vettes of the smokies
2010 BORLA SPRING FLING
July 6, 2010 by tom · Leave a Comment
A short explanation, the Borla is the Borla Exhaust Inc. A couple of years ago Borla realized that they could save a lot of $$$ if they moved their manufacturing from California to Johnson City, Tn. I’m sure they got a steal on the large, beautiful, unoccupied building that they now occupy. It’s more than a building it’s a campus, the perfect setting for a car show. The show is open to all makes, models, and years of cars even a few imports showed up. The absence of any Borla employee participation in running the show was surprising. The show itself was extremely well run by the Carter County Car Club with all proceeds going to local charities.
My lead picture is of Christina, a University of Tennessee student and aspiring model. Check the end of the article for Christina’s post and MORE pictures of her and the C6 she’s posing with!!!!
vettes of the smokies
CHRISTINA—Right Place at the Right Time
June 29, 2010 by tom · Leave a Comment
I had gotten up at 5:30 AM, driven two hours to the show, been working the show hard since 8:30, it had rained hard, it was now 2:00PM and I was tired. I knew though that I needed one more cute AmericanGirl and one more cool AmericanCar to make the article complete. I walked the show a couple of times and then I spotted Christina, and she said, ‘’I’d love to’’. Now I had an AmericanGirl and no car. It was still a little gloomy from the rain and Drew Beck’s yellow, 2008 Z51, Corvette, just stood out. Drew said ‘’OK’’ and the shoot was on. As it turned out Christina was an aspiring model and our little gig turned into a show into itself, gathering a nice crowd. After the shoot a female member of Drew’s Corvette club Vettes of the Smokies asked me “how come Drew’s Corvette was so lucky?” I responded “It was in the Right Place at the Right Time as I was”.
The Z51 signifies a Corvette that has been upgraded to compete in auto crossing and other road racing type events.
The upgrades cost approximately $1,500.00 and include the following:
Power steering up-grades
Engine oil and transmission coolers
Stiffer springs and stabilizer bars
Specific shock absorbers
Larger brakes with cross-drilled rotors
Specific tires
Performance gearing
Z51 specific, 6-speed manual transmission or performance axle ratio with automatic transmission
