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2002 Cartek Corvette Challenge Bonus Event
Bob Sebrowski wins Cartek Corvette Challenge "Bonus"
Event
 On Saturday August 17, 2002
Cartek Corvette Challenge Drivers were not scheduled to come
out and race, but to stay home and enjoy the weather. On
Thursday, August 15th, however, organizer John Mackey, got
the call to schedule a "Bonus" non-points, non-prize,
non-cash Cartek Corvette Challenge Event. Mackey sprung to
action notifying as many Challenge participants as possible.
The result was a hot final where Bob Sebrowski from Kinnelon,
NJ took on Bob Trieschmann, of Linden NJ (also associate
sponsor Simple Man
Racing). Both drivers driving similar version Corvettes
in an all-85 Corvette, all-Bob final. Sebrowski dialed 12.18
to Trieschmann's 14.45. Obviously, Sebrowski's car is far
from stock and very often bracket raced at Raceway
Park. Trieschmann with the head start, took and even
bigger one when he rolled out early handing the win to
Sebrowski. This is Sebrowski's first Corvette Challenge win
though not his first career win as Bob has won other events
this year. Sebrowski went on to run 12.214 on his 12.18 dial.
Due to the late notice, we were not able to start a full
field as many drivers were not able to attend. However, that
did not stop the diehard Corvette racers. Many drivers took
opportunity to use this event as tune-up for the next
scheduled points event on August 31st, 2002. Tony Pugliese,
Jim Kovitch, Bob Trieschmann, John Mackey, Artie Sabatino,
Rob Farley, Bob Sebrowski and Ken Rammer were fortunate
enough to make the ladder for this event. In attendance were
Dennis Kazimir, Rob B., John Panuzzo and Edgar Perez who did
not race in the Challenge for varying reasons. Sabatino from
Union, NJ and Pugliese made it to the semi-finals and were
met there by the two eventual finalists. Sabatino lost to
Trieschmann in spite of running a 13.539 on a 13.52 dial as
Trieschmann got the better RT and took it to the win.
Pugliese from Caldwell, NJ was not as fortunate as starting
line issues caused him to run well off his 14.60 dial against
Sebrowski.
Track attendance was pretty low and drivers were able
to make as many runs as they wanted. Perez, who's car is at
The Vette Doctors getting "tweaked", came to the event and ran
his 1995 Dakota pick-up truck making 7 runs in 30 minutes and
losing to Panuzzo in the "Real Street" class. Because of the
light activity at the track and the chance of showers coming,
the track elected to start eliminations at 5 PM and were done
by 6 PM. Kazimir, was advised by Cartek to not race as they
will be looking at his car to inspect an issue that has
arisen. Fiori, who come from Newark, DE, brought his EFI
wagon to participate in the morning EFI Civil War and
participated in the Real Street Class as well. Unfortunately,
two other drivers, Bill Martinson and Frank Schear, were on
their way to the track when eliminations started and did not
make it to the event. Martinson, drove almost three hours
from Connecticut only to get to the gate 5 minutes after
finals were run. Sorry guys.
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Check out upclose and starting line photos
Today's limited activities provided a great opportunity for
us to take some great photos courtesy of Edgar Perez. Click
on this link for Photos
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