#2 Corvette Challenge Car
documented history and specs
| Car number: 2 |
Car Color:
White |
| Sponsor: Erickson
Racing; Gloy Motorsports; Manliba |
Driver: Juan Manuel
Fangio II |
Previous owners:
| Current owner: |
Jim Christ (Toy Store Corvettes) |
1990 - current |
|
Race history:
|
Dallas |
Sears
Point |
Riverside |
Portland |
Brainerd |
Meadowlands |
Mid
Ohio |
Road
America |
Mosport |
St.
Pete |
Finish
|
7 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
6 |
7 |
Start |
14 |
12 |
11 |
5 |
18 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
- |
Driver |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Fangio |
Car
Status |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Running |
Laps
Comp. |
42 |
25 |
39 |
35 |
25 |
50 |
27 |
22 |
16 |
- |
Qual.
Time |
1:7.729 |
1:54.281 |
1:33.693 |
1:24.227 |
1:57.248 |
0:54.774 |
1:47.743 |
2:42.109 |
1:38.964 |
- |
Purse |
$2,000 |
$800 |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
$1,000 |
$10,000 |
$5,000 |
$2,000 |
$2,500 |
- |
A few words about the car from the current
owner Jim Christ:
1988 CORVETTE CHALLENGE RACE CAR #2 From 1985 to
1987 Corvette dominated the SS class of the SCCA Showroom
Stock Endurance Championship. Its’ record was
19-0. In fact, in 1987 Chevy won the Manufacturers’
Championship by a modest 81-7 margin. SCCA mercifully
ended this brutal massacre by creating an entirely
new class for this car. What else do you do with a
car in a class by itself? The Corvette Challenge Series
was born.
In 1988 the #2 car was driven by Juan Manuel Fangio
II, nephew of Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina, five
time Formula One world driving champion. In the 1988
ten race series, the #2 car, campaigned by Manliba,
won three races and finished second overall in the
series. No other car in the series won as many races.
The car was purchased by Jim Crist, a Corvette dealer
from Largo, Fl., after the inaugural race series.
Jim campaigned the car in SCCA and drove it to three
Regional Championships.
The car comes as raced in SCCA with many spare parts
and accessories. During the 1988 Corvette Challenge,
SCCA took the top ten cars after the first four races
and replaced the original sealed engines with replacement
motors to insure that the original engines had not
been tampered with. We have the original sealed engine
on an engine stand with the replacement engine still
in the car. There are promotional materials such as
GoodYear tire advertising posters, mounted and framed,
that come with the vehicle as well as various magazine
articles. The original SCCA log book # 88 131 comes
with the car and has been signed by Fangio.
Other interesting facts:
- Fangio won 3 races in the '88 series - setting
a record.
- Fangio placed second in the overall '88 series.
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