Road America 1998
Track Time Performance Driving School Instructor, Steve Melnick
keeps some Porsche race cars at bay!
(Photo by Edmund)

Since LeMans, Doug Rippie has expanded the race shop division. DRM is no longer just building race cars for themselves, but for others as well.  Today they have customers' Corvettes winning races around the world.

Our facility in Buffalo MN.
Pictured here are customer cars
soon to be completed

Doug is also focusing his attention on the mail order business and the conversion shop.  By participating in various shoot outs sponsored by industry magazines, DRM continues to prove they can build awesome street cars.  Doug Rippie also travels the show circuit, giving people an opportunity to see that he's just another Corvette enthusiast like them.

After 13 years of racing, modifying and developing products for the C4, the C5's release has set the tone for DRM's future.  With no signs of slowing down, we already have a full line of brake, engine and suspension modifications developed.

Our in-house chassis DynoJet.
Shown here testing is a ASA 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Good Luck to the 91 ASA Team in 2004

Watch for our newest C6 creations that will likely reign as a champion from the drag strip to the road course and set the pace for others to follow.

Doug Rippie first built this SCCA B Production-GT-1 racecar in 1974.  After a year of SCCA Pro-Club racing he sold it to his friend Steve Kline who competitively raced the car until 1981.  After 26 years of collecting dust in a underground garage, Steve Kline gave this little piece of DRM history back to Doug Rippie for its second wind of high performance corvette racing.  Doug spent the spring of '07 refreshing this little beauty using the same motor, brakes, transmission, diff, and suspension for the rebirth.  This car will now be enjoyed at tracks across the Midwest for many years to come.