What is the Carolina Corvette Challenge Drag Racing Series?It has happened
to all of us. You stop at a light in your nice clean shiny deep breathing Corvette
and look at the car next to you. All of a sudden you feel like Kenny
Bernstein staring down John Force
as you each wait for the light to go green. It goes green and you are off. Then you
realize you want to do this all the time and legally. So where do you go? What do you
do? How do you compete? The Corvette Challenge is the answer.
Bracket RacingDrag racing is simple to figure out. You line up next to
someone, wait for the light to go green and drive as hard and fast as you can for
¼ mile. Whoever gets to the finish line first wins. This model is simple until
you figure out that if you modify a car and spend just a little more money on it,
then you will always win. This scenario or "flaw" opens the door for Bracket Racing.
Bracket Racing is when you drag race against an opponent you each are racing in your
"bracket" so to speak. This bracket is also called a "dial-in". Basically each driver
has to honestly predict what amount of elapsed time (ET) is needed for the car to
travel the ¼ mile. To keep it honest, you cannot go faster than you predict or
you lose in what is called a "breakout". What this does is equalize the cars and
shifts the race to the driver's ability to predict a time and react to the starting
lights.
The Tree The starting lights are affectionately called the
"Christmas Tree" because there are so many lights and in varying colors. The car with
the slower dial in will be given a head start. The faster car will have to wait for
his Christmas tree until the slower car has made up the difference in the dial-in ET.
Example. I dial my car in at 13.50 seconds and my opponent at 12.50 seconds. My
opponent is 1 second faster than I so I will get a 1 second head start. That means if
we do everything the same we will cross the finish line at the same time.
Reaction TimeThe amount of time it takes for the driver and his car to react
to the green light is where you can win your race. If it takes you one half (.50)
second to react to the tree, and your opponent takes 1 full second (1.00), then you
will be .50 quicker to the finish line. This, in a nutshell, is Bracket Racing. There
are many lessons to learn but the key takeaway for now is that the fastest car will
not win. The better driver will win. Which is how you and I can play in
multimillion-dollar sport that Bernstein and Force play without going broke.
CompetitionWhat the Corvette Challenge does is allow you to participate in
series of races that are Bracket Races as described above, but with an entire field
filled with Corvettes. Think about it, all vintages all styles all colors. Here a C5
can race a C1. Think of it as a very fast Car Show where you can see these works of
art and experience what is under the hood at the same time.
Schedule of Events for 2007We have six dates for 2007 and are moving to a new track. The events will be held at Darlington Dragway, Hartsville, SC.
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| E1. |
Mar 17 |
Kerry Jaimison |
| E2. |
Apr 21 |
Kerry Jaimison |
| E3. |
May 19 |
Art Brown |
| E4. |
Sep 15 |
Kerry Jaimison |
| E5. |
Oct 27 |
Danny Moore |
Spectators and supporters are welcome.You can come out to meet new people,
watch the racing and friendly competition. Many drivers bring their spouses for
support or even their entire families. Clubs bring members to race and members to
cheer, support and maybe even engage in a little friendly "trash talking". Even
Corvette owners who choose not to race still bring their Corvettes to support the
Series.
This is what the Corvette Challenge is about. We hope that you can make it to at
least one of our events if not all in the future. And remember to "Save the Wave".
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