LEFT: Velocity Motorsports got put on the trailer when they broke something inside their differential during a burnout in the C5 Tuner Shootout final.

BELOW LEFT: J.D. Purvis (center, with white hair) presented a trophy to Wade Stevens for
winning the C5 Performance Tuner Shootout. J.D. asked other C5 Tuners to join Wade for a round of applause. From left to right are Nick Agostino, Geoff Skorupa, Purvis, Keith from Velocity Motorsports, Wade Stevens, and Josh Clairfield.

shootout during the Route 66 Corvette Show, which was billed as the "Total Corvette Experience." If you don’t believe us, you can check into Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona, on the weekend of october 20th. J.D. Purvis and crew plan to run this gig all over again at the south end of historic Route 66. What you do is hop in your Corvette and make like Buzz and Todd all the way from Chicago to Flagstaff, then veer south (off old 66) to Chandler.