Josh@Ridetech
04-22-2015, 11:54 AM
Although the weather made everyone a bit skeptical, this first year show was a success! We had a good crowd and alot of nice cars driving through.
Friday started off a bit rainy but when the action got started in the afternoon, Bret Voelkel in the RideTech 69 Mustang and Chris Smith in the 48 Hour Corvette immediately put down the fast laps. At the end of Friday the Corvette developed an engine miss that was ultimately diagnosed as a bad lifter. Smitty and the rest of the RideTech team spent most of Friday evening resolving that issue in order to make the call on Saturday morning. Saturday’s weather was hot and sunny making for a more challenging track surface but the RideTech cars remained near the top of the leader board.
The weather was looking much worse on Sunday but the competition was completed by 11:00 AM with Kyle Tucker taking the top spot and Chris Smith and the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette placing 2nd and thereby winning the invitation to the year end Scottsdale “Duel in the Desert” autocross shootout. Bret Voelkel in the RideTech 69 Mustang finished 4th.
Smitty had this to say about the weekend’s results: "All the work everyone has put into this Corvette is showing every weekend. The car continues to get faster and faster. We just locked in our spot for Scottsdale and we haven't even turned this animal up yet. This is the year of the Corvette!"
The weekend was not all smiles and sunshine, but with the team's strong determination and help from a few others in the sport and industry, we persevered. When Bret Voelkel was asked about Raleigh and the weekend’s outcome he said: " The Corvette and the Mustang were welcomed with a huge amount of enthusiasm at Raleigh…I’m glad we could perform up to expectations. As with any high performance car, there were some significant challenges to overcome this weekend…our heroes among heroes at Raleigh were Lokar, MSD, Tim McGilton, and Chris Smith for keeping the Corvette up and running!"
Chris Smith will be running the 48 Hour Corvette this coming weekend in Kissimmee at the Goodguys' 2nd Annual Florida Nationals.
Chris & Bret were not the only successful RideTech Nation members this weekend. RideTech Shocks and Falken tires were on 4 of the top 5 in the Pro Class including Rob MacGregor's "Hellboy" C10 and Keith Corrigan's "Velocity" Camaro.
Chris Smith laying the hammer down in the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette. Fastest Musclecar of the weekend!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/raleigh_zpsnuvgiogg-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/raleigh_zpsnuvgiogg.jpg.html)
Rob MacGregor in the No Limit Hellboy C10 fished 3rd in the Pro Class.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/dd77d6285614438881893c5c45bbe959_zpspfwq-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/dd77d628-5614-4388-8189-3c5c45bbe959_zpspfwqlksy.jpg.html)
The RideTech 69 Mustang takes 4th place in Pro Class. Bret Voelkel proving Air Suspension is highly capable 19 years in a row!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/e72667455fc24d678728207edbd9cb20_zpsnfno-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/e7266745-5fc2-4d67-8728-207edbd9cb20_zpsnfnouy1q.jpg.html)
Keith Corrigan in the "Velocity" Camaro quickly rising through the field with a 5th place Pro Class finish.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/0c1a9d4ad09f4128847f486b8f7b5d22_zpsh0qn-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/0c1a9d4a-d09f-4128-847f-486b8f7b5d22_zpsh0qno2k2.jpg.html)
Mike Holdren's 53 Buick was the heaviest car competing over the weekend. He led the HotRod Class most of the weekend until a light 33 ford kit car pushed him down to second
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/cff6ec75f345453ba7293be45ca30b76_zpsd6u5-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/cff6ec75-f345-453b-a729-3be45ca30b76_zpsd6u5qxdj.jpg.html)
Mike Holleman sat in 1st place in the Truck class all day Friday but missed the rest of the weekend due to illness. He ended up in 2nd but we believe that wouldn't have been the case if he would of been on track Sunday morning.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/7ced6750a9a0477587de4aa496c5234d_zpsbvld-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/7ced6750-a9a0-4775-87de-4aa496c5234d_zpsbvld4ut1.jpg.html)
....and the overall results!
Pos.
Class
#
Rookie
Driver
Car Model
Total
Diff.
From 1st
pro - 'Pro/Sponsor' Total Entries: 9
1T
1196
Kyle Tucker
70 Chevy Camaro
0:39.545
[-]0.845
-
2T
1200
Chris Smith (http://www.ridetech.com/48hourcorvette/)
72 Chevy Corvette (http://www.ridetech.com/48hourcorvette/)
0:40.390
+0.845
+0.845
3T
722
Rob MacGregor
69 Chevy C-10
0:40.475
+0.085
+0.930
4T
1199
Bret Voelkel (http://www.ridetech.com/garage/1969-mustang/)
69 Ford Mustang (http://www.ridetech.com/garage/1969-mustang/)
0:40.559
+0.084
+1.014
5T
349
Deb McGilton
69 Chevy Camaro RS
0:41.923
+1.364
+2.378
6T
478
Keith Corrigan
68 Chevy Camaro
0:42.003
+0.080
+2.458
7
246
Marshall Machado
67 Chevy Corvette
0:42.247
+0.244
+2.702
8
366
Bob Bertelsen
69 Chevy C-10
0:42.678
+0.431
+3.133
9
1197
Stacy Tucker
2010 Chevy Camaro
0:43.307
+0.629
+3.762
sm - 'Street Machine' Total Entries: 28
1T
771
Mike Jr. Johnson
06 Chevy Corvette 206
0:39.396
[-]1.753
-
2T
770
Kandy Johnson
06 Chevy Corvette
0:41.149
+1.753
+1.753
3T
350
Tim McGilton
70 Chevy Camaro
0:41.446
+0.297
+2.050
4T
11227
Rob Machado
03 Chevy Corvette
0:41.695
+0.249
+2.299
5T
45
Scott Feldon
67 Chevy Corvette
0:42.144
+0.449
+2.748
6T
360
Mike Gallagher
09 Cadillac CTS-V
0:42.299
+0.155
+2.903
7
937
Bill Graves
66 Chevy Corvette
0:42.866
+0.567
+3.470
8
227
Rob Machado
67 Chevy Corvette
0:43.099
+0.233
+3.703
9
184
Rodney Wright
08 Ford Mustang
0:43.213
+0.114
+3.817
10
911
Flann McLaughlin
14 Chevy Camaro
0:43.379
+0.166
+3.983
11
527
Randy Haskins
71 Chevy Nova
0:43.494
+0.115
+4.098
12
971
Robert Ballard
04 Ford Mustang
0:43.589
+0.095
+4.193
13
545
Richie Kibler
70 Chevy Camaro
0:45.337
+1.748
+5.941
14
1003
Christian Hankins
93 Mazda RX7
0:45.347
+0.010
+5.951
15
801
David White
67 Chevy Chevelle
0:45.477
+0.130
+6.081
16
705
Chris Lewis
14 Dodge Challenger
0:45.821
+0.344
+6.425
17
173
Tim Lucento
64 Chevy Corvette
0:45.965
+0.144
+6.569
18
263
Michael Tucker
69 Chevy Camaro
0:46.341
+0.376
+6.945
19
352
Sean Farmer
80 Chevy Camaro
0:46.506
+0.165
+7.110
20
945
Joseph Boyer
71 Chevy Corvette Roadster
0:46.635
+0.129
+7.239
21
22
Sam Matchett
55 Chevy Z10
0:46.856
+0.221
+7.460
22
970
Kurt Urban
78 Chevy Malibu SW
0:47.318
+0.462
+7.922
23
317
Dick Sossomon
71 Opel GT
0:47.743
+0.425
+8.347
24
528
Josh Saronce
71 Chevy Chevelle
0:48.215
+0.472
+8.819
25
723
Tina MacGregor
65 Ford Mustang
0:48.648
+0.433
+9.252
26
739
Neal Landenberger
14 Ford Mustang
0:50.143
+1.495
+10.747
27
1014
Charles Hamlin
65 Chevy Corvair
0:50.611
+0.468
+11.215
28
546
Marc Scarborough
70 Chevy Camaro
0:50.991
+0.380
+11.595
trk - 'Truck' Total Entries: 3
1
757
Gary Perkins
49 Chevy 310
0:45.023
[-]0.175
-
2
748
Mike Holleman
65 Chevy El Camino
0:45.198
+0.175
+0.175
3
206
Ray Thompson
99 Chevy Tahoe
0:46.515
+1.317
+1.492
hr - 'Hot Rod' Total Entries: 4
1
274
Christopher Haigler
33 Ford Roadster
0:43.218
[-]1.110
-
2
763
Todd Holdren
53 Buick Special
0:44.328
+1.110
+1.110
3
226
Kip Hartzell
32 Ford 3W
0:50.025
+5.697
+6.807
4
628
Harry Hennis
37 Ford
0:54.997
+4.972
+11.779
Friday started off a bit rainy but when the action got started in the afternoon, Bret Voelkel in the RideTech 69 Mustang and Chris Smith in the 48 Hour Corvette immediately put down the fast laps. At the end of Friday the Corvette developed an engine miss that was ultimately diagnosed as a bad lifter. Smitty and the rest of the RideTech team spent most of Friday evening resolving that issue in order to make the call on Saturday morning. Saturday’s weather was hot and sunny making for a more challenging track surface but the RideTech cars remained near the top of the leader board.
The weather was looking much worse on Sunday but the competition was completed by 11:00 AM with Kyle Tucker taking the top spot and Chris Smith and the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette placing 2nd and thereby winning the invitation to the year end Scottsdale “Duel in the Desert” autocross shootout. Bret Voelkel in the RideTech 69 Mustang finished 4th.
Smitty had this to say about the weekend’s results: "All the work everyone has put into this Corvette is showing every weekend. The car continues to get faster and faster. We just locked in our spot for Scottsdale and we haven't even turned this animal up yet. This is the year of the Corvette!"
The weekend was not all smiles and sunshine, but with the team's strong determination and help from a few others in the sport and industry, we persevered. When Bret Voelkel was asked about Raleigh and the weekend’s outcome he said: " The Corvette and the Mustang were welcomed with a huge amount of enthusiasm at Raleigh…I’m glad we could perform up to expectations. As with any high performance car, there were some significant challenges to overcome this weekend…our heroes among heroes at Raleigh were Lokar, MSD, Tim McGilton, and Chris Smith for keeping the Corvette up and running!"
Chris Smith will be running the 48 Hour Corvette this coming weekend in Kissimmee at the Goodguys' 2nd Annual Florida Nationals.
Chris & Bret were not the only successful RideTech Nation members this weekend. RideTech Shocks and Falken tires were on 4 of the top 5 in the Pro Class including Rob MacGregor's "Hellboy" C10 and Keith Corrigan's "Velocity" Camaro.
Chris Smith laying the hammer down in the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette. Fastest Musclecar of the weekend!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/raleigh_zpsnuvgiogg-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/raleigh_zpsnuvgiogg.jpg.html)
Rob MacGregor in the No Limit Hellboy C10 fished 3rd in the Pro Class.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/dd77d6285614438881893c5c45bbe959_zpspfwq-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/dd77d628-5614-4388-8189-3c5c45bbe959_zpspfwqlksy.jpg.html)
The RideTech 69 Mustang takes 4th place in Pro Class. Bret Voelkel proving Air Suspension is highly capable 19 years in a row!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/e72667455fc24d678728207edbd9cb20_zpsnfno-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/e7266745-5fc2-4d67-8728-207edbd9cb20_zpsnfnouy1q.jpg.html)
Keith Corrigan in the "Velocity" Camaro quickly rising through the field with a 5th place Pro Class finish.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/0c1a9d4ad09f4128847f486b8f7b5d22_zpsh0qn-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/0c1a9d4a-d09f-4128-847f-486b8f7b5d22_zpsh0qno2k2.jpg.html)
Mike Holdren's 53 Buick was the heaviest car competing over the weekend. He led the HotRod Class most of the weekend until a light 33 ford kit car pushed him down to second
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/cff6ec75f345453ba7293be45ca30b76_zpsd6u5-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/cff6ec75-f345-453b-a729-3be45ca30b76_zpsd6u5qxdj.jpg.html)
Mike Holleman sat in 1st place in the Truck class all day Friday but missed the rest of the weekend due to illness. He ended up in 2nd but we believe that wouldn't have been the case if he would of been on track Sunday morning.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2015/04/7ced6750a9a0477587de4aa496c5234d_zpsbvld-1.jpg (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Ridetech2/media/7ced6750-a9a0-4775-87de-4aa496c5234d_zpsbvld4ut1.jpg.html)
....and the overall results!
Pos.
Class
#
Rookie
Driver
Car Model
Total
Diff.
From 1st
pro - 'Pro/Sponsor' Total Entries: 9
1T
1196
Kyle Tucker
70 Chevy Camaro
0:39.545
[-]0.845
-
2T
1200
Chris Smith (http://www.ridetech.com/48hourcorvette/)
72 Chevy Corvette (http://www.ridetech.com/48hourcorvette/)
0:40.390
+0.845
+0.845
3T
722
Rob MacGregor
69 Chevy C-10
0:40.475
+0.085
+0.930
4T
1199
Bret Voelkel (http://www.ridetech.com/garage/1969-mustang/)
69 Ford Mustang (http://www.ridetech.com/garage/1969-mustang/)
0:40.559
+0.084
+1.014
5T
349
Deb McGilton
69 Chevy Camaro RS
0:41.923
+1.364
+2.378
6T
478
Keith Corrigan
68 Chevy Camaro
0:42.003
+0.080
+2.458
7
246
Marshall Machado
67 Chevy Corvette
0:42.247
+0.244
+2.702
8
366
Bob Bertelsen
69 Chevy C-10
0:42.678
+0.431
+3.133
9
1197
Stacy Tucker
2010 Chevy Camaro
0:43.307
+0.629
+3.762
sm - 'Street Machine' Total Entries: 28
1T
771
Mike Jr. Johnson
06 Chevy Corvette 206
0:39.396
[-]1.753
-
2T
770
Kandy Johnson
06 Chevy Corvette
0:41.149
+1.753
+1.753
3T
350
Tim McGilton
70 Chevy Camaro
0:41.446
+0.297
+2.050
4T
11227
Rob Machado
03 Chevy Corvette
0:41.695
+0.249
+2.299
5T
45
Scott Feldon
67 Chevy Corvette
0:42.144
+0.449
+2.748
6T
360
Mike Gallagher
09 Cadillac CTS-V
0:42.299
+0.155
+2.903
7
937
Bill Graves
66 Chevy Corvette
0:42.866
+0.567
+3.470
8
227
Rob Machado
67 Chevy Corvette
0:43.099
+0.233
+3.703
9
184
Rodney Wright
08 Ford Mustang
0:43.213
+0.114
+3.817
10
911
Flann McLaughlin
14 Chevy Camaro
0:43.379
+0.166
+3.983
11
527
Randy Haskins
71 Chevy Nova
0:43.494
+0.115
+4.098
12
971
Robert Ballard
04 Ford Mustang
0:43.589
+0.095
+4.193
13
545
Richie Kibler
70 Chevy Camaro
0:45.337
+1.748
+5.941
14
1003
Christian Hankins
93 Mazda RX7
0:45.347
+0.010
+5.951
15
801
David White
67 Chevy Chevelle
0:45.477
+0.130
+6.081
16
705
Chris Lewis
14 Dodge Challenger
0:45.821
+0.344
+6.425
17
173
Tim Lucento
64 Chevy Corvette
0:45.965
+0.144
+6.569
18
263
Michael Tucker
69 Chevy Camaro
0:46.341
+0.376
+6.945
19
352
Sean Farmer
80 Chevy Camaro
0:46.506
+0.165
+7.110
20
945
Joseph Boyer
71 Chevy Corvette Roadster
0:46.635
+0.129
+7.239
21
22
Sam Matchett
55 Chevy Z10
0:46.856
+0.221
+7.460
22
970
Kurt Urban
78 Chevy Malibu SW
0:47.318
+0.462
+7.922
23
317
Dick Sossomon
71 Opel GT
0:47.743
+0.425
+8.347
24
528
Josh Saronce
71 Chevy Chevelle
0:48.215
+0.472
+8.819
25
723
Tina MacGregor
65 Ford Mustang
0:48.648
+0.433
+9.252
26
739
Neal Landenberger
14 Ford Mustang
0:50.143
+1.495
+10.747
27
1014
Charles Hamlin
65 Chevy Corvair
0:50.611
+0.468
+11.215
28
546
Marc Scarborough
70 Chevy Camaro
0:50.991
+0.380
+11.595
trk - 'Truck' Total Entries: 3
1
757
Gary Perkins
49 Chevy 310
0:45.023
[-]0.175
-
2
748
Mike Holleman
65 Chevy El Camino
0:45.198
+0.175
+0.175
3
206
Ray Thompson
99 Chevy Tahoe
0:46.515
+1.317
+1.492
hr - 'Hot Rod' Total Entries: 4
1
274
Christopher Haigler
33 Ford Roadster
0:43.218
[-]1.110
-
2
763
Todd Holdren
53 Buick Special
0:44.328
+1.110
+1.110
3
226
Kip Hartzell
32 Ford 3W
0:50.025
+5.697
+6.807
4
628
Harry Hennis
37 Ford
0:54.997
+4.972
+11.779