2023 Corvette Z06 Competes in the “Tire Rack One Lap of America” Challenge

In an article originally shared thru the NCM Motorsports Park newsletter, we came across the story we’re about to share with you.  There are several factors that make this story a bit of a stand apart from the usual fare we normally publish about the Motorsports Park, but its also an immensely relatable story about perseverence and the spirit of competition and pride that just about every Corvette owner shares in one form or another.

In early May 2023, the National Corvette Museum’s Motorsports Park hosted a leg of “The Tire Rack One Lap of America” challenge.  Per Tire Rack’s website about this event, the “Tire Rack One Lap of America” competition is “a charitable, extreme challenge, street-legal road rally race for driving enthusiasts. It is an event of endurance and vehicle preparation. Featuring eight days of competition between many of North America’s fastest street-legal cars, the teams will compete in 10 events over more than 3,000 miles during a week of skid pad, autocross, drag strip, racetrack and highway transit. Teams are self-managed, have no support crews and have to finish on the same set of tires on which they started.  Competition traditionally begins at Tire Rack in South Bend, Indiana when Tire Rack hosts One Lap of America competitors to a Wet Skid Pad Challenge before they begin their week-long trek. Competitors return to Tire Rack for the final event the following Saturday for a Dry Skid Pad Challenge and the famous burnout celebration.”