Text and Photography by Walt Thurn

    John Powell, owner of Powell Motorsports, is an intense competitor. He’s raced GM products for many years and uses them exclusively in his Powell Driving School. When the Motorola Cup series announced the inclusion of the Super Grand Sport class for Corvettes, Vipers, Porsches and BMW for the 2000 season, John immediately went to work with Corvette Racing’s Ken Brown. He and Ken worked to determine which Corvette parts would make the winning combination. In january, John and his team were at the Daytona test session with a cobbled, multi-colored Corvette. During the test his #11 turned the second quickest time of the weekend. After the test session, Powell’s team returned to their shop in Canada and

A tired but happy Powell crew pushes #30 into the honored spot in Victory Circle.