RideTech customers got well acquainted with the winner’s circle at the Optima Ultimate Streetcar event at Michigan International Speedway this past weekend. The list is long enough that we’ll just give you the highlights here…
GTS CLASS
Overall Winner GTS class- Jim McKamey – 2000 Corvette (2nd event for this car)
Overall 2nd place GTS class – Brad Yonkers – 2002 Corvette (HQseries Smoothbody Shocks)
Overall 3rd place GTS class – Randy Johnson – 2002 Corvette (1st event for this car)
GT CLASS
Overall Winner – GT class – Danny Popp – 2012 Lingenfelter Camaro
GTV CLASS
2nd place speed/stop GTV class – Chris Smith 1972 48 Hour Corvette
3rd place speed/stop GTV class – Bret Voelkel 1967 48 Hour Camaro
3rd place autocross GTV class – Rob McGreagor 1969 C10 truck
5th place autocross GTV class – Bret Voelkel – 1967 Camaro
6th place autocross GTV class – Chris Smith – 1972 Corvette
Fastest road course lap of the weekend (all classes) Danny Popp – 2012 Lingenfelter Camaro
RideTech President (and fellow racer) Bret Voelkel seemed pretty happy with the weekend’s results:
“We’ve worked exceptionally hard on developing the Corvette and Camaro product lines. We validate ride quality on the street but handling performance must be proven on the track. These kinds of results are what our customers are looking for!”
While several of the RideTech equipped cars had plenty of laps and tuning time on them en route to these successes, Jim McKamey’s Corvette was only on its 2nd event…and Randy Johnson’s 2002 Corvette was attending its FIRST race! By virtue of winning the GTS class, Jim McKamey won the invite to race at the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car event in Las Vegas in November.
