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This Eight-Second C5 Corvette Has Scored Numerous Wins for the Original Owner – Now It’s Set to Get a New Chapter in Drag and Drive!

If you’ve attended a National Muscle Car Association or LS-Fest event in the past, this 2002 Corvette ZO6 might seem a familiar sight.

Terry Faust bought the car brand new, and after enjoying it for over two decades, as well as racking up numerous wins, Terry has passed ownership to someone very familiar with it, Jeff Heintz, for its next chapter.

Although Terry would drive and race the car for several years before Jeff was be introduced to it in 2010, the Corvette would get a good bit quicker under Jeff’s advisement. “One of the first events I drove the car in was in Bradenton in 2013 when Terry wasn't feeling good,” said Jeff. “This is special car to me because it's been a shop car since the beginning in 2010 and there are so many memories.”

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Breakage On Final Day Nearly Stops Mike Chenoweth From Completing His Latest Drag-and-Drive, Sick Summer 2024

"Our goals were an 8-second average, and an 8-second pass every day. I ran in the 8-second range for three of the days, despite having just converted it to pump E-85 fuel prior to the event." Heading back to Byron Dragway for the final day, Mike Chenoweth was looking at a possible top five finish in the Sick Street Race class, but faced several challenges on day five of Sick Summer.

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The State of Street Race and Limited Street - How Close Things Get When Battling in the 8.50 Ranks

There are so many things you can focus on as part of a drag-and-drive, and one that I’m diving into today is the tight competition that comes with the Hot Rod Drag Week Street Race class, as well as the Rocky Mountain Race Week Limited Street class, Sick Week and Sick Summer’s 275 Street Race and Sick Street Race classes, and the Midwest Drags Street Race classes.

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Chasing Perfection – Clocking the Perfect Pass in Hot Rod Drag Week, Rocky Mountain Race Week, Sick Week and Sick Summer 8.50-Second Limited Classes

Although Hot Rod Drag Week didn’t start out with the intention of making their Street Race classes into an index-based competition, that’s become the norm. Rocky Mountain Race Week and Sick Week-Sick Summer followed suit, and the competition to run that 8.500 perfect pass is heating up.

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