OWNER: Thomas Sabolevsky
OWNER BIO:
Tom is a resident of Red Bank, New Jersey, and a former motocross racer. When he's not flying his Vette down the 1320 at E-town in the East Coast Supercharging Corvette Challenge, he pilots private planes in his spare time. He's been racing for four years, ever since realizing his dream of owning a Vette. Despite its low mileage Tom has driven the C5 as far as Toronto, Canada, for the Dream Car Garage Party.
| STRIP SPECS |
| Car: 2001 Corvette |
| Owner: | Thomas Sabolevsky |
| Block: | LS1, 346 cid built by Cartek |
| Compression ratio: | 10.5:1 |
| Heads: | LS6, ported and polished by Cartek, 2.02 intake, 1.57 exhaust valves |
| Cam: | Comp Cams hydraulic roller, Cartek custom grind |
| Pushrods: | Manley chrome-moly |
| Rocker arms: | Stock 1.7 ratio |
| Pistons: | Stock hypereutectic |
| Crankshaft: | Stock nodular iron |
| Rods: | Stock powdered metal |
| Throttle body: | Stock |
| Intake: | LS6 |
| Fuel injectors: | MotoTron 60 lb/hr |
| Fuel pump: | Inline pump |
| Power Adder: | Procharger P1SC-1 |
| Ignition: | Stock coil on plug |
| Engine management: | Stock computer, tuned by Cartek Racing |
| Exhaust system: | Kooks 1.75-inch long tube headers, X-pipe, Z06 titanium catback |
| Transmission: | T-56 built by RPM |
| Clutch: | Cartek |
| Driveshaft: | Stock |
| Front suspension: | FE1 leafs, stock control arms, Z06 struts and sway bar |
| Rear suspension: | FE1 leafs, stock control arms, Z06 shocks and sway bar |
| Chassis mods: | Neverlift Racecraft 5-point roll cage |
| Interior mods: | Gauges |
| Exterior mods: | None |
| Rear end: | Stock IRS, hardened axles, 3.73 gear, posi |
| Brakes: | Stock |
| Wheels: | CCW 16x3.5 front, 16x10 rear |
| Front tires: | Firestone 165R15 |
| Rear tires: | MT ET Street 26x10.5 |
| Fuel octane: | 93 |
| Race weight: | 3,340 lb |
| Best e.t./mph: | 10.7/135 |
| Best 60-ft time: | 1.49 |
| Current mileage: | 22,134 |
| Miles driven weekly: | 100 |
| RUN LOG |
| Run | Launch rpm | 60-ft | Shift Point | e.t./mph |
| 1 | 4100 | 1.69 | 6600 | 11.22/127 |
| 2 | 4500 | 1.57 | 6600 | 11.19/125 |
| 3 | 4400 | 1.63 | 6600 | 11.04/129 |
CONCLUSION
This shootout accomplished exactly what we hoped when we set it up: to attract the full gamut of modifications to run impressive times. Perhaps the only gripe is that, due to some last minute cancellations, there was no representation from the LT1 crowd. But we did manage to attract Chad Smith's LS1 racecar, which may very well set a new stock cube F-body record come next race season. On paper he had probably the largest advantage coming into the shootout, so it wasn't much of a surprise that he wound up having the fastest e.t. despite blowing a head gasket. Mike Romain's Vette wasn't far behind though, and with methanol injection and the right torque converter he could have surpassed Chad. Unlike every other contestant besides Tom Sabolevsky, Mike actually drove his car to and from the shootout. So consider that in-and-of-itself a moral victory, even though they were NJ locals. Laura Bello and Wes Daniels should also be commended for setting new personal bests, and some darn fast e.t.'s. These full weight F-bodies tipped the scales at 3,500 or over with driver, and they still managed low tens and high nines with stock cubes.
Noel Jusino embodied the spirit of this shootout the most, perhaps, for laying it all on the line for the sake of your reading pleasure. In an effort to stay competitive he upped the nitrous to an untested quantity and paid the price. To those not regularly involved with 9 and 10-second capable cars it may seem like this shootout had nothing but problems given how many people broke. However, this is an inevitable phenomenon with cars this fast and powerful (especially forced induction motors). It wasn't that the drivers were racing with reckless abandon--there were no wrecks or massive cleanups on the track. This is a testament to the quality of character displayed by the shootout entrants, the quality of the track prep, and also a little bit of luck. That being said, it was truly my pleasure to host such a great group of guys and gals.
GMHTP would like to thank all of the shootout entrants and the staff at Englishtown Raceway Park for their hard work in making this shootout a success.