Bloomington Gold Great Hall, co-founder of the Registry of Corvette Race Cars, expert at locating, documenting and selling Corvettes.
Tom Stephani, son and nephew of the owners of Nickey Chevrolet, Corvette
historian and vintage racer.
11:25am – 11:50am Corvette World Tribute Track Touring; 70 mph speed limit, no passing in turns, seat belts required; must follow pace cars; CWT participants only. (Location: Staging in Turn 5 West, entering track at Turn 13 with Exit at Turn 5)
11:50am – 12:20pm Corvette World Tribute HPDX Lapping — No speed limit; HPDX or racing experience required, helmets, passing zones defined.
12:20am – 12:50pm Corvette World Tribute Race Car — Qualifying 2
Vintage, Historic, Contemporary Racing Groups combined
3:00pm – 7:00pm 4 Hr race ALMS Corvette Racing team
6:00pm – 7:30pm Dinner at RA Center ($30 per person includes dinner and a special screening of the Quest)
Deadline to register is 12 NOON on Friday, August 19 at Registration.
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Special screening of the Quest, Le Mans documentary by filmmaker Michael Brown.
(Located at the RA Center) $30 per person includes the dinner and film. Deadline to
register is Friday, August 19 at 12 NOON at Registration.
Sunday August 21, 2011
6:00am – 11:00am Registration and parking (Registration located inside Gate 6 at Registration Bldg)
8:00am – 10:00am Tech Inspection (Racing HPDX Lapping cars only) at the RA Center
7:30am – 9:30am Breakfast bar for CWT participants (Located in the RA Center)
8:30am Track participants meeting V, H, C, X and T groups (Located in the RA Center)
8:30am ALMS Corvette Paddock open
9:00am Qualifying Race — Vintage racing group
9:30am Qualifying Race — Historic & Contemporary racing group
9:30am Concours assembly including race cars on display, vendors open (Located in North Paddock)
10:00am HPDX Lapping group (False Grid)
10:00am Autocross starts, continuous - located in the West Paddock
10:30am Corvette Bridge Dedication Photo (by invitation ONLY from the Corvette Registry)
Assembly prior to the photo will take place in front of the Chevrolet display (North Paddock)
10:30am Champagne Slalom start (Located south of tunnel near the start/finish line)
11:30am Touring group (Location: Staging in Turn 5 West, entering track at Turn 13 with Exit at Turn 5)
11:30am – 1:30pm Lunch for CWT participants in the Road America Center
12:10pm Feature Race — Vintage racing group
12:50pm Feature Race — Historic & Contemporary racing group
1:30pm HPDX Lapping group (False Grid)
2:00pm Concours Final Awards (Located at Lester Bldg)
2:00pm Touring group (Location: Staging in Turn 5 West, entering track at Turn 13 with Exit at Turn 5)
2:45pm All Corvette Challenge Race (Vintage/Historic/Contemporary racing groups)
3:15pm HPDX Lapping group (False Grid)
3:45pm Touring group (Location: Staging in Turn 5 West, entering track at Turn 13 with Exit at Turn 5)
8/13/2011 10:13 AM