2009 East Coast Supercharging Corvette Challenge Event 5 Winner Louis Calicchia 2009 American Racing Headers Pro 8 Shootout Race 2 Winner Michael Conway 2009 Cartek Performance Engineering Pro 10 Double-Index Race 3 Winner David Shen 2009 Anger Management Racing Pro 11.50 Race 2 Winner Boogieman
It is with great pleasure that we announce The Vette Doctors, Amityville, NY return as title sponsor for the quickest and fastest Corvette heads-up series. In 2004, what was formerly known as the Quick 4 class, will now be know as the Pro 8 Shootout (complete Pro 8 Shootout rules) class of the East Coast Supercharging Corvette Challenge. Co-owners Carmen Melillo and Dennis Hemmerly continue supporting the Corvette Challenge since its inception in 1999. The Vette Doctors build some of the fastest Corvettes in the country including the big cube motor of Corvette Challenge founder, Brian Miller, and long time participant Bill Maloney and Paul Major. In the first year of the Quick 4(Q4), Vette Doctor patient Bill Maloney had the only Corvette to qualify for all 3 Q4 races. Corvette Challenge founder, Brian Miller was the winner of these Q4 race on September 21, 2002. In 2003 their customers won three of the five Quick 4 races. We are all looking forward for more fast paced racing in 2004. In addition, drivers who qualify for the Pro 8 Shootout can now choose not to run in the bracket race but can if they wish too still.
The Vette Doctors, 26 Elm Place Amityville, NY 11701 (631) 841-0779
The Vette Doctors not only specialize in building the LS1 and LS6 motors but also are one of the premier shops when it comes the "King of the Hill" the Corvette ZR-1. Melillo was and intregral part of getting the series to double its car count to eight. The Pro 8 Shootout now gives eight owners a chance to showcase the quickest and fastest Corvettes in the US.
The winner and Runner-Up of the Pro 8 Shootout will be awarded a trophies and photos of the Pro 8 Shootout class will appear in the Raceway News and on this web site.
Pro 8 Shootout is a heads-up class
The Pro 8 Shootout (P)is a HEADS-UP class that will be run in addition to our ET Bracket Class.
The class will be run with a Full-Tree with no dial-in and no break-out. First car to the
line wins! The Corvette that runs the quickest (lowest) ET during the Corvette Challenge
time trials will be the No. 1 qualifier. The next seven cars with the next seven quickest
ET's will be seeded 2 through 8. The pairings will have the No. 1 seed race the No. 8 seed
and the No. 2 seed facing the No. 7 seed and so on. For 2004 the 1st round of Pro 8 Shootout will be held during
the third round of the bracket race. The second and Final rounds will follow
along the brackets. The eight qualifiers and two alternates will be
notified and will be instructed to a specific staging lane so please listen to public addrees announcements. The drivers
must do not have to run the ET class in order to participate in the in the Pro 8 Shootout as was done in the past but still do so if he/she wishes. All Corvettes that are points racers will
be considered for the Pro 8 Shootout class. The first and most important rule for the Pro 8 Shootout is that the car must be NHRA legal. The second most important rule is that the car must be NHRA legal
("Fight Club" quote). This means if you run 11's you must have a 5 point rollbar, fire
safety jacket and meet all other requirements. If you run in the 9's you are responsilbe for meeting all of those requierments including but not limited to, chasis certification. If there is any question on the legality of
your car, check with
John Mackey, Raceway Park
or NHRA at www.nhra.com. There are NO
exceptions to this rule. The car must be legal for the Corvette Challenge and registered
for the Points championship. Non-Points cars will not be allowed to race in the Pro 8 Shootout.
If you are not signed up for Points, go up to the tower and sign up the next time you are
at the track. The Pro 8 Shootout will be NON-POINTS. Winner and runner-up will get trophies and a
group photo of all P8 participants in the Raceway News.
How to Qualify
All Corvettes ET's during time trials will be qualifying runs for the Pro 8 Shootout. We will do
our best to tell you where you stand at the end of each time trial. The "bump spot" will be posted on the boards during time trials (qualifications). Normally aspirated and
power adder (supercharger/nitrous) cars are all eligible to race.
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