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The Disclaimer: These are my personal notes and feelings of the Bayshore at Pocono event, September 11, 1999, and in no way are to be presented as official results or statements of the event.

Some notes and miscellaneous ramblings on the event, and yes as the photos, replies & rebuttals come in this page will be updated. This page is under construction, so please bear with me.

1999 Bayshore At Pocono
September 11, 1999

Who Attended?
     You name it, we had it! From your everyday econo car to full blown race cars.
     From the 62 hp Hugo of Dave Benton, to the 600+ hp Busch Grand National cars, once campaigned by Terry Labonte and Ernie Irvine. Front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, or all wheel drive, front engine, rear engine, or mid engine, carburetted, fuel injected, or turbocharged.
     They all came to Pocono International Raceway, to run the north course and take part in the Bayshore Corvair Association's, 8th Annual Bayshore At Pocono.
Event Tech Corvair Times Vair vs Vette More Times Rebuttals & Replys




The Event:
     Bayshore At Pocono, is a low pressure fun event, providing you with the opportunity to improve your driving skills, run some practice laps, or just have fun driving a real race track.
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The Tech:
     Each driver has the responsibility of having his vehicle inspected before hand by a compitant mechcanic. We run a simple straight forward technical inspection the morning of the event, as a last minute saftey check. But, this requires that all drivers arrive on time, and present their vehiles ready for inspection. Please be on time. A late start, 1 hour, resulted due to late arrivals.
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The Corvair Drivers and their Times:
     I was timing people on and off during the day. No rhyme or reason behind it, just the people I was interested in seeing how fast they were going.
     Timed laps that were consective are displayed as such. When there is a break in the times it means I was timing someone else and then returned to time them again.
   Some Corvair Times
Warren
LeVeque 		Scott
LeVeque 		Ken
Klingerman 		John
Ryall
66 Stinger
YS015
250 hp		in his Dad's car66 Stinger
Modified 140		65 Autodynamics Deserter GS
200 hp
1:07.26
1:26.03
1:21.48

1:13.60
1:07.21
1:07.49

1:05.58
1:06.13

1:05.96

1:21.56
1:06.66
1:06.12
1:25.23
1:09.39
1:06.40 		1:23.01

1:13.73
1:06.49
1:15.95
1:19.16

1:06.02
1:03.42
1:04.29		 1:13.17
1:10.82
1:11.81

1:12.85
1:10.11
1:11.80
1:11.50
1:13.48
1:09.10

1:11.31
1:12.98
 1:07.35
1:07.55
1:07.61

1:08.93
1:12.26
1:07.76
1:08.40

     In one particular instance I chose to time Kevin Johnson for a long period in his third session. Here are the results, and yes I know some of you were going faster, I just didn't time you at that particular instance.
   Some More Corvair Times
Kevin
Johnson 		Chip
Wall 		Bill
Doerge 		Richard
Stansbury
66 Turbo Corsa
180 hp		in Kevin's car66 Corvair Monza
110 hp		65 Corvair
140 hp
1:14.74
1:13.52
1:19.51

1:24.09
1:22.70
1:10.99
1:11.38
1:36.37
1:26.81
1:31.51
1:19.74
1:16.14

1:15.38
1:12.37

1:12.56		 1:23.01

1:15.94
1:20.78
1:17.21
1:16.01
1:13.83		 1:24.17
1:22.57		 1:18.66
1:15.51
1:14.71
1:18.66
1:14.21
1:16.83

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     These are the times I recorded. Yes I know you were stuck in traffic. And yes, you may have gone faster, but these are as recorded. "No brag, just fact".
   Warren vs The Corvette.

     One of the better "shows" to watch that day was Warren Le Veque in his 1966 Corvair Stinger, YS-015, running with the 1986 Corvette of Chuck Burns.
     To see both of these vehicles at speed on the main straight was beautiful. The Corvette only closed on Warren at the end of the main straight. To watch the Corvair, "pull" the Vette down the track was amazing.
     In all fairness to the Corvette which is stock, Warrens Corvair is a highly modified racecar.
     Here are the times I recorded during this duel.
Stinger
YS015
1:05.58
1:06.13

Corvette
1:03.94
1:05.53
1:08.05
1:06.12

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More Times:
     Here are a few more times on some of the other drivers. Again, these are the people I timed because I was interested in seeing how fast they were going.
   Some Other Times
Joe Anderson1995 Camaro 350
car #40		1:12.66, 1:09.73
Richard Andrews1970 Mustang Boss 302
car #70		1:12.66, 1:11.33, 1:13.64, 1:12.07, 1:12.56
Dave Benton1986 Hugo GV 62 hp
car #113		waiting for results
Dave DominickGeo Storm
car #91		Click For Details
Neil Fishman1987 Mazda RX-7
car #77		1:04.51, 1:04.87, 1:04.44
Dennis Jensen1998 Dodge Neon 2.0L
car #80		1:15.34, 1:15.50, 1:15.04, 1:14.31
Jay RiccoBMW M3
car #89		1:04.42, 1:07.60, 1:07.05, 1:04.73 1:04.27






   Daves Story

     Dave Dominick is a friend of event co-chairmen Bill Doerge.
     As a first time driver, who listed his only experience in road racing as Garden State Parkway, we allowed Dave to show his wife the "racing line" in their bright yellow Geo Storm. Here are his times, both with and without wife aboard.
     No, I won't make any cracks about excess weight in the car.
Wife aboard
1:28.76
1:23.08

Later & lighter, no wife aboard
1:22.04
1:20.84
1:19.83
1:19.33
1:21.66
1:22.39

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Final Comments, Rebuttals, and Replies:
     A special thank you to Gardella Racing for allowing me to borrow their timing equipment.
     Thank you to all the workers, particularly Charlie Doerge, who ran pit out all day, "procuring" of corner workers, and transporting them to and from the flag stations.
     I also wanted to spend some time with Brian O'Neill, to look at his NASCAR style Corvair racecar, and to talk about the NECC and Daytona. Sorry Brian, but you know how it goes.
     I also wanted to sit and talk with Warren LeVeque. The only time we got a chance to talk was over the radio, as I was relaying Scott's lap times. Warren was working corner station #2, while his son Scott was running.
     Here are a few of your comments that have either been sent in, or I have seen on other sites.
     I also found out how to "cure" a sore knee. You stand for 12 hours. Believe it or not, my knee feels great!
     To all the drivers, THANK YOU for coming and making this event possible. We hope to see you all back here next year.
     I invite you all to please send any comments, rebuttals, or replies to me. It is your input that only helps to improve the event.
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