[NicKey]

So a few years back we built a ZL1 for Norm Jensen. It was set up to run on the NHRA 10.0 et rules. No cage, no license, no diapers etc. A Jacket and helmet True Street and Drag & Drive events

While 10.0s doesn’t seem exceedingly quick in todays world and it is not a complex proposition to accomplish the goal, there is an added degree of difficulty added in order to get a car driven to and from events, on pump gas, No meth, no e85, to run consistently in the heat of the summer.

Norm achieved some outstanding results. He won several events and out of 164 cars signed up to run 10.0s for Drag week 2022 he was 4th overall and would have been third if the last day had not been rained out with a 10.1 avg @139mph. He had to run the tune we put in the car at every track as he does not do any tuning or data logging.

He was also in the top 25 (number 24) of over 500 participants in drag and drive 10.0 et classes, throughout the country.

He made over 200 runs with the car and it has never been on a trailer. He dove it from central Illinois to Arizona on Vacation a few months ago, along with his wife and luggage and averaged 23mpg for the whole trip, including just a few spirited runs.

So this season he decided to do Sick Summer Midwest but unfortunately his wife Susan got seriously sick and he decided to take care of her and retire from racing and sell the car. We made a deal to buy the car and run it for him in the Sick week event.

Matt Peckham drove the car for the event and in the spirit of how Norm had intended it was driven to and from the event and never put on a trailer. The index classes were a bit different and Matt finished 14th out of 95 cars with a 10.07 @ 140 against dail in of 10.045 but also was the second quickest in the 10.0 segment and one of the quickest cars to dive in and out of and finish the event.

I’ll share pictures and videos of the event and include build specs and info for anyone interested.The ZL1 has run a best of 9.79 @ 142 in 2500da with no weight reduction other than drag pack driven 4 hours each way to and from the track.

For those who have hung in there with me and read through this, Norm’s car has been purchased by an Illinois company who will be using it as a promotion and Giving it away to a lucky winner!