MCVO Autocross at Chelsea Proving Grounds (pics)

[Hisserman]

The Motor City Viper Owners Chapter of VCA descended on Chrysler's Chelsea Proving Grounds today to hold our annual autocross event.

Security is tight and everything is watched closely, but the grounds provide an excellent location for a large autocross track.

We had a great turnout, from Paxton charged SRT-10's, to twin-turbo Gen II's, to Vipers of all ages and levels of sophistication.

We have our own club timing equipment and other support for running the event (looks fancy, doesn't it).

Yours truly helped flag the starts (when I wasn't fighting this one gust of wind that blew my shade umbrella inside out).

Everyone got two heats with a total of ten runs in the afternoon sun.

Haven't seen many Vipers this color have you (Allison was kicking butt on the course with her special ride).

When it was all said and done, Jon Swango walked away with the fastest time(s) with his sweetly modified Gen I RT-10. Smooth driving and just the right mods blew away all the big dogs. Sorry Jon, I don't have a picture of you or your ride, but we'll try to get one up later in the week.

What was even more impressive was that after all the official runs were over, Jon made two more runs with a passenger (me) and beat his official time on both of them. (I claim it was my navigation skills!)

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Great pics! I have often wondered what Vipers would look like in some outrageous colors. If driving a Viper isnt enough to get some attention, having a neon green one must really stop traffic!

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

I think we need more information on Mr. Jon Swango's Gen 1!! Bravo, bravo!

 

[Hisserman]

I'll try to post more pics and information on Swango and the other winners this weekend.

 

[Hisserman]

Sorry, for the delay -- Here's Jon Swango in his expensive high tech driving suit:

And here are all the class winners for the day:

 

[Casey 111]

That yellow RT/10 in the background of the 2nd picture just have its hood poped?

 

[GR8_ASP]

That yellow RT/10 in the background of the 2nd picture just have its hood poped?

For cooling. It was one hot ****. I ran less than the allowed number of runs as it was way too hot for me. The car was okay, but I was cooked!

 

[GTSnake]

And here are all the class winners for the day:

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So who were the winners? I know the 3 stiffs on the left but who were the others?

 

[GR8_ASP]

Jon Swango, Ron Stene, Jim Bielenda, Jeff Lambert, Don Wilson, Kevin Smutek

I could have Jeff and Kevin mixed up though.

 

[Hisserman]

Thanks Ron --

It was just too late last night when I posted the picture and I ran out of gas before I posted the names. Sorry fellows.

Ron had them almost right:

From left to right: Jon Swango (Fastest Modified RT-10 & Fastest Overall); Ron Stene, aka Viper SRT (Fastest Modified SRT - Paxton); Jim Bielenda, MCVO President (Fastest Stock RT-10); Kevin Smutek (Fastest Stock GTS); Don Wilson (Fastest Modified GTS - twin turbos); and Jeff Lambert (Fastest Stock SRT).

It was a great event for club members to drive their cars to their potential. Some people got trophies, but everyone who participated were winners.

Dave Buchesky's smile says it all!!

 

[GTSnake]

Dave Buchesky's smile says it all!!

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No, I think Dave's smiling because he'll have twin turbos next year...

 

[GR8_ASP]

Nah, I think he is smiling because of the goofball behind the camera. This pic was taken 2 weeks before the drawing. Or, maybe, just maybe, he had a premonition. Nah,