Series rookie ready with new Top Sportsman for upcoming season
FONTHILL, ONTARIO (April 28, 2010) – Steve Corriveau is hoping the car he will be driving in the upcoming Quick 32 Sportsman Series presented by NAPA Auto Parts will bring him the same success as its previous owner.
The Fonthill, Ontario racer purchased the former Bruce Boland 1967 Chevy II Pro Modified last year, and has been rebuilding the car since then to race in the Top Sportsman class of the Quick 32 Sportsman Series.The Chevy II took Boland to the Pro Modified Racing Association Championship in 2009, but after a winter’s worth of work, Corriveau said the Chevy, now painted white and green, will be ready for the first round of Quick 32 Sportsman Series action.
“We fired up the car yesterday,” he noted. “Everything is all done and ready. It will be out for the first event.”
The Chevy II sits on a chassis updated by TT Race Cars and Tom Thorne of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sitting between the rails is a 588-cubic inch big-block Chevy engine built by the DSE1 shops in Caistor Center, Ontario. A two-speed Powerglide sits behind the engine, which is fueled with a nitrous oxide system.
Doug Lampman is crew chief for the Cor Con Racing Team, which is sponsored by Corriveau Concrete Forming Supplies, KC Auto Parts, DSE1, TT Fabricating, ROBO Composites and Lampman Racecars.
Corriveau said he started racing in 1990 with a less-than-perfect 1975 Camaro.
“I bought that car out of a wrecking yard for $500 and went Mod ET racing for years,” he related. “I then raced a dragster for a couple of years, but always wanted to get into a Top Sportsman car.”Corriveau added he is looking forward to his initial year with the Quick 32 Sportsman Series in the new car.
“My main goal was to get into a Top Sportsman car and this year is the year,” he said. “We’ll be ready to rock for opening day.”
