Video: Onboard in a World Challenge Corvette

In the American road racing scene, Mike Skeen is a young, talented driver who has garnered a reputation for being willing and able to drive just about anything. The car in focus here is a World Challenge-spec C6 Vette. Fitted with a modified LS3 motor as well as a Holinger sequential transmission, this Corvette is supremely rapid in a straight line. It’s also quite similar to the road-going ‘Vette in the way it handles.

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World Challenge cars look and behave much like their production versions.

Not the stiffest or grippiest car out there, the car has some rough edges. In other words, though very quick and capable, a World Challenge car is not the thoroughbred that an Indycar is, and therefore, it slides and moves around in a fashion like that of a street car. This isn’t really a hindrance though, because a production-based car often looks more dramatic on the limit as the driver wrestles with his machine.

After the first two laps, Skeen really begins to push and the car responds beautifully. Hints of oversteer are noticeable when applying the throttle in the middle of quick corners, when braking over crests and even when turning into some of the slower corners.

Though the car looks planted, Skeen’s smooth driving coaxes the rear end to step out, dancing away subtly under his masterful control. Though Corvettes are often thought of as cars only quick in a straight line — and this one certainly flies down the straights — this particular racing car shows that they can be quick and engaging in the corners, too.

About the author

Tommy Parry

Tommy Parry has been racing and writing about racing cars for the past seven years. As an automotive enthusiast from a young age, he worked jobs revolving around cars throughout high school, and tried his hand on the race track on his 20th birthday. After winning his first outdoor kart race, Tommy began working as an apprentice mechanic to amateur racers in the Bay Area to sharpen his mechanical understanding. He has worked as a track day instructor and automotive writer since 2012, and continues to race karts, formula cars, sedans, and rally cars in the San Francisco region.
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