[Patrick]

Friday, 6:46 AM - Still in Gurnee, Illinois


We worked on the car until very late to get it ready to go, plus put on the DC decals. This morning RAIDMAGIC (Steve Hardy) is arriving at Ohare and will take a cab to the shop and meet us there.

We hit the shop super quick to get a stock Z06 seat back in the car, because after installing the Sparco Pro 2000 seats sat too high, couldn't get a helmet on.

Today we have to be in South Bend Indiana by 3pm for "sticker day" ... when we put all the sponsor decals on, all the entries do. Then there is the inspection.

Our tires are brand new Michelin PS2's... they are "certified rubber" and "2007 OLOA" is cow branded into the side of each tire.

Time to pack, already an hour behind! Tomorrow the fun begins!! :thumbsup:

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/corvette-photos/showphoto.php/photo/52226/limit/recent

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/corvette-photos/showphoto.php/photo/52229/limit/recent

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/corvette-photos/data/510/Dan-Photos_481.jpg

 

[Dan85Vette]

Noice :thumbsup:

 

[Cal92Coupe]

Good Luck TEAM DC!

 

[The Bad]

Boy, she cleans up nice. Go get'um Patrick.

The decals look great.:thumbsup:

 

[iburke]

Dang is that the same car that was at Spring Mountain?:laughing:

 

[vettecop]

Can't wait to see it with all the decals applied. The DCZ is gonna look badass in the winner's circle!!! artyon:

 

[SS/SC]

SICK, cant wait to hear more updates, i bet its gonna be a freaking blast.artyon:

 

[WIT911]

Good luck! :thumbsup:

 

[Wolverine]

GO PATRICK GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VETTE'EM GOOD!!:nuts:

 

[gmcdougle]

Who's on board the chase car and parts truck?

Good luck Pat!

 

[vcc_mike]

Good Luck. I am really looking forward to seeing the Team DC take the competition. :thumbsup:

 

[bojvette]

Patrick Car Looks Great !!!!
Good Luck To The D/c Crew !!!! Stay Safe !!! Give All The Hell You Can !!!!



And Get Me 2 D/c Decals [ Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee]

 

[Bob88]

Started the first day at Tire Rack. The guys had a blast doing the wet skid pad challenge. Not sure how they would have finished, because Pat (Mark Martin)Gramm, pulled off the track after finishing one lap instead of two.:laughing: :laughing: Sorry Pat had to throw that in there.:rolling:

After leaving there they headed to Plymouth Speedway, but found out the track wasn't ready. They moved instead to South Bend Speedway, a quarter mile oval event. We haven't got any results on that as they had to leave to get to the next event. They should get the results at that time.

Sounds like they are having a great time. More updates to follow, stay tuned.:thumbsup:

 

[jjwvette]

Good luck Patrick:thumbsup:
Give em hell :nuts:

The Z looks awesome:cheers:

 

[Firebird400]

I'm getting impatient to hear how things went on the first day. So I checked out the official One Lap website at http://onelapofamerica.com, where they post each day's results, at this link: http://onelapofamerica.com/history/results.shtml?y=2007

I believe their class is SSGT1.

Good luck fellas! Most importantly, have fun!

 

[WIT911]

Updates are going to be slow to come in due to the aggressive schedule. They have another full day today, so maybe we'll get an "official" update later tonight. :thumbsup:

 

[Double_Take]

Yesterday's results are up. They are off to a rough start. :surprised

Today is a whole new day though! Go get em! :devil:

 

[midnite902]

Standings at the end of the day yesterday

SSGT1 BB Cumulative Class Points as of Sat May 05 18:49:50 2007
Page 1
Results sorted by position
Pos Car # Vehicle Class Pts O/A Pts

1 3 Porsche Turbo S Henness 255 1305
Brian Smith, Nick Arevalo
2 1 Porsche 996 TT 240 1245
Mark DaVia, Drew Wikstrom
3 26 Ultima GTR 195 1150
Carl Warren, Sam Kimberley-Bryant
4 25 Chevrolet Z06 Corvette 195 1140
Dan Corcoran, Kyle Corcoran
5 17 BMW M6 185 1110
Troy Fralick, Tom Long

6 19 Ford GT 180 1075
Ernest Eadeh, John Fuchs
7 8 Cheverolet Corvette 160 935
Steve Stubbs, Aaron Pfadt
8 18 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 125 800
Phil Stonich, Michelle Henerie
9 20 Corvette C6 125 810
Dick Clark, Jerry Clark
10 2 Dodge Viper 115 700
Ronald Adee, Rick Schopp

11 29 Porsche 911/993 115 805
Joe Drumheller, Don Flanigin
12 24 Dodge Viper SRT/10 105 720
George Batejan, Steve Smotrich
13 16 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 90 650
Mark Aaron Murnahan, Angel Morales
14 9 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 70 455
Patrick Gramm, Steve Hardy
15 31 Mercedes-Benz CLK500 65 480
Faisal Ahmad, Bill Mains

16 23 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 50 315
Rudy Arias,
17 4 Porsche GTP 0 0
Jon Krolewicz, Ray Krolewicz

 

[WIT911]

Had a great time in Joliet with Patrick, Raidmagic, Dan85vette, Willard, and Roy Davenpor yesterday! Patrick looked to be one of the fastest on the track until his final lap when a car running it's cool down lap took his line going into turn 1. It totally killed his momentum and and his lap time. :down:

The team isn't discouraged though! They're just saving their equipment for the final stretch! :devil:

Here's a pic of the DC Z on the track (courtesy of Roy Davenpor):thumbsup:

Here's a link to the track they ran.

http://www.autobahncountryclub.net/southmap.pdf


Didn't have a lot of time to talk to the guys after Patrick finished his run. They had a 400+ mile trip to Iowa ahead of them. Today they are scheduled to race in the morning, then back on the road for a 950+ mile trip to Utah! :surprised

Good luck guys and stay safe! :cheers:

 

[Willard]

It was very fun meeting up with everyone including Raidmagic too! :thumbsup:

I'd hate to be trapped in a warehouse on fire with Pat.... Guy can't seem to find the exit! :laughing: