Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Forums
New posts
Search forums
Members
Registered members
Member Map
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
What's new
New posts
All posts
Trending
Latest activity
New media
New Events
New review items
New Users & BDays
New User Announcements
Birthday Announcements
New classified ads
New showcase items
New classified comments
New showcase comments
Classifieds
New ads
New comments
Latest content
Latest feedback
Latest questions
Advertiser list
Search classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Events
New events
Donate
My CCF
Toolbox
Mailing Lists
My Shop
Reviews
New items
Latest content
Latest reviews
Latest questions
Brands
Search reviews
Showcase
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Members
Registered members
Member Map
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to thread
Corvette
C8 Z06
C8 Z06's at Ron Fellows and other Spring Mountain news (April 13, 2023)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="gone" data-source="post: 301067" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>Just back from Ron Fellows for the C8 Stingray COS. They have 12 Z06's: 11 parked separately together, plus one other (Torch Red labelled car number one, with all the carbon fiber goodies) parked on the putting green outside the Clubhouse restaurant. Our instructors said they're planning to put on one Z06 COS likely starting this summer, with a reduced enrolment (less than 10 students). Many were asking they start up the Torch Red Z06 to hear the exhaust note, however the lead instructor Rick Malone was away on day 2 and no one could seem to find the keys (?). But one of the 11 Z06's went into the shop on the second day during our lunch hour and the techs were happy to start and rev it up for an appreciative audience.</p><p></p><p>Of interest, the likely plan for the Z06 COS, is to have a Stingray as the lead car on the track.</p><p></p><p>We were told instructors are allowed to drive the Z06's and Stingrays home, to get the minimum 1,500 miles on them before they're track-ready, although I didn't see anyone driving any Z06's after-hours while I was there. Apparently one of the perks of their job.</p><p></p><p>They've opened up a new course which now makes them the second longest track facility in the world (second only to the Nürburgring in Germany), however they've got plans to expand even further and become the number one facility in the world length-wise. Of interest, the new course (called Charleston Peak) is more difficult/technical and one instructor commented that the members (those who belong to the Club and drive/race their own cars year-round) are surprisingly unhappy with Charleston Peak and prefer to drive the original north/south track in particular. For that reason, they've changed plans and started running schools on Charleston Peak even though it's a more challenging course.</p><p></p><p>As usual, NO ONE in our class ran off track or damaged a C8. I was happy not to pay the extra $200 to buy down my deductible (so I kept it at $8,000 instead of a $2,000 deductible), but that's a personal choice everyone going will have to make. One instructor commented that about a month earlier, someone on the north track ran off curve 3 and into the tire wall, causing $16,000 worth of damage. So it does happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone, post: 301067, member: 5899"] Just back from Ron Fellows for the C8 Stingray COS. They have 12 Z06's: 11 parked separately together, plus one other (Torch Red labelled car number one, with all the carbon fiber goodies) parked on the putting green outside the Clubhouse restaurant. Our instructors said they're planning to put on one Z06 COS likely starting this summer, with a reduced enrolment (less than 10 students). Many were asking they start up the Torch Red Z06 to hear the exhaust note, however the lead instructor Rick Malone was away on day 2 and no one could seem to find the keys (?). But one of the 11 Z06's went into the shop on the second day during our lunch hour and the techs were happy to start and rev it up for an appreciative audience. Of interest, the likely plan for the Z06 COS, is to have a Stingray as the lead car on the track. We were told instructors are allowed to drive the Z06's and Stingrays home, to get the minimum 1,500 miles on them before they're track-ready, although I didn't see anyone driving any Z06's after-hours while I was there. Apparently one of the perks of their job. They've opened up a new course which now makes them the second longest track facility in the world (second only to the Nürburgring in Germany), however they've got plans to expand even further and become the number one facility in the world length-wise. Of interest, the new course (called Charleston Peak) is more difficult/technical and one instructor commented that the members (those who belong to the Club and drive/race their own cars year-round) are surprisingly unhappy with Charleston Peak and prefer to drive the original north/south track in particular. For that reason, they've changed plans and started running schools on Charleston Peak even though it's a more challenging course. As usual, NO ONE in our class ran off track or damaged a C8. I was happy not to pay the extra $200 to buy down my deductible (so I kept it at $8,000 instead of a $2,000 deductible), but that's a personal choice everyone going will have to make. One instructor commented that about a month earlier, someone on the north track ran off curve 3 and into the tire wall, causing $16,000 worth of damage. So it does happen. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Corvette
C8 Z06
C8 Z06's at Ron Fellows and other Spring Mountain news (April 13, 2023)
Top
Bottom
You're browsing as a
Guest
. Please register to receive all manner of go-faster benefits on CCF. Click
HERE
to login or register.