Well, the 2nd Annual Corvette Club Day at No Problem Raceway on Sunday, Feb.17th, far surpassed my expectations. I had
told the track we might have between 75 & 125 cars & 200 people....We had 599 people sign the waiver to enter the track (this excludes kids 12 & under). We had over 250 cars and over 150 (may be close to 180) teched to run on track.  We started the Drag Racing Time Trials at 9:00 am & began the bracket racing rounds at 12:30. There were three classes for Bracket Racing. Class I & Class II were Trophy Races & the Money Bracket was for the Cash. In the Money Bracket each entrant put up $10. The winner receives 50% of the pool, Runner Up gets 25% & the other 25% was to help cover some of the extra event costs.

Here's the results of the Quarter Finals & Finals for all three Bracket races:

Class I  (14.00 seconds & above) - 22 Cars in this class
Semi Final Round:
Mark Lyon vs Eric Tagesen
Robert Lambert II vs Bye

Finals:
Mark Lyon  -  Winner
Robert Lambert II. -  Runner Up

Class II (13.99 seconds & Quicker) - 32 Cars in this class
Semi Final Round:
Earl Mendoza vs Russ Gilardi
Barry Lasseigne vs Laddie Roussel

Finals:
Earl Mendoza  - Winner
Barry Lasseigne  -  Runner Up

Money Bracket (Open to All) - 26 Cars in this class
Semi Final Round:
Antoine Landry vs Steve Jones
Laddie Roussel vs Pete Vicari

Finals:
Antoine Landry  -  Winner (won $140)
Laddie Roussel  -  Runner Up (won $70)

Around 2:30, we started the Road Course activities.  We had over 70 cars participate in the Stage I Touring Laps around the 1.8 mile road course (with 14 turns). 20 car groups drove around the course getting up to 45 to 50 mph.  Somewhere around 30 cars participated in the Stage II road tour with an SCCA instructor riding as passenger & getting up to 80 mph. Thanks to Mike Poupart for arranging for the 10 to 12 SCCA Driving Instructors that helped us out (Monte Shalett, John Centanni, & don't remember all the other names) ...
It was a blast & this was either the 1st or 2nd time on drag strip for 90% of us and the 1st time on Road course for 99% of us...

Here's the winners of the Fastest ET Trophies from our Corvette Club Day at No Problem Raceway on Sunday, Feb. 17th. I had five Trophies for Fastest Corvette (one for each Generation C1 through C5), The Fastest Non-Corvette, The Fastest Lady Driver, and the Fastest Non-Street car.  These Trophies were in addition to the four Trophies for the Winners &
Runner-ups in the two Bracket Racing Classes.

I'll have these at the GNOCC meeting on Friday, Mar.1st (Italian Pie) & at the BRCC meeting on Thursday, Mar. 14th (East
Side Volunteer Fire Dept., 15094 Old Hammond Hwy).  I've also included some of the other times based on input I received.
I would appreciate a note from the winners letting me know if you will be at either one of these meetings to pick up your
trophy.  Thanks, laddie...

TROPHY WINNERS

Fastest Corvettes ...

C1 - Les Tassin - 1961 - 15.2 ET & 92 mph
C2 - Bobby Lambert - 1966 - 14.349 ET & 100.06 mph
C3 - Jimmy Talbot - 1969 - 12.58 ET & 110 mph
C4 - Steve Lasseigne - 1994 - 12.24 ET & 112 mph
C5 - John Harbour - 1998 - 11.950 ET & 117 mph

Fastest Lady Driver ...
Kaya Eschette - 2002 Z06 - 12.70 ET & 112 mph

Fastest Non-Corvette
Darren Blanchard - 1998 Camaro - 12.10 ET & 117.82 mph

Fastest Non-Street Car
Pete Vicari - 1982 Corvette - 8.63 ET & 152 mph

No Trophies - Just Some Other Times ...
Mike Adams -  C5 Corvette - 12.7 ET & 118 mph
Laddie Roussel - 99 Plymouth Prowler - 12.88 ET & 107.53 mph
Earl Mendoza - 01 C5 Coupe (stock) - 13.107 ET & 105.55 mph
Manly Boudreaux - C3 76 Coupe - 13.1 ET & 105.6 mph
Laddie Roussel - 01 C5 Convertible (stock) 13.11 ET & 105 mph
Russ Gilardi - C4 - 13.3 ET & 103 mph
Steve Morse - 98 Corvette - 13.48 ET & 104 mph
Buddy Cook - 94 C4 Convertible - 13.584 & 102.44 mph
Dan Mock - C5  00 (stock) - 13.82 ET & 102.91 mph
Ralph Adams -  85 Corvette - 13.919 ET & 98.26 mph
Robert Lambert II - C4  91 Corvette - 14.250 ET & 91.02 mph
Eric Tagesen - 00 Mustang - 14.44 ET & 95 mph
Steve Lyon - 70 Challenger - 14.53 ET & 97 mph
Eric Tagesen - C3 Corvette - 15.349 ET
Sal Marino - Eclipse - 15.5 ET &  89 mph
Mark Lyon - C2 63 Split Window - 15.622 ET & 98 mph
Norma Evans - Grand Am -15.6 ET & 86 mph
Pat Altentaler - 90 454SS Chevy pickup - 16.109 ET & 83.19 mph
Laddie Roussel - 01 Dodge Diesel - 16.599 ET & 81.24 mph
Beau Roussel - 01 Dodge Diesel - 16.915 ET & 81.37 mph

I'd like to Thank all the particpants for contributing to help cover some of the extra expenses. And, Thanks to the Five South
Louisiana Corvette Clubs (BRCC, BSCC, CCC, CCCC & GNOCC) for each putting up $400 to make this a free event for the Club Members & their families.

A personal thanks to Ralph & Ann Adams, Earl Mendoza, Steve Lasseigne, my wife Karen, my sister Gwen, Mike Leeds &
Maria Credo for helping with setup, registration & selling the 50/50 tickets. If I missed anyone my apologies...

I'm still sorting out the Best ET times by class to award the Fastest ET trophies. I have a printout of the Bracket races, but still
need to see if I can get list of all time trials... Hope to see you down the road.... Laddie....
  Article by Laddie Roussell