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Corvettes to roar around track, trying to beat clock
SCOT ALLYN, Morning Journal Writer
05/16/2008
LORAIN, OH -- Auto racing, against the clock, is coming to the former Ford assembly plant on Baumhart Road.
Tim Obert, a member of the Corvette Cleveland club, said autocross racing will be held on a 0.8-mile track laid out on the plant's parking lot May 25. Racing is tentatively scheduled to continue on June 22, Aug. 10, Sept. 14 and Oct. 11.
This is not wheel-to-wheel competition.
''It's just you, the clock and track, and you're trying to get through the pylons the fastest,'' Obert said.
Typically, one car is on the course at a time, but if two or three cars are on the course, they are spaced far apart, he noted. Obert plans to bring his stock 1994 Corvette coupe.
While the majority of cars will be 1984 through 2008 Corvettes, the competition will be open to all kinds of cars, Obert said. Non-Corvettes will be grouped in Sports Car Club of America classifications.
Drivers must bring a helmet, and cars will be inspected prior to being allowed on the track. About 50 to 90 entrants take part in most of Corvette Cleveland's events, depending on weather, Obert said. Racing will be May 25 rain or shine.
Registration will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m., and the drivers will meet at 10 a.m. The first car gets the green flag at 10:30 a.m.
Drivers can register until May 23 at www.autox.corvettecleveland.org, or at the event.
SCOT ALLYN, Morning Journal Writer
05/16/2008
LORAIN, OH -- Auto racing, against the clock, is coming to the former Ford assembly plant on Baumhart Road.
Tim Obert, a member of the Corvette Cleveland club, said autocross racing will be held on a 0.8-mile track laid out on the plant's parking lot May 25. Racing is tentatively scheduled to continue on June 22, Aug. 10, Sept. 14 and Oct. 11.
This is not wheel-to-wheel competition.
''It's just you, the clock and track, and you're trying to get through the pylons the fastest,'' Obert said.
Typically, one car is on the course at a time, but if two or three cars are on the course, they are spaced far apart, he noted. Obert plans to bring his stock 1994 Corvette coupe.
While the majority of cars will be 1984 through 2008 Corvettes, the competition will be open to all kinds of cars, Obert said. Non-Corvettes will be grouped in Sports Car Club of America classifications.
Drivers must bring a helmet, and cars will be inspected prior to being allowed on the track. About 50 to 90 entrants take part in most of Corvette Cleveland's events, depending on weather, Obert said. Racing will be May 25 rain or shine.
Registration will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m., and the drivers will meet at 10 a.m. The first car gets the green flag at 10:30 a.m.
Drivers can register until May 23 at www.autox.corvettecleveland.org, or at the event.
