Virginia City Hillclimb: Over the years, I owned two dozen or more Corvettes. I participated in the Virginia City Hillclimb in a 454 Corvette like the one in this photograph with extremely loud side pipes . It was a very heavy car--some 1200 pounds heavier than a GTO--with most of its weight up front. I did only one run without any practice and managed a time of 4 minutes, 45 seconds with an average speed of 61.3 mph. In comparison, Claudio Zampolli (who would later create the well-known Cizeta--Italian for CZ, his initials--supercar) managed the same distance in my former GTO in 3 minutes, 57 seconds with an average speed of 74.0 mph. Fastest Time of the Day was set by George Dyer Jr in another GTO (#4219) clocking 3 minutes, 37 seconds and averaging 80.4 mph. It was a memorable event. I had previously taken part with the second of my Lussos and the event was always full of rewarding moments and memories. #hillclimb #corvette454 #ferrari250gto #cizeta #filmmakerslife https://www.instagram.com/p/B4112_4lPK6/?igshid=13ypz3p2zs0es
