Category: Corvette News

September 16, 2012 No Responses

Corvette Racing sweeps ALMS GT Championships with VIR 240 victory

ALTON, Va. – Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the American Le Mans Series GT Drivers Championship with a victory today in the VIR 240 at Virginia International Raceway. Their fourth victory in nine races clinched the GT Manufacturer Championship...
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September 15, 2012 No Responses

Corvettes Qualify Third and Fourth for ALMS VIR 240

Gavin and Magnussen Claim Second Row in Fast and Furious Qualifying at VIR ALTON, Va – Corvette Racing drivers Oliver Gavin and Jan Magnussen locked up the second row in GT qualifying for Saturday’s VIR 240 at Virginia International Raceway....
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September 15, 2012 No Responses

Second row start for Gavin at VIR for his 100th ALMS start

On its first visit to the scenic Virginia International Raceway, known to all as VIR, the American Le Mans Series GT qualifying session once again had everyone jumping up and down in excitement. Corvette Racing’s Olly Gavin – making his...
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September 14, 2012 No Responses

VIDEO: Woman Crosses High Wire Between Speeding Trucks

Do not try this on the 405! The stunt was done for a new Volvo commercial.
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September 12, 2012 No Responses

Motorsports Park at the National Corvette Museum

Corvette fans across the country are familiar with the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where America’s greatest sports car has long been built. But the museum is expanding, and part of that expansion includes a motorsports park. A...
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September 12, 2012 No Responses

SAN BERNARDINO: Chase leads to fatal crash, freeway closure

“The vehicle hit a pillar to the transition road and caught fire – exploded, basically,” CHP Officer Jaci Parent said from the Traffic Management Center in Fontana. The Corvette crashed before dawn Wednesday, Sept. 12, triggering a 4:44 a.m. Sigalert...
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September 11, 2012 No Responses

Garage falls on Corvette

The garage that Glenn Petten of Paradise built for his 1984 Corvette wound up flying through the air and landing on top of it during the worst part of Tropical Storm Leslie.Glenn Petten says he’s glad no one got hurt...
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September 10, 2012 No Responses

Spirit of Daytona Wins At MRLS; Segal, Assentato Clinch GT Title

MONTEREY, Calif. (September 9, 2012) – For Jeff Segal and Emil Assentato, the GRAND-AM Rolex Series Continental Tire Sports Car Festival Powered by Mazda was a battle that enabled them to win the season-long war for the Rolex Series GT...
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September 10, 2012 No Responses

Corvette Racing at VIR: Very Important Race

Release Date: September 10, 2012 With Championships on the Line, Corvette Team Ventures into Uncharted Territory at Virginia International Raceway ALTON, Va – According to the state slogan, Virginia is for lovers, but Virginia International Raceway is for ra...
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September 10, 2012 No Responses

Chevy Grand-Am At Laguna Seca: Spirit Of Daytona And Stevenson Motorsports Win – With Quotes

Antonio Garcia and Richard Westbrook were determined to make a strong statement when they unloaded Friday at Laguna Seca Raceway. They started out by winning the pole for today’s Continental Tire Sports Car Festival GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series (Rolex).....
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