Terry Fair is an amateur racing driver with 32 recorded laps across 15 different vehicles on LapMeta, averaging 2.1 laps per car. Fair brings three decades of racing and engineering experience to amateur motorsport, holding a mechanical engineering technology degree from Texas A&M University. His professional engineering background spans metallurgy, mechanical equipment design, control systems, and wireless devices—technical expertise directly applicable to understanding vehicle dynamics and performance optimization.
Fair is the owner of Vorshlag Motorsports, a leading manufacturer of high-end suspension components including camber-caster adjustment plates, spherical shock mounts, and other suspension components. This dual role—business owner and active racer—keeps him connected to both product development and real-world testing. He usually campaigns one of the Vorshlag race cars at 25+ competition events annually, often co-driving with his wife Amy, demonstrating that amateur motorsport can be both serious pursuit and shared passion.
His LapMeta data shows 19 laps at 1.7 CCW, 4 laps at 1.7 CW, and 2 laps CCW configuration, with the 15-vehicle portfolio spanning diverse platforms. Fair actively participates in autocrossing, open track events, time trials, wheel-to-wheel road racing, and drag racing—remarkably diverse motorsport involvement demonstrating curiosity about all forms of competition. He and Amy drove their Vorshlag Motorsports Mustang to TT3 wins at Motorsports Ranch, showcasing consistent competitive success.
Fair exemplifies the engineer-racer archetype: combining theoretical knowledge from formal education with practical experience from decades of competition and business operations. His suspension company allows direct application of racing insights to product development, while testing those products in actual competition validates design decisions. With 32 laps across 15 vehicles, Terry Fair represents the complete amateur racer who integrates engineering expertise, business acumen, and competitive passion into comprehensive motorsport involvement.
One of our customers (Joe B) has a 2021 C8 Corvette Z51, who has been tracking it off and on the last 18 months. Joe has added AP brakes (just to extend bad and rotor wear), a track alignment, and some stock sized 220 treadwear Goodyear Supercar 3 tires, otherwise it is stock.
Terry was driving the Vorshlag C6 Corvette and '23 BRZ earlier this day at Motorsport Ranch Cresson on the 1.7 CCW course, to do some testing on each. Joe offered to let us take some laps, so having never driven a C8 this was a great new experience! In 4 laps we managed a 1:21.0, a 1:21.2, and a 1:20.8, with some slipping and sliding. Due to the bouncy nature of the front end, this C8 (at least) seems like it would benefit greatly from some better dampers, to stop the hop-hop-hopping through every corner.
The DCT transmission is magical and the corner exit traction is second to none - which is there this car excelled. Hopefully after Joe upgrades to some proper "fast" 200TW tires we will get another change to make some laps. Thanks for the opportunity, Joe!