Special Section
WHEN CHRISTOPHER HOLDORF AND HIS FATHER, CHRIS, WE’RE LOOKING TO GET INTO A COMPETITIVE, TRAVELING CLASS, THE PDRA’S
$HAMELESS RACING PRO OUTLAW 632 CLASS OFFERED EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAD IN MIND. IT GAVE HOLDORF A PLACE TO GET HIS FEET
WET IN A FAST DOORSLAMMER, BUT IT WAS A FAIRLY NEW CLASS WITH A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH. NOW GOING INTO HIS THIRD
FULL SEASON IN THE CLASS, HOLDORF IS READY TO START WINNING RACES, AND IF ALL GOES AS PLANNED, MAYBE EVEN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
HOLDORF IS COMING OFF A STRONG SOPHOMORE SEASON IN HIS BLACK FLAG MOTOR SPORTS ’53 CORVETTE. HE NABBED A PAIR OF
RUNNER-UP FINISHES IN PDRA COMPETITION, ENDING UP WITH A THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS. IT WAS HIS
FIRST FULL SEASON WITH THE NITROUS-ASSISTED ’53 CORVETTE, WHICH HE DEBUTED HALFWAY THROUGH THE 2018 SEASON.
“Getting that first full season under
our belt with the new car was a plus,
for sure,” Holdorf, 31, says. “It worked
out pretty well. There were a couple
spots where I would’ve rather
finished first, but I guess you can’t
complain about second.”
Black Flag Motor Sports started with
the team’s black ’53 Corvette driven
by Walter Lannigan Jr., who finished
fifth in points last season. He won
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the $7,500-to-win $hameless Racing
Shootout at the PDRA Northern
Nationals last year, but it was a non-
points special event. The two
teammates regularly square off in
competition, resulting in some
entertaining back-and-forth
discussions in the pits.
“It’s a good competition between my
dad and I,” Holdorf says. “We like to
poke fun at each other and see who’s
the better driver and better tuner, even
though we are on the same team. It
still makes it a friendly competition.”
With two cars comes twice the data.
It’s a nice advantage, but the
similarities between the two cars
aren’t as distinct as one might think.
They both utilize 632ci Nelson
Competition engines, but the age
and mileage difference changes the
tuning approach for the two cars.
“It definitely helps if one car runs
first and shakes the tires, we can
make an on-the-fly adjustment
with either tire pressure or bottle
pressure to try to get the next car
down,” Holdorf says. “We do have
that as an advantage. Sometimes
we try to run two different setups
when we first get to the track on
the test day, just to see where we’re
at, then narrow it down from there.
Both cars are a little bit different in