Current Parts / Specs & Personal Bests

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Jesse's 1999 C5 Corvette in it's current state of modification at the Ridge Motorsports Park

The C5 corvette came to me stock. Painfully stock, as in still had a tape deck in it stock. A lot of basics had to go or be sorted out to improve the drive quality in general. The following is a rolling list of upgrades and noteworthy maintenance that has been done to the car.


Personal Best Times

Now that I've hit so many different tracks up and down the west coast, I've got a bunch of PB times to keep track of. So, in the interest of making my life easier, here's all my times from all the various tracks. Please note that some times were set at very different points in the development of the C5 Corvette, so some times may seem pretty quick, while others seem out of place by comparison.

TRACKTIMELINKDATE (Y/M/D)NOTES / EXCUSES
PIR (Chicane)1:27.269TA2024/10/1165-70 degree afternoon.
The Ridge1:51.563TA2024/07/1785 Degree temps. Also confirmed via transponder.
ORP (CCW)1:54.999TA2024/07/16Faster time in GoPro, this time though is from 10hz GPS.
Thunderhill West1:24.971TA2024/09/08100 Degree day! Cooler days should continue to yield lower best lap times.
Thunderhill East (Cyclone)2:05.307TA2024/03/10Falken 615s.
Thunderhill East (Bypass)2:03.696TA2023/11/26Falken 615s, no wing.
Streets of Willow CCW1:25.969TA2024/11/18Falken 615s, no wing.
Streets of Willow CW1:25.050TA2023/06/18 (?)Have faster times on GoPro, but 10hz GPS data is reliable. Falken 615s, no wing.
Laguna Seca1:45.170TA08/30/2024Pre-wing, 615, pre power mods.
Buttonwillow CW12:10.253TA2023/05/05 (?)Star Mazda Layout, IE: Longest version of the track. No wing
Buttonwillow CW132:16:16YT2022/10/023rd track day ever (37 events ago) 104 Degree day on 300tw tires. Pre almost everything and third track day ever

 

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