Success has been building lately for the RideTech 48 Hour Camaro and our new 33 Ford Coupe, appropriately called “Grouchy”. Our Director of Engineering, Britt Marolf, drove the 48 Hour Camaro to a 1st place finish in the autocross segment, a 3rd place finish in the roadcourse segment, and a 2nd place finish in the overall standings at the Optima Ultimate Streetcar Qualifier this past weekend. At Road America in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin. The recent refinements in engine tuning by Lingenfelter, the Centerforce DYAD clutch, Falken tires, and some judicious shock tuning allowed Britt to place the car among the top spots.
Our President Bret Voelkel drove the 33 Ford to a 3rd place finish in the autocross, 5th in the road course, and placed 3rd in the design challenge segment to finish 5th overall. The 33 Ford is responding nicely to suspension tuning…we expect it to be very strong in the upcoming events this summer.
In addition, RideTech customers Randy Johnson, Jeff Schwartz, and Jimi Day all ran strong as well. It was just a RideTech kind of weekend!
Here are the top finishers…complete results will be released by Optima in a few days.
Carbon Kustoms Karting Enduro
WINNER – Team #1 – 68 laps
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Design Challenge
5 – #17 1969 AMC AMX – Jimi Day – 1pt.
4 – #32 2003 BMW M3 – Matt Jamojedny – 2 pts.
3 – #50 1933 Ford Roadster – Bret Voelkel – 3 pts.
2 – #11 1966 Chevelle – Chris Jacobs – 4 pts.
WINNER – #29 1970 Camaro – Randy Johnson – 5 pts.
Wilwood Disc Brakes Speed Stop Challenge
3 – #36 1966 Chevelle – Tom Farrington – 20.502
2 – #53 2010 LPE Camaro – Danny Popp – 20.453
1 – #43 2005 Porsche Carrara GT – Darren Draves – 20.394
Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross
3 – #50 1933 Ford Roadster – Bret Voelkel – 41.585
2 – #53 2010 LPE Camaro – Danny Popp – 40.557
1 – #51 1967 Camaro – Britt Marloff – 40.310
BFGoodrich Hot Lap Challenge
3 – #51 1967 Camaro – Britt Marloff – 1:44.336
2 – #43 2005 Porsche Carrara – Darren Draves – 1:39.977
1 – #53 2010 LPE Camaro – Danny Popp – 1:39.412
Ridetech Renegade Award (The most with the Least)
#16 1968 Camaro – Jim Stehlin
OPTIMA Faceoff at Road America presented by Royal Purple (overall)
3 – #43 2005 Porsche Carrara – Darren Draves – 62 pts.
2 – #51 1967 Camaro – Britt Marloff – 68 pts.
WINNER – #53 LPE Camaro – Danny Popp – 74 pts.
Ridetech Renegade Award
Congradulations to Jim Strahlin who won the Ridetech Renegade award at the Optima Faceoff event this weekend. Jim won the award and the $500 gift certificate with his 1968 Camaro convertible. Great guy and cool car!
The Award – Ridetech Renegade award recipiants do not necessarily have the fastest lap time or are the winner of the event [although they could be]. Rather it goes to someone who is mostly “unsponsored”, and who has obviously put considerable time and effort into educating themselves about how to improve the performance of their car and executing the changes necessary to achieve that. Congratulations to those who continue to play with cars just for the love of it.
