More
than 400 Corvettes and hundreds of more enthusiasts rolled into the Brandywine
Picnic Park Sunday to raise awareness and money to fight amyloidosis.
The
event was Corvettes for Chip, hosted by The Corvette Club of Northern Delaware,
County Corvette Association and Keystone State Corvette Club. Chip was Chip
Miller, a car enthusiast who initiated a number of auto events in Lancaster and
died of amyloidosis in 2004.
According
to Wikipedia, “amyloidosis refers to a variety of conditions in which amyloid proteins are abnormally
deposited in organs
and/or tissues.
A protein is described as being amyloid if, due to an alteration in its secondary structure,
it takes on a particular aggregated insoluble form similar to
the beta-pleated
sheet.[1] Symptoms vary widely depending upon the site of amyloid
deposition.”
Proceeds
went to the Chip Miller Amyloidoisis Charitable Foundation. Admission to the
public was free. People showing their cars paid a registration fee.
One
of the cars on display was a 1963 Corvette owned by Rod Saboury of Millers, Md.
His car has a 2,400 horsepower, twin turbo engine, making it the world’s
fastest street-legal car. Saboury said the car can go from 0 to 60 mph in one
second and has been clocked doing a quarter mile in 6.95 seconds reaching a
speed of 210.54 mph.
One
of the reasons the car reaches such speeds, Saboury said, was that he has a
water cooler in the rear of the car that brings the engine coolant down to 42
degrees. The air intake is part of that system, so the engine operates as if it’s
winter.
Jim Campisano, the editor of Super
Chevy has driven the car and was quoted in an article in autoracingdaily.com: “Think
of a plane getting catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier; it was
insane. … And the tires he uses are street legal tires. His car runs on pump
gas. It’s not unusual to have a fast street car, but his has cup holders and
power windows.”
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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