Craig Gingerich Wins Championship While Dan Bouldry wins Event 7

Glen Cottrill

Event Winner Dan Bouldry, 2nd-from-Right, with the 'usual-suspects'

Another Group shot

2007 Points Champion Craig Gingerich (center) did not give in to the pressure from runner-up Candace Swennson.

as her family & crew left the track in-search of a replacement, a group of racers, led by Kevin Roberts & Tracy Lewis, alternated between making their time-runs and working to remove the offending piece and getting the car ready for the swap

(I helped/got-in-the-way, too, and didn't get many pictures during time-shots today )

When her crew returned, time-trials had concluded, but her fellow racers and the staff at BMP allowed her to make a pair of quick runs before eliminations, to make-sure the car was safe and a non-leaker.

Once the First Round began, Thomas Renick brought-out his C5 for the first time this season, and had the misfortune to face points-leader Craig Gingerich, who mowed-down the tree with a .010 RT to win, Ollie Mader fouled-out against R.J. Gordon, Richard Martell beat Jerry Seward in a battle of C4s, the most-recent winner Kevin Roberts advanced against Chuck Davis' Z06, Larry Beutlich squeaked-out a win over James McHale, Dan Bouldry bested Robin Wahler in a double-breakout match-up, and Swenson's '72 got-by Tracy Lewis

Between rounds, Swenson's team made some tuning-changes to the carb, which resulted in a 13.299-run on her 13.35 dial-in against Gordon, ending her chances of claiming the Points Championship in just her second season:

Bouldry proved his 1st Round .019 RT was no-fluke with a .006 against Martell, Roberts defeated Seward, Lewis ran 111.711 on his 11.70 dial to end Beutlich's day, McHale went into the 3rd round when he beat Davis, and the newly-crowned Points Champ Gingerich bested Wahler's C6.

In the Quarter-Finals, Lewis and Gordon both ran .006-under, with Lewis winning due to a quicker RT, Roberts' steady .04-RT was good-enough to beat McHale's wheel-spinning C6, and Bouldry advanced into the Semis by beating Gingerich, with the knowledge he had the odd-lot bye-run into the Final Round:

in those Semi-Finals, Roberts had his 3rd straight .04 RT in beating Lewis, and Bouldry went .015 on his single.

In the Finals, Kevin Roberts barely fouled, ending his opportunity to win 3 of the last 5 races this season, in handing the victory to Dan Bouldry, who foot-braked his 9-second '68 Corvette to consecutive Reaction Times of .019, .006, .031, and .015 in the previous 4 rounds of competition:

he also set Low ET & Top Speed with his 9.620 @ 140.44 blast in the Finals, and had the best RT of the day in Round #2 at .006, while multi-time Champion Larry Beutlich had the 'nearest-miss' with his -.014 RT in Round #2

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Kevin Roberts back in the Winners Circle in Event 6

Glen Cottrill

Event Winner Kevin Roberts gets plaque from Event coordinator Tracy Roberts

Runner-up Tracy Lewis

Though not a Corvette Challenge participant, this Vette was hot!

of the 3 first-timers we had in July, only R.J. Gordon returned (one of the other recent newbie’s had his car crashed-into on the street after the last race, while the 3rd racer didn't risk traveling 3+ hours with a chance of rain in the area), and frequent competitor Marc Fisher chose to make time-only runs in his quick C5, testing a new motor combination, instead of racing with us, so we could've had an even-larger field.

Defending Champion Larry Beutlich showed why he's won before, earning the odd-lot 1st Round bye with a stellar RT in the final time-session, and backed that up with a .017 to advance into Round #2, while 1st-timer Chuck Davis moved into the next round when most-recent Winner Ollie Mader fouled-out, another rookie, Robert Shiels Sr. won when Swenson had an uncharacteristic poor RT:

other 1st Round pairings were James McHale over Chip Levick, Gary Guest taking-advantage of rookie Rob Shiels Jr.'s foul, Larry Broadly winning the 'Battle of C6s' against Robin Wahler, Gordon holding-off Rudy Szilagyi's '03 ZO6, Gingerich capitalizing on Swenson's bad-luck by beating 1st-timer John Kauffman, Tracy Lewis defeating Kevin Roberts, and Dan Warren running 14.291 on his 14.29 dial-in (with a .026 RT) to get-by Dan Bouldry.

In the 2nd Round, Davis' previously-consistent '01 ZO6 (12.98, 12.97, 12.97) spun the tires and couldn't cover his dial-in against Gordon, Shiels Sr.'s '91 ran .024 under in losing to Gingerich, but Shiels Jr. advanced when Beutlich ran just .002 too-quick, Warren's C4 ran .09 under, handing the win to Broadly, Wahler ended McHale's day on a double-breakout, Roberts beat Guest, and Lewis ran just .001-under his dial, but won when Bouldry's C3 turned-on the Big Red Eye.

while the BMP Staff prepped the track before the next round, storm clouds began to appear, while lightning on the horizon, so we hurried to get-in the 3rd Round of competition, with Gordon getting the starting-line advantage against Shiels Jr to win, Lewis beating Wahler, Roberts advancing despite Broadly having a slight RT-advantage, and Gingerich having the solo into the Semi-Finals:

the winning Reaction Times of this round, respectively, were .037, .018, .040, and .036

The skies opened-up before we could begin the Semi-Finals, and the Lewis' graciously offered all remaining Corvette-racers to stay-dry in their large motor home near our staging-area:

all 4 remaining Semi-Finalists were there, in-addition to myself, Wahler, and various friends and racers, discussing strategies, including deep-staging, dial-in, dumping, etc., except one racer who shall remain nameless, who spoke ad-nauseum about wanting to eat B-B-Q at Sonny's.....

After more than 2 hours, BMP Personnel had the track ready for action again, and Lewis knocked-off Gingerich, and Gordon's day ended with an rare foul-start (he'd gone .025, .036, and .037 in his 2nd-ever race with the car) to place Roberts, who earlier this season 'won-the-Wally', into another Final round:

with both racers having identical RT in the Semis, Lewis was awarded lane-choice by his better Reaction Time in the previous quarterfinal-round, and choose the Right Lane, but it didn't matter as Roberts gained a starting-line advantage of .015, then ran less-under, 13.253 on his 13.30 to Lewis' 11.634 on his 11.72 dial-in, as both racers were 'guessing' after the long rain-delay and changing atmospheric conditions.

Once-again, Dan Bouldry had Low-ET and Top-Speed of the event with a 9.677 / 138.71 blast, and Gingerich had not-only the Best RT of the day with his .001 in Round #2, but he also had the 'closest-miss' with his -.009 in the Semis against Lewis.

The Track had problems printing-out the updated Points Standings after this race due to electrical glitches after the storm, so they couldn't be forwarded to Redgar at this time, but the track DOES have them recorded, and they will be sent to Tracy Lewis @ RevXtreme, then onto Redgar for the web-site. REDGAR EDIT, Points have been calculated and updated!

Our last race of the 2007 season is Saturday morning 8 September, and we'd like to have the largest turnout of the year to-date for that event:

because of the long rain-delay, our planned gathering at Sonny's BBQ was aborted, but we can meet-up after the season-finale for a bench-racing/lie-telling session!

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Olivier Mader Scores in Event 5

Glen Cottrill

In First Round action, Tracy Lewis fouled-out against Jerry Seward, who's '86 then ran 14.936 on a .94 dial-in to advance, while 1st-timers R.J. Gordon & David Matte squared-off, with Matte running well-under his previous best E.T. of 13.62 and breaking-out with a 13.50-run:

Ollie Mader got past Daryl Reis' '94, Candace Swenson knocked-off rookie Matt Freeman's 11-second Z06, Points-Leader Craig Gingerich advanced on James McHale's red-light, and Dan Bouldry's 9-second '68 eeked-past Robin Wahler.

With 5 losers buying-back into Eliminations, the 2nd Round had 11 cars answer the call, and saw Mader with an odd-lot bye-run, Tracy Lewis ending Gingerich's day with an 11.866-run on his 11.86 dial-in, Seward run 14.966 on his .96 dial against Matte to advance, Freeman uncork an 11.657 run on his 11.63-dial to beat McHale, Gordon fouled-out against Wahler, and in a battle of old-C3s, Swenson held-off Bouldry's 137-MPH blast after having RTs within .003-seconds of each-other.

In the Quarter-Finals, Wahler used an excellent .017 RT to send Freeman home, Swenson won against Seward, who's car unexpectedly ran 4/10s under after having nearly-identical lights, and in a clash of titans, Mader's .003-RT & 14.487 (on a 14.47 dial ) was enough to beat Lewis's .024/11.890 on a 11.86 dial.

Candace Swenson earned the free-pass into the Final Round, and although Robin Wahler had a starting-line advantage of .029 to .094 versus Mader, his low 12-second C6 howled the tires down-track, running 12.717 on his 12.05 dial, and Ollie advanced to his 2nd Final in 3 races, running 14.561 on his 14.48 dial-in.

In the Final, Mader gained a slight-advantage off the line, and when Candace's '72 couldn't cover her dial-in, running 13.445 on a .40 dial-in, Ollie's 14.501 on his 14.50 dial was good-enough for the win: With the win, Mader moved within 4 rounds of the points-leader, and the additional Bonus Point Swenson earned as R/U places her just a single point of Gingerich, who remains atop the standings, with 3 races remaining on the schedule.

Dan Bouldry's '68 Corvette had the quickest & fastest time-slip of the day at 9.778 @ 137.25, while Ollie's .003-RT in the 3rd Round was the best-light of the event during Eliminations, and Tracy Lewis' -.012 was the 'nearest-miss' of the day.

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Craig Gingerich Wins event three of The Rev Xtreme Corvette Challenge Event 4

Craig Gingerich

The first pair of round 2 was Tracy and Oliver. Oliver lights the red bulb and sends Tracy to the third round. Next pair up was Robin and Craig, Craig gets the advantage at the tree and goes on to take the win. Next up was Mike Lathrop in his brand new Z06 and Larry in his C5. Larry leaves too early handing the win to Mike. The trend continued with Mike Laden red-lighting against Kevin. Finishing out the round 2 was the pairing of Candace and Clarence. Clarence takes the win and heads to the third round.

Round three featured two re-matches from round 1. The outcome was the same with both pairs. Tracy and Craig head to the semi's with wins over Mike Lathrop and Clarence. Kevin received the bye.

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Winner Craig Gingerich

Event Group Shot

Runner up Kevin Roberts

With only three racers left, Craig receives the bye to the finals. Kevin also heads to the finals when Tracy's Corvette rolls through the beams before the tree was activated. Kevin and Craig head to starting line with their nearly identical C5's. Kevin takes the reaction time advantage, but has problems and cant run close to his dial, handing the win to Craig. With the win Craig also takes over the point lead.

Kevin Roberts wins the Wally in Event 3

Craig Gingerich

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Winner Kevin Roberts	Event Group Shot
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Glen Cottrill wins Event 2 of the RevXtreme Corvette Challenge

Craig Gingerich

Runnerup Robert Hyclak

Event Winner Glen Cottrill

Oliver Mader and Robin Whaler were first on the track. Oliver takes the win with a .027 light and 13.44 on a 13.40 dial. Robert Hyclak beat Tracy Lewis with a .031 r.t. and 12.82 on a 12.80 dial. Next up Bill Wadsworth is paired up with Craig Gingerich. Craig takes the win after Bill misses a shift. Larry Beutlich wins over Larry Broadly with a near perfect .002 r.t.. Candace Swenson advances over Glen Conttrill. Glen had a close but no cigar -.001 redlight. Dan Boulrdy finished first round with a double break out win over Mike Laden.

Round 2 started with Craig Gingerich vs. Tracy Lewis. Tracy broke out giving Craig the win. Next up Robert Hyclak defeats Bill Wadsworth. Larry Broadly wins over Oliver Mader. After buying back, or as Glen calls it "taking welfare" Glen defeats Robin Whaler. Dan Bouldry won with a better package over Mike Laden. Candace finishes out round 2 with almost perfect package. .001 r.t. and 13.110 on a 13.11 dial. The Unfortunate victim in the other lane was defending champion Larry Beutlich. Larry also had a near perfect light with a -.001 redlight.

Round three starts with Dan Bouldry putting Craig Gingerich on the trailer, after Craig breaks out. Glen Conttrill advances over Larry Broadly with a excellent .018 r.t.. Robert Hyclak also advances to the semi-finals with a win over Candace Swenson.

With only three racers left Robert gets the bye to the final. The other 2 semi-finalists were Glen in his 16 second C3 and Dan in his mid 9 second C3. Glen took off first with a .082 r.t. 6.5 seconds later Dan leaves with a .166 r.t.. Glen takes the stripe first with a 16.15 on a 16.07 dial.

In the final round Glen dials a 16.16 against Robert's 12.80. Glen wins his first Rev Xtreme Corvette Challenge after Robert pushes the tree too hard and redlights.

Next race is May 12, 2007...see ya there

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First Event of 2007 Rained Out

Drivers Receive Trophies at the 2006 Banquet

Karen Lewis, Larry Beutlich, Candace Swenson and Craig Gingerich

01/07/06 - We have put a close to the 2006 at the annual Awards Banquet. Champions Larry Beutlich, runner-up Craig Gingerich and firth place finisher Candace Swenson were on hand to collect their awards.

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Announcing the 2007 Schedule

Points Standings Updated - Beutlich Three Time Champion

Will do an article on the final race as soon as I can capture some more time. If you would like to help out with writing an article, please let me know.

Announcing the 2007 National Corvette Challenge

Liz Mulig Wins Her First Corvette Challenge in Event 8

Larry Beutlich won the "Best Package" award with a .030 light ran 11.00 on a 11.08 dial for a .038 package.

Tracy Lewis with Event Winner Liz Mulig

Liz Mulig with Runnerup Robin Wahler

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Final Round

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The next RevXtreme Corvette Challenge will be the final race of the season on November 18, 2006 right here at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Hope you can all make there.

In case you have not noticed, the 2007 National Corvette Challenge has been scheduled for Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Richmond Dragway in Richmond Virginia. Several RCC racers have signed up to attend, you should join your teammates in the National. Visit http://national.corvettechallenge.info for more information.

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Larry Beutlich Returns To the Winner Circle in Event 7

Marc Fisher won the "Best Package" award with a .006 light ran 13.087 on a 13.08 dial for a .1300 package

Event Winner Larry Beutlich

Event Runner-up Craig Gingerich

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Round Four

Final Round

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The next RevXtreme Corvette Challenge will be on October 28, 2006 right here at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Hope you can all make there.

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Event 6 Called After 1 Round

Round One

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June 24 Race postponed Due to Rain

Event 5 Rained out

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Tracy Lewis Wins the Wally at Our May Race

Tracy Lewis Claims The Wally in Event 4

Tracy Lewis was was first up with his 2001 Corvette against Bruce Littler in his 2002. Lewis was left on at the tree but Littler had the round in his grasp but took too much stripe and broke out running 13.501 on 13.58 dial. Jerry Norton brought out a low 9-second Vette and was late on the tree with his 9.07 dial after having to wait 4 seconds on Richard Martell's 13.26 dialed '96 Corvette. Martell too the win with the better light. Larry Beutlich was on again with .021 light and 13.213 on 13.20 dial defeating Dan Bouldry (previous event winner) who ran under chasing Larry with 9.763 on 9.80 dial. Newcomer Greg Hillanbrandt was paired with previous champion, Emily Lewis and Hillanbrandt cut a better light, believe it, and both drivers broke out. Hillanbrandt was .001 under with a 12.579 on 12.58 dial and Emily was .006 under with a 12.244 on 12.25 dial. What a close race. Candace Swenson got a free pass to the second round when Jay Heath, Vette Magazine editor, went red in his first Corvette Challenge round of competition. The final pair was Craig Gingerich and Marc Fisher. Gingerich cut a .056 and ran dead on with a 4 on his 13.18 dial. That means he ran 13.184 for those not familiar with the term. Fisher, meanwhile went red.

100% buyback for round two would mean that we would have another 7 pair for round 2. Tracy Lewis got Litter again. This time Littler cut a .008 light to put the pressure on Mr. Lewis. Pressure, what pressure, as Lewis was a true dead-on runing 14.060 on 14.06 dial and it was good enought to make up the deficit at the tree as Littler could not run the his number. Lady Lewis was back up next and left conservitavely but it did not matter as Robin Wahler went red just after Emily took off. Mark Fisher was up next with against Gary Guest. The drivers had nearly identical lights but Guest ran his under his dial of 13.18 by .006 and Fisher would move on. It was Greg Hillanbrandt's turn agaisnt "The Editor", Jay Heath. Two rookies going at and it was Heath who was on the bad side when he went red moving Hillanbrandt to the next round. Next match was Jerry Norton dialed 9.10 strating late and running under with a 9.054 @ 143.81. This sent Martell to the next round with his .043 and 13.297 on 13.27 dial. Dan Bouldry used a stellare .019 light on Larry Beutlich to defeat him as it appeared both dirvers were hesitant to take the stripe with Bouldry running 9.878 on 9.75 dial and Beutlich 13.319 on 12.13 dial. In the final pair, Candace Swenson used a .039 light to eliminat Craig Gingerich's chances of repeating for the Wally as he went red by -.030.

Tracy Lewis would win in the first pair out when he left the gate with a .112 light and saw his win light on mid track as Greg Hillanbrandt, dial two seconds quicker, lit the red light. Next pair was Candace and Emily. Candace cut a .018 light proving to Emily that seat time matters as she was late and broke out trying to catch Candace's 13.693 on 13.66 dial. Richard Martell would move on to the next round when Marc Fisher lit the red again taking himeself out. Dan Bouldry had the by this round and used it to run 9.859 on 9.78 dial.

Four drivers left with a chance at the Wally. Only two more rounds to win. Tracy Lewis was off clean with a .079 tree and again he saw his win light come up early. Candace Swenson hit the tree really hard and drew the red with a -.014.

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Points updated 5/10/06

Dan Bouldry Takes his ' 68 to the Win in Event 3

Event Winner Dan Bouldry and crew

Craig Gingerich and Jerry Seward were first on the track in round 1. Seward must have heard stories on point leader Gingerich as he left with the ugly red light giving Gingerich the win. Next out was newcomer Roy Hagadorn, who got his first round win at the lighting of the red by Greg Hilanbrant. Larry Beutlich drew William Conte and both drivers cut lights in the .04s. Conte was off his dial and Beutlich off his gas pedal taking the win heading to the next round. Marc Fisher was next with an 11.42 dial against Dan Bouldry who just could not handle the wait with his 9.90 dialed 1968 Corvette. He left before his tree was active earning a trip to the buy back line. Candace Swenson finished up the first round taking a .065 light to victory over Gary Guest.

Five of the six first round runner-ups bought back in with only Conte calling it a day. Greg Hilanbrant put the points leader, Gingerich on the trailer with a .145 light to Gingerich's, close to perfect, but no cigar, -.006. Marc Fisher moved to the next round when he ran the better package against Candace Swenson. Beutlich advanced as Guest broke out by one-thousandth of a second, an number the would ring dearly for Beutlich later. Hagadorn also advanced to the next round on the strength of a .065 light when Bruce Littler was well off his dial. Bouldry's opponent, Richard Martell went red allowing him to ignore the light and run a 9.921 on 9.90 dial

Five Corvettes left and the bye run went to Roy Hagadorn earning his third round win. Bouldry was up against Fisher with 9.90 to 11.42 and a rematch of round one. Both drivers were off clean with Bouldry taking a slight advantage. Fisher was 11.437 on the 11.42 dial but Bouldry's better tree got him the win running 9.934 @ 136.38 MPH. Beutlich moved on to the semi's on the strength of a .053 reaction time ending Hilanbrant's day. Hilanbrant did well to day with his Advaned Automotive Repair of Cape Corral prepped Corvette

Beutlich got the bye into the final. It was Bouldry against Hagadorn in the other semi-final race. Hagadorn was .074 green and made a valiant effort to stay ahead of the '68. He could not and Bouldry was on the way to the final with another 9-second pass.

The final round Beutlich was dialed 13.20. He lined up against Bouldry who dialed 9.88 and was ready to give it all. Beutlich had the lead with a .023 light to .063 for Bouldry. Trying to stay ahead of the 9.9 Corvette, Beutlich stayed in it...too much. He broke out by a measly one-thousandth of a second...(he giveth and he taketh away). It was big enough for Bouldry to get his first Corvette Challenge Event win.

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The next RevXtreme Corvette Challenge will be on May 06, 2006 right here at Bradenton Motorsports Park. Hope you can all make there. In addition, the RevXtreme National Corvette Challenge in Bowling Green, KY is May 25, 2006. It is to be held in conjunction with the Corvette Forum Cruise In. For more information and a link to register (mandatory) Please visit national.corvettechallenge.info/.

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02/23/06 - To all making the trip to Carolina Dragway for the RevXtreme National Corvette Challenge, have a great trip and best of luck to you at the races. Please visit the the Drag Racing section on The Corvette Forum for updates and pictures and visit www.challengevideos.com for videos when available.

Attention All Power Adder Racers

Section 1A, located on page 24 of the 2006 NHRA Rulebook read as follows:
" 10.00 (*6.40 1/8 mile) and slower; all E.T. non-OEM supercharged, non-OEM turbocharged, or nitrous-equipped cars with an OEM or .024-inch steel firewall: Jacket meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/1 mandatory." In addition any car running over 135 mph will have additional requirements so please ask if you think you will be in that area.

These jackets can be gotten from www.summitracing.com, www.jegs.com or any other race oriented web site. Cost will be around $100 - $200 or so.

March 04, 2006 Race Has Been Cancelled

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Craig Gingerich Starts the Season with a Win in Event 1

Event Winner Craig Gingerich surrounded by Jeff Keen, Emily Lewis and Mateo

Runner-up Marc Fisher

Seven even pair for the first round and none had the benefit of a bye. 2005 Champion Larry Beutlich was first on the track against Robin Wahler with a 2005 Corvette dialed 11.93. Beutlich took the win like a Champion with a .038 light. 2005 Runner up, Marc Fisher got a pass to the second round when his opponent went red. Emily Lewis returned to Corvette after running the dragster to a big win the prior week and she got the first round win over Blair Brannock, dialed 11.97 but going red. Troy Voegeli took the win in his first Corvette Challenge pass over Candice Swenson. Bruce Littler then took the win over Rafael Polo with a big tree advantage on his .053 light. In a very close double-breakout race, Carlos Rioz was able to take the win light over Gary Guest. The final pair gave us our quickest car of the day as Howard Wolf from Marietta, GA came in a 10-second 99 Corvette dialed at 10.40. Wolf was quick on the tree too as he went Red sending Craig Gingerich to round 2.

With buybacks we were at 11 cars for round 2. Emily Lewis too the win over Bruce Littler who cut a .016 light but could not run his number on the 13.50 dial and bowed out. Marc Fisher took the win when Rioz went red. After buying back in, Candace Swenson was able to get a round win over Voegeli as Swenson was dead on with a .003 on 13.25 dial. Wahler also took advantage of the buyback to get a round win over Polo who was close a second of the dial despite a .016 light. Beutlich strolled along riding a .034 light and 13.188 run on 13.14 dial to send Wolf home 0-2 as he experienced a problem running well over his 10-second capability. Gingerich got the luck of the draw and the bye into the next round.

Down to six Vettes for Round three and Emily Lewis took advantage and ran out her run when Candace Swenson went red. Gingerich was paired with Beutlich and the race lived up to its billing. Gingerich came out on top with a .019 and 13.148 on 13.12 dial while Beutlich trailed with a .076 and 13.192 on 13.14 dial. Both driver with nearly identical on the brakes mph of 97.86 to 97.88. Marc Fisher got the advanced to the next round on the strength of a .048 reaction time while Wahler was late on his.

Round 4 and Fisher would face Lewis. Fisher has Lewis' number and took the win with a .015 light to Lewis' .043 and neither driver appeared to want the stripe under speed and Fisher took the peddle fest. Gingerich got the single into the final.

Gingerich would leave first with a 13.19 dial and .020 light. Fisher, dialed 11.30 would follow and pushed the tree too hard and went red, light the win light for Gingerich. Some exciting racing for the first race of the season for sure.

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The next RevXtreme Corvette Challenge will be on March 04, 2006. However the next Corvette race will be on February 24-25 for the RevXtreme National Corvette Challenge in Jackson, SC if you can join us. The Lewis family, Marc Fisher, Larry Beutlich and Craig Gingerich have committed to attending. Please visit www.carolinacorvettechallenge.com/national/.

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2005 Awards Banquet Update

• When: January 7, 2006
• Where: Holiday Inn, St. Petersburg, FL
• Tickets: can be obtained by calling Bradenton at 941-748-1320
• Awards: 2005 Champion will receive a jacket, trophy and tee shirt, 2nd - 5th (all three drivers with 211 pts) will each receive a trophy and tee shirt, Rookie of the Year will receive a jacket and trophy.

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Announcing William Conte as the 2005 Rookie of the Year

2005 Awards Banquet Information

• When: January 7, 2006
• Where: Holiday Inn, St. Petersburg, FL
• Tickets: can be obtained by calling Bradenton at 941-748-1320
• Awards: 2005 Champion will receive a jacket, trophy and tee shirt, 2nd - 5th will each receive a trophy and tee shirt, Rookie of the Year will receive a jacket and trophy.

Announcing the Battle of Florida

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