TOP LEFT: Twelve grand for a racing helmet? Andy Pilgrim (right) hands over the helmet he used from 1997 to the present to auction winner Walker Bower.
BOTTOM LEFT: It is amazing how owners of late model and brand new C5s like to get together at shows. The Saturday night crowd packed the tent on the grounds of the museum.

with a best ET of 9.83 @ 147.54 MPH. We dubbed this ET a world record for street legal C5s.
  Times are changing rapidly. Agostino himself was gunning for the 8.90s before his beefed-up factory automatic broke. Lingenfelter offered to give Agostino a transmission so he could compete.
  Agostino told us, "John was really nice. He offered a spare transmission and use of his trailer. I think with the amount of work involved - it’s a 10-hour job to change the trans..."