LEFT: John Lingenfelter hosted a seminar on drag racing at Beech Bend Raceway on Saturday afternoon.

600 Corvettes to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky? At the 2001 C5 Birthday Bash, held april 19-22, scarcely a trailer could be seen, save for the tractor-trailer rigs hauling multiple exotic tuner C5s. Tuners who set up in the vendor area included Lingenfelter, Mallett Cars, Breathless Performance, Design Specialties, Caravaggio Corvettes, Specter Werkes/Sports, and Corvette Concepts.
    Meanwhile, C5 owners drove to the bash in a vacation mood. We did see owners setting up and cleaning their Corvettes on Saturday morning for celebrity judging. Otherwise, owners merely parked in the NCM lot and took off