Very Cool Transofrmers Camaro Costume October 16, 2009
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There are always ingenious folks out there that are capable of creating wonderful things. Sometimes they are very useful, beautiful or just wild. I have no idea who created this wonderful costume but it is very cool.
If your kids are still at the Halloween Trick or Treat stage, don’t let them see this video or they will want a costume just like this one!
The Chevy Enthusiast
Donna Mae Mims October 16, 2009
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Donna Mae Mims
Donna Mae Mims passed away on October 6th this year at the age of 82 after complications arising from a stroke. She was a free spirit that will be missed by all the people that she met or influenced in her life.
She started out racing a fuel injected Corvette in SCCA competition back in 1960. She had purchased the Corvette from the famous Yenko Chevrolet where she worked as an executive secretary. Ms. Mims later became deeply involved in the Yenko Performance Division of the organization. Many of her later racing accomplishments were at the wheel of various Corvairs, MGs, TR3 and her famous Austen Healy Bugeyed Sprite.
Donna Mae Mims was the first woman to win an SCCA Championship. She also competed in the Daytona 24hr and Sebring 12hr endurance races with team mates Janet Guthrie and Suzy Dietrich driving a Sunbeam Alpine. Notably she competed in the Brock Yates’ much heralded Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash in a pink ‘68 Cadillac Limo with co-drivers Judy Stopus and Peggy Niemcek. Even after her active racing career, Donna Mae could be found volunteering at SCCa racing events. Her favorite colour was pink and her cars, racing suit and clothing was always pink. Her latest 1979 Corvette has an airbrushed image of Marilyn Monroe on the hood.
Her love of Corvettes brought her to be involved in Corvette Club of Western Pennsylvania, Steel Town Corvette Club and the Three Rivers Corvette Club.
Her love of motorsports and the people attached to the automotive hobby was so great that her request was to be displayed in her Corvette in the funeral home. The funeral home was able to fit the car in for the funeral and there were over 50 Corvettes and many club members that participated in a procession to the funeral home.
http://kdka.com/video/?id=63814@kdka.dayport.com Click on the link to see the details
One thing is for sure, she lived her life to the fullest …passionately all out!
The Chevy Enthusiast
Corvette Racing at Laguna Seca October 16, 2009
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Porsche wheels turned into Corvette just before the crash
One thing is for sure, the last race of the 2009 ALMS Race schedule was very exciting. Laguan Seca is an exciting track from a technical point of view with various elevation changes to the well known “Corkscrew” all on a surface that sometimes has windblown dust/sand on it.
When you arrive at the last event of any form of competition that involves a much heralded championship, the competition can become fierce. Now if you add a larger field of competitiors, that are all quite evenly matched, the heat gets turned up another notch. Just to make it really exciting the ALMS Series runs with multiple vehicle classes out on the track at the same time…..slow and fast!
Now liberally sprinkle this event with Tv coverage, sponsorship pressure, adrenalin, pride and douse it with testoserone……….you better pull your cooler of drinks and food closer to you because you don’t want to miss a thing!
This years event did not fail to excite the fans. There was enough action to keep even the couch potatoes focused.
While it was a great event all around, there was one incident on the last lap of the race that coloured the event. The turnout of this last lap was terrific for Gil De Ferran who won in his last racing event as a driver but for Jan Magnussen of Corvette Racing this was a devastating lap. While there is lots of controvery and armchair sports commetary about the last lap of the race, the result is the #3 Corvette crashed into the wall on the straight just before the finish line and J. Bergmeister in the Porsche claimed the win.
I have taken a few days to read all the comments, view the video, analyze the pictures and personally feel that there was an injustice done to the Corvette Racing team. IMSA has come out and given both Bergmeister and Magnussen a two race probation during the coming 2010 ALMS Race season.
While nothing can be done at this point in time that will change the outcome of the 2009 Laguna Seca ALMS GT2 race, we can all look forward to a very exciting 2010 ALMS season. One thing is for sure, the Corvette Racing Team that has dominated the ALMS GT1 series for the better part of a decade, will now have a newly steeled resolve to fiecely compete for the GT2 crown in the future.
All Corvette fans wish Jan Magnussen a speedy recovery. His accident is a testament to the well engineered/built Corvettes fielded by Pratt & Miller.
I for one will attend any of the races that I am able to and for the rest of the 2010 schedule I will have my cooler of drinks and food close to me, my Corvette Racing shirt on and the TV up loud!
The Chevy Enthusiast