The Road Trip officially kicked off this morning at ZMax Dragway in Concord, NC! With registration & check-in during the morning (because this is a vacation, and who wants to get up at 5AM on vacation?!?), the autocross kicked off at noon. And what a cool course it was!! So huge, the fastest lap of the day was just a few hundredths under a minute. With around 103 registered cars, the competitors got in several laps before a lightning-filled storm chased us out a few short hours before the scheduled finish.
After waiting out the storm, everyone cruised over to Detroit Speed’s headquarters for some great barbecue and even better company. We got a little rain there, too, but we got a great tour of their facility while we were there!
Since this event is all about the camaraderie and not the competition, the event rules state that in lieu of receiving prizes, the three fastest drivers are required to drop a small monetary “fine” into the Winner’s Cup…and at the end of the event, the accumulated total will be donated to the Be The Match Foundation! Those three lucky drivers today were: 3rd place: Ryan Mathews, 2nd place: Erik Vandermey, and 1st: Sam Strano.
BUT WAIT…THERE’S MORE!
As part of the many great prizes the competitors are eligible to win during this event, RideTech is giving away one StreetGRIP system EVERY DAY! Today’s winner is Todd Earsley, and in an exciting twist of events, we’re going to do the install FOR him, DURING the event! On Thursday, while everyone is on the bourbon trail tour, we’ll be taking Todd’s ’69 Camaro up to RideTech HQ in Jasper, IN, and performing the install LIVE in our shop. We’ll be livestreaming throughout the install HERE, so tune in and watch! We’ll also have representatives in the chat during the stream to answer your questions and show you what YOU want to see. Then we’ll drive Todd’s Camaro back to Bowling Green, where he’ll be autocrossing on Friday morning before the official cruise to RideTech, and we’re already excited to hear his feedback on how much it has improved!
