So between 2002 and 2006 we ran a lot of national and divisional races. Best I can remember, we hit 13 different states during that period. Most times we ran Super Stock and Stock Eliminator. At the tracks closer to home, we sometimes ran 4 cars at once.
Between life and the economy, things got pretty crazy so I mostly was just working on cars and tuning. Mind you I built the k5 in the winter of 02-03, and started doing that pretty heavy too
By 06 we decided to park the super stock car, and just ran the purple 69 in G/SA for stock eliminator. Dad drove and I tuned, and we had by far our best success that year, culminating in the class win in our own backyard at Bandimere. Winning that trophy was all Dad really wanted out of racing, and trailed of the rest of the year
In 07 he retired. In 08, I got divorced, and the purple Z28 went with her. In 2009, mom bought a prepped 2005 corvette. This was the first car i took future Mrs Bent for a ride in. In 2011, I sold the 68 when now Mrs Bent and I moved in to her parents place after I lost my job. Later that year, dad traded the white 69 for a butt ugly 79 camaro and cash.
In 2012 they were hauling it to auction in Kansas city when they got side swiped and rolled the truck and trailer. Insurance paid them more than the mess was worth
Mom still has her blue 69 and the 05 Corvette. I have the blue 94 Z28. Dad pulled the 5.13 gear and spool out of the purple 69 and replaced it with a 4.10 and an Eaton posi. He left the stock eliminator engine in it
As that motor wasn't set up for street use, it perished quickly. We replaced it with a ZZ5 crater and pulled the loaded 200r4 for a streetable 700r4. Car still has the cage in it
The engine I sold in 2016 and bought the ARB, chromoly shafts, and shocks. That was the back up engine we built. It was far better than the 350 we had in the car that dynoed 426/458. The spare had 6.125 rod and a .017 offset crank, 70 over for 363, the heads and intake were acid ported. We were a bit outside the rules at that point lol. If the block hadn't been rock blocked, I'd have changed the pistons and cam and used it in the 77
