Corvettes finish 1-2 overall in Group 6 and win other classes at 2023 SVRA finale at CoTA

Peter Klutt from Halton Hills ON, 1969 # 59A Corvette edged Jody O’Donnell from Dallas, 1969 # 46 by a slim margin, maybe a half-second, to win group 6 overall in a spirited battle of big block Corvettes.

Jonathan DeGaynor from Bloomfield Hills MI was third overall in his 1959 # 111 Devon Corvette-powered monster Evolution lightweight special that he and his dad Scott have campaigned throughout the season.

Clair Schwendeman from Dallas in his 1968 # 37 Corvette rounded out the top 4 finishers in the GT class.

Jim Sandburg from Seabrook TX in his 1969 # 84 Corvette won the AP class and Joe Robeau from Montgomery TX in his 1964 # 11 Corvette won the BP class.

Bob Lima # 33A, Scott Brady # 76 & J C Griffith ran faster laps but failed to finish leaving Eric Ritchie # 27 to inherit second place in the AP class.

John Scott # 71, George Wright # 44 were 5th & 7th in BP while Steve Cole # 16 was not scored.

Mark Mcilyar # 33 did not start.

Jon Miller from Freeport FL # 11 1989 C4 World Challenge Corvette won the MP2 class in Group 12a that ran with the Group 6 cars.

Parker DeLong # 42, 2006 C6 Z06 Corvette, a newcomer from Glendale AZ finished 8th overall and 4th in the GT4 class within Group 10.

David Fershtand # 05, 2005 GT1 Corvette, a regular from Ft Worth blew up during practice, missing out on a chance to improve upon 2nd place from a year ago.  

Steve Speers from Bourne TX in his 1959 # 66 Echidna Corvette Special was the top finisher in Group 4 and as expected, several seconds faster than Jim Caudle from Arlington TX in the 1958 # 56 production Corvette owned by SVRA boss Tony Parella.

Bonus coverage: As part of the AUSTIN SPEEDTOUR, Corvettes eligible for vintage racing easily fit in the lesser ranks of the Trans Am Series.  J C Meynet won the GT class in this 1998 # 28 C5 Corvette while Keith Michaels in a sister car # 98 carried the flag for his Killer Shrimp Restaurant and Bar located in Marina del Ray CA.

Richard Forsyth won the SGT class in his 2006 # 58 C6 Z06 Corvette prepared by GSpeed, a specialty operation in Cresson TX. 

 Corvette racing is going strong at the Austin Speedtour while Corvette entries are a rarity at the HSR Daytona Classic 24, overwhelmed by an onslaught of Porsches.

 Photos by Robert Kerr, Dark Images

 Official Austin Speedtour Program: https://speedtour.net/program/2023-austin/