which doesnt come
in a race and usually doesnt come on the street either.
Mostly,
Coppola drives his Corvette to the danger zone at tracks like Homestead, Sebring,
and Moroso during sessions with a local South Florida club called Safe Motor
Sports. The rest of the week, Mike peels off the self-sticking numbers for
daily street driving. His white-hot C5 is not even close to a race car. Track
activities are much different than competition racing.
Coppola,
who lives in Cape Coral, Florida, explained, "You just get out there
and run un-timed. They start at about 8:30 in the morning and go until four
in the afternoon. Usually, sessions are limited to 55 vehicles. You run with
all sorts of cars, from Vipers to Porsches to regular old cars."
For
this reason, Coppola bought