So Long Tahoe, Thanks for the memories! 13/October/2007 Chris Hammond The Tahoe was a great truck. It was a great price, had all the comfort one could ask for, heated seats for those of us getting older with back pains. But it just couldn't cut it on an Autocross course, so the Tahoe was replaced today, but a car much smaller, lighter, faster, and much brighter than the Tahoe. Say hello to my Little Red Corvette More pictures at my new domain name www.corvettez06.org More photos coming... Read More...
What's so special about today? 12/October/2007 Chris Hammond Well, I'll tell you late tonight if this all goes down. But if all goes as planned I'll be driving a Corvette around very soon! Oh yeah, Natalie's also showing this weekend, today around 1pm, it's the regional championships for her and I know she's very... Read More...
Red Corvette, Red Sox? I think so 09/October/2007 Chris Hammond I've been trying to decide if a Red vette is a good choice or not, then I though. Red Sox... I think I sold myself posted from... Read More...
The hunt for the perfect Corvette 04/October/2007 Chris Hammond Today I went to Lynch Hummer here in Chesterfield, MO and test drove a black 2004 Corvette Z06. I forgot how much fun those cars are, last year I drove Krekeler's car at our last Autocross event of the season. You can see some of those runs in the videos below. I got to meet Jim Lynch, the owner, and a fellow SCCA Member. He's headed off to the Runoffs this week in Topeka, Good Luck Jim! Anyways, the Corvette I drove at Lynch just didn't quite fit me, black is a hard color to keep clean, and that kind of made me not want to buy the car they had on the lot. So I've been looking around, seeing what I can find online. I've looked ALL over! I think I've found a few options, but we'll see, heck, I might even end up in a blue commemerative edition car just like Krek's was. Road trip this weekend? Perhaps, we'll see..... my first run my only clean run a compilation of the fun posted from... Read More...
Corvette St. Louis, are you looking for a used Corvette? 30/September/2007 Chris Hammond If you're looking for a used Corvette in St. Louis Missouri you've come to the right blog post! I'll be updating this post with used Corvette information for the St. Louis, Chesterfield, St. Charles, Wildwood and other surrounding areas in Missouri! I am myself in the Market for a used Corvette, and live in the St. Louis... Read More...
Denver Pro, Day 0 (Friday) 21/July/2006 Chris Hammond Well, the trip to Denver wasn't half bad. I flew Frontier Airlines and was surprised to see TVs in all of the head rests! Sure, it was $5 for 24 channels for the flight, but they had a free channel I watched that played some interesting short films. I got to Denver, after one of the bumpiest flights I've ever had, but who cares, I got to watch TV :D Went to Hertz and got my rental car, get this , I picked a ............ FORD......I'm driving a V6 Mustang Vert, automatic to top it off. This thing has NO power. I tried revving it in neutral and it stops at 4k, if you drop it into drive the motor revs down and then shifts. For a short time I was entered in GStock in the Mustang. I got here and all the classes I was hoping would need a 5th driver to make a complete class had filled up before I got there. I was fairly down, figuring I was going to be stuck in the stang for the weekend, which would have been against my Hertz agreement :D Chris K offered up his IS300 in DS if I didn't find another ride. I ended up putting up a sign on the registration trailer with my cell phone number. Thankfully Adam (from www.autocrossforum.com) came up to me and told me about the car he's driving. He told me the car owner was open to having someone run the car in another class, so I spoke to Aaron Boltman. I'm now signed up to run his 2004 Corvette Z06 in ASP tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, I think there are 8 drivers now entered in ASP, I'm looking forward to see how I fare! Aaron and Adam will be running the car in SS. Thanks to both Aaron and Adam, I look forward to running with you guys tomorrow! posted from... Read More...
Viral Marketing? Banned Corvette Ad 26/August/2004 Chris Hammond News has been going around the net about the Banned Corvette ad. Maybe it's just viral marketing, and if it is, it's working. Here's the ad in quicktime format. Pretty cool, but the quality leaves more for the wanting... Read More...