Just so you know he is a novice and this is his second summer of driving the car so he is still learning . These specific cars were built by GM for the Corvette Challenge in 1988 and 1989 .

http://showyourcorvette.com/history.php 

Mike

Mike Rivet .
Corvette C6R .
Hoping to do practice sessions if there is space .
Unable to fit in time for race 

 

Hey Micheal and Chad and thankyou . Yes . I am Mike Rivet and we have already chatted on Steam Micheal  . I have a question for you guys . Tho I cannot fit time in for the qualifying and races , would I be able to join in the 60min practice if there is space as I would not want to take take away a full series racers spot ?
I have to leave my house at 12:30 pm eastern my time and I believe your practice time would be 11:35 my time so that gives me almost an hr to play ...
Just wondering .
 Also I will keep an eye on when people may be up for some tire spinnin and slidin online ..
Thanks


Mike

Hey guys . New to the site and an on and off again rFactor racer . I come from a background of driving real race cars in my youth so I am very happy to be here to learn off of some very talented people I have met out in the virtual race world so far . Simming and the real thing are completely different venues . The real thing is a lot easier to drive .
 Here is a list of cars raced and titles won in the real world from back in the 80's
1983 Honda Civic .Honda Michelin Series Car . 2nd Place Regional Champion
1984-1983 Honda Michelin Series Car . B  Class Champion as I used the 1983 car 2 seasons.
1985 Honda Michelin Champion . 1985 Honda Civic . More than 50 competitors
1986 GM Players Challenge 2nd place finish overall with more than 70 competitors . IROC Z Camaro
1987 Gm Players Challenge 10th place end of season finish .
1987 Rothman's Porsche Series . 944 Porsche . Ran out of money so was unable to complete series . Only did 4 races that summer . Best race was in the rain from 17th on the grid to a 5th place finish .
1987 I was invited to do a few guest races in the Honda Michelin Series which I enjoyed immensely .
1987 .Drove in Escort Endurance Series in a 1986 C4 Corvette . Was the lead driver for the team . I qualified car and started races and did all night drives which I really enjoyed with a 24hr at Mosport and a 24hr at Mid Ohio . I have no idea were we finished other than we did finish the 24hr races . The C4 was banned from the Ecort Endurance series because of there speed and durability . Nothing stayed with the Corvette's period . What a dream to drive and race ...
1988 Escort Endurance series driving a CRX Honda Civic . We did well in this car . I was lead driver again and we had a 3 car team for a 24hr at Mosprt and we finished 1,2,3 all from one team . A great accomplishment by a huge amount of people involved . Well over 100 different cars on the track also . Fun as hell . I think we were called GT3 cars at the time with GT2 and GT1's of course . These were considered showroom stock cars all with minor modifications .
1989 did a few more Endurance races with a few different teams and was lucky enough to qualify cars for races and start races . The starts are my favorite lol and of coarse as I mentioned , night drives . Most teams have 3 to 4 drivers for 12 and 24hr races .
1990 and 1991 my career was slowing down . My last 2 races were in an Acura Integra and I won the first race in the rain and finished 2nd in the next race . Our team did no more races due to a conflict in sponsorship on our cars so my helmet was hung up and now , 25 , 30 years later I am back into driving in a sim .
 In my second year of racing I received the nickname Rocket when I was out qualifying A class Honda Civics in a B Class Honda Civic with 15 less hp lol .
 I hope you don't mind but I posted that nickname as my forum name and I use it also on a few other forums as I have vintage bikes that are fast as hell also .
 I also own a 1995 ZR-1 Corvette. 415 HP . Yes . The King Of the Hill with the legendary Lotus LT5 32 Valve Mercruiser Monster Engine . They are everything and more of what you have read or heard about if you guys know anything about this car . Outstanding car !
Also just got a 2008 C6 Coupe with an LS3 430hp engine . Winter came early so I cannot tell you yet how it drives as I have not even driven it yet . Can't wait for spring.
 On that I will finish and hope I did not bore you guys of my youth escapades .
Looking forward to getting my ass kicked by you awesome simmers and some good racing again .I will never go as fast as you guys but it has been a very long time and I miss it greatly .
Rocket