Nickey ZL1 #001 Wins Silver-state

[Stefano]

Nickey ZL1 #001 Wins Silver-state 1/2 mile shoot out.

The car was experiencing some clutch issues, but still managed a "W".

Congrats to Tony & Joe.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2014/10/full-295-16858-untitled_1.jpg

[Stefano]

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[TimG]

Cool, congratulations, Stefano.

[bashton]

Wow...that is awesome!

Congrats to all involved.

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[Xplantdad]

Very cool...sounds great, too!

[JBALL]

Congrats!!

[69 Post Sedan]

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[KenMaisano]

Congrats!!! I guess the old Italian still has a few Wins left in him <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif

[Tenney]

Cool! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[Stefano]

Thanks guys. They have to work their way up to the 1 mile shoot out.

[BoiseTony]

If Stefano was driving, the top speed would have been 10-15 MPH faster. This standing mile is held at over 7,000 ft above sea level, so I know that hurt performance a bit.

I love this car. I've dragged raced it, auto-cross, road raced, open road raced, and standing speed tests. Its a strong competitor in all of them. Heck, its even won car shows because they are expecting just another Camaro, but once they see and hear it, they are blown away. The entire Nickey crew build awesome cars and I don't know what my 3rd Nickey car will be, but I am pretty sure it will be badass.

Below is a link to a video of the Silver State Classic Challenge parade led by Ken Johnson from K&amp;N Filters driving his Lamborghini Adventador. We come in at about 7:35. Also attached is the Nickey Camaro pre-staged against its competition, starting with a Nissan GTR up front, followed by another Lambo Adventador and then a Ferrari.

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[Stefano]

Parade Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoKDhWgHvsQ&amp;feature=youtu.be)

[Stefano]

NicKey ZL1 #001 takes a second place finish in the standing mile at the 2015 Silver State.

Congrats to Tony &quot;Wildman&quot; Drost.

With safety equipment and driver this is a 4,600lbs missile.



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[markinnaples]

Awesome, congrats!

[earntaz]

Stefano -- what the heck beat that animal? TAZ

[Stefano]

A twin turbo Viper pushing 1200 hp and approx 600lbs lighter.

[earntaz]

AND how &quot;streetable&quot; is that compared to the Nickey? I knew a young fighter &quot;stick actuator&quot; who bought a Viper -- after awhile he said it was like a lady of commerce ... fine once in awhile, but you didn't want to live with it!

[Stefano]

I can't speak to the details of that particular cat. I can say that we have built Camaros with over 1,000 hp which are very drivable.

The NicKey Stage II ZL1 option is very drivable, although we did build a bit of attitude back into it.

Tony's car is very versital, It runs on pump gas. He took it to the drag strip that weekend, added the NicKey track-pac ( wheels and slicks) and nocked off some 10 sec altitude ajusted ETs.

[Stefano]

http://youtu.be/Dh2U0e56PIA

https://youtu.be/Dh2U0e56PIA



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[SS427]

Very respectable! Hats of to you and your team.

[earntaz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very respectable! Hats of to you and your team.</div></div>

X2 -- Pretty damn quick ... Again, Hats off to you and your team while slaying the snakes! TAZ

[Xplantdad]

Awesomeness.... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif

[Stefano]

Latest update. NicKey Stage II ZL1 #001.


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[KenMaisano]

Kickin Ass and Takin Names!!!

[Stefano]

Thanks Kenny, we're having some fun building Kool cars for neat customers!

[earntaz]

The snake was soiling itself ...

[markinnaples]

The ZL1 didn't even sound like it was breaking a sweat. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[Stefano]

The organizers of one of these events asked Tony if he wanted to make an extra run and he asked why. They said the car sounded so awesome that they wanted to hear it again. That was a very Kool compliment based on all the other cars and exotic hardware which was at hand.

[markinnaples]

Awesome. How do you like the 2016 vs. the prior generation?

[Stefano]

Lots of improvements over the 5th gen. Power, weight, handling etc................We have a couple of 2016s in the shop right now. NicKey #001 is naturally aspirated and #002 is Supercharged. Stay tuned for results.

[markinnaples]

Looking forward to seeing them.