Track Day 48 -- PIR with Track Night in America -- Swapping Back to Less Aero

White C5 Corvette getting gas, with the new custom DIY spoiler mounted to the Corvette.

This event was just a fun little afternoon event with Track Night in America. I made a few modifications to the Corvette and decided I'd test them out at the track, see how everything is working together and have some fun times driving around the track!

Summer 2025 Track and AX

So documenting each and every single track day, while writing about my Corvette is going to become a bit too much for me... so I'm just going to document the chunks of time inbetween major lemons races!


TNIA - May 23rd

Track Day 44 -- CSCC @ PIR -- Better, but not yet good

Leading Up to The Event

This track day was an exciting one! Not in the sense anything at the event regarding the Corvette itself was exciting... but in the sense that just 24 days prior I had blown up the torque tube on the Corvette at my 43rd track day. That may not seem terribly exciting, but I also didn't receive the transmission and differential to even put the car back together again until 16 hours before this event.

Track Day 43 -- TNIA @ Ridge - Let's blow up something in the drivetrain...

Welp, track day 43 did not go as planned. Coming into the event, I was thinking I'd be getting some data on the new to me Vitour P1 tires along with in general getting used to driving them on the track. Maybe even set a nice PB since the weather was a perfect 65 degrees with a light breeze. The event also barely had any attendees, which is rare for a Track Night in America.

Track Day 42 -- Ridge Motorsports Park W/ Turn 2 - Testing Heads + Cam + More

The first track day of the year for PNW'ers tends to be a big deal, as folks have had all winter to wrench on their car. That's also a long time to build up some rust with. I was no exception to all of this, and so this post will be a bit longer than normal season posts.

Race #1 - Pacific Northwurst -- April 19-20 20025

First race is in the books! With a lot of work and effort we pulled off a pretty amazing rookie debut with no penalties / black flags, no off track mishaps or spins, and we managed to finish 4th in B class (out of 14 cars) and 12th overall (out of 41).


Leading up to the Race and Practice day:

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