Originally Posted by StreetSpeed

Interesting. Thanks for the update. Wonder what they have for side impact protection in the C7 that makes it "adequate". Hopefully more than an aluminum tube and a piece of fiberglass like the C5 has!

Originally Posted by ajderzie

I don't know the exact story but something to do with chevy dealers trying to get involved, I think? The series has been completely reorganized. The Corvette Challenge is now part of a racing school. I think the winners of each school will be invited back for a shootout. Spring Mountain will keep the cars so the costs should be less. That's all I know at the moment.

I found out about the cage. Please don't shoot the messenger or flame me, just passing along the info from one of the top pro drivers there who works with Ron Fellows. My understanding was that GM and Ron Fellows worked together on the Challenge car and GM felt that the side impact protection on the new Stingray was more than adequate according to their testing. They did not feel that the rollover protection was sufficient so that's why there is an addition of a roll bar (not a harness bar).