Here is Lou Gigliotti's comment about the race: (taken from the Corvette Forum post)
"This was the most nerve racking event I have ever been to. Good thing our ZR1 was fast enough to win even though I left a bunch on the table.
The afternoon times were slower because of the heat of the day but we got the car better and I was learning the track better, so we went as fast in the afternoon heat as we did in the cooler morning.
If we had the improved car and track knowledge during our morning run it would have been much faster.
We had the car lowered with our LG Drop spindles but we left the factory springs and shocks on because they worked very well and why mess with success.
The power increase came from upper and lower pulleys, our LG Super Pro 1 7/8 headers, and a good computer/dyno tune.
We adjusted our rear swaybar (LGM G1 Sway bars) and we added some aero fences on the front splitter to help front down force. These two changes helped the car a lot.
The car was very good just the way we showed up but we kept taking rear wing out (less angle and less wicker) because there was not enough front down force even with the 4" splitter.
The rear wing is our GT2 wing that we sell that is exactly like our ALMS wing. It needed front tunnels to balance it if we were going to run the big wicker and big angle. We still ran it at a good angle with a small wicker. The front splitter added enough down force to need the wing, so they both went in a positive direction.
The power in the high altitude even with the Super charger was down. We lost 2 pounds of boost at 5500'. A turbo would have been better.
I emailed the organizers (after I got the trophy) that I would love to come back but first they would have to get some guard rails in some key places. Crashing into a guard rail is better than sailing over a 500' cliff.
It was a very very sad ending to have VR Alexander's accident come out the way it did. He seemed like a great guy who loved cars like all of us. God speed.
Thanks
Lou Gigliotti"
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