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Testing of the Hennessey Venom GT Prototype Car - May 2010, Europe 
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 September 21st, 2010 • Road America Circuit: Heinricy's IsoTorque Phoenix Performance Corvette Ready for SCCA Runoffs Corvette vs Ferrari vs Dodge Viper battle hightlights annual event  In six of the seven times John Heinricy raced a Chevrolet Corvette in the Sports Car Club of America’s prestigious National Championship Runoffs, he has won his class in the Club’s most-prestigious event. National Champion Scott Tucker defends his 2009 title this year with a Ferrari, but Heinricy has returned to the T1 class with the IsoTorque Phoenix Performance Corvette C6 to challenge both Tucker, and John Buttermore, who finished third in 2009 in a Corvette, but who has now armed himself with a 10-cylinder Dodge Viper. Joe Aquilante’s Phoenix Performance LLC., group from Phoenixville, Pa., built the IsoTorque Corvette C6 for Heinricy, updating it to 2010 LS3 Grand Sports specifications. The Runoffs, held on the legendary 4.048-mile Road America circuit near Elkhart Lake, Wis., have qualifying al this week. The Touring 1 class race will take the green flag at 9:30am ET on Sunday, Sept. 26. The weekend’s events will be broadcast live on the internet at www.Speedcasttv.com, including the T-1 race Sunday at 9:30am ET... << READ MORE >>July 13th, 2010 •
Watkins Glen Doubleheader:
IsoTorque takes Heinricy, Phoenix C5 Corvette to SCCA Runoffs Team Runs the Table in Watkins Glen Doubleheader  In a show of dominance, created by integrating the top mechanical components and personnel, John Heinricy drove the Torvec/Phoenix Performance Chevrolet Corvette C5 to a pair of Sports Car Club of America National Championship points race wins over the weekend at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. The doubleheader weekend at Watkins Glen saw Heinricy qualify on the pole for both Touring 1 class races and lead every lap. The season began with two class wins in the SCCA’s professional World Challenge series event at Mosport Park., Ont., then SCCA Nationals at both New Jersey Motorsports Park and Road America, Wis., site of the Sept. 20-22 National Championship Runoffs where Heinricy will race for his 12th Runoffs title. “In addition to the superb preparation of my car by Joe Aquilante’s crew at Phoenix Performance... << READ MORE >>June 26th, 2010 •
June Sprints at Road America:
Heinricy, Torvec-Phoenix Corvette Win SCCA June Sprints Quest for 12th Runoffs National Championship Continues  Eleven-time Sports Car Club of America Runoffs National Champion John Heinricy continued his goal of an invitation to this year’s Runoffs with a solid Touring 1 class win at the June Sprints, held June 26 on the world-famous Road America road course near Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Heinricy and the black Torvec Chevrolet Corvette C5, prepared by Phoenix Performance, Inc., of Phoenixville, Pa., qualified second quickest in the class, took the lead on the second lap and was never challenged for the remainder of the 44-mile race.
The win was the second consecutive one this year for Heinricy and the Torvec Corvette. “We have to compete and finish in a minimum of four SCCA Nationals to get an invitation to the Runoffs,” he said, “so this has us halfway home.... << READ MORE >>June 6th, 2010 •
New Jersey Motorsports Race:
"Heinricy begins chase for 12th SCCA National Championship with T-1 race Win"  John Heinricy today drove the Torvec-Phoenix Chevrolet Corvette C5, prepared by Phoenix Performance, Inc., of Phoenixville, PA., to the Touring 1 class win in a Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. An 11-time National Champion in the SCCA’s annual Runoffs, to be held this Fall at Road America, Wis., the win is Heinricy’s first step toward his 12th National Championship – the most by any active SCCA driver. “Our goal is to showcase the abilities of the Torvec differential in the Corvette, race the car in selected SCCA Nationals, and see if John can get his 12th Runoffs championship and his 11th with cars from the Phoenix Performance shop,”... << READ MORE >>May 23rd, 2010 •
Heinricy's Mosport Double-Down:
"Torvec-Phoenix Chevrolet Corvette wins two SCCA World Challenge shows"  John Heinricy achieved the best-possible result in a rare opportunity to win two races on a single weekend, driving the Torvec-Phoenix Chevrolet Corvette C5 to a win in the second of two SCCA World Challenge series races held on Canada’s Victoria Day weekend at Ontario’s famed Mosport International Raceway circuit, east of Toronto. The Torvec-Phoenix Chevrolet Corvette C5, was prepared by Phoenix Performance, Inc., of Phoenixville, PA, and with a crew led by PPI 25-year veteran Mark Giusti. As was the case in Saturday’s win, Heinricy, of Holly, Mich., raced 28 laps on the 2.459-mile road course to win the GTS class, but today’s win was by only 14 seconds over a Lotus Exige S and Acura TSX cars. Saturday’s victory margin was 20 seconds.... << READ MORE >>February 2008 • Automobile Magazine: "Win on Sunday, Fix GM on Monday"
GM's nonpareil racing engineer, John Heinricy, is putting the pizzazz back in the company’s performance cars.  Head back, one outstretched arm draped over the steering wheel and the other cradling the shift lever, John Heimicy looks perfectly at home behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Corvette Z51. And why not? Between his duties as head honcho of General Motors’ High Performance Vehicle Operations and his second career as a world-class race car driver, he’s probably got more quality seat time in Corvettes than anybody since patron saint Zora Arkus-Duntov. And as he heads home from GM’s Milford Proving Ground near Detroit, he instinctively uses the prodigious torque of the LS2... << READ MORE >> November 2007 • AutoWeek: "Return to the Heartland-Park"
The SCCA caps the season with its annual Runoffs - Heinricy would win the race.  In most ways, the 44th Annual Sports Car Club of America National Championship Runoffs was the typical, semifrantic thrash it always is, hosting racers from across North America at one central location. But the 2007 Runoffs was a bellwether for the future of the SCCA's club racing program. This was the second year at a new and much-criticized venue. Background: The SCCA moved its Runoffs from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course to Heartland Park Topeka in Kansas last year. To some, the move seemed a matter of convenience for the SCCA, which has its national offices a... << READ MORE >> November 2007 • AutoWeek: "General Motors Performance Division"
The Chevrolet HHR SS Special Report - The state of peroformance Building performance cars is hardly new to General Motors, but having a dedicated performance arm is a recent phenomenon. In its short history, starting in 2002, GM Performance Division can claim fairly healthy success. From its inaugural Cadillac CTS V-Series in 2004, GMPD offerings have expanded to include everything from the luxury Cadillac STS-V to the economical Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged and HHR SS to the trail-ready Hummer H3 Alpha. With a wide-ranging lineup and more hot performance vehicles on the way, GMPD chief engineer John Heinricy says... |