Category: Corvette News

September 26, 2012 No Responses

Corvette Racing claims ALMS GT championships

  I’ll just go ahead and get this out of the way: YES!!! Say hello to the 2012 American Le Mans Series GT championships for Chevrolet, Corvette Racing, and for Oliver Gavin and me. This is an amazing feeling and...
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September 26, 2012 No Responses

Video: 1991 Corvette gets pulled out of the Cattail creek

Ted Bear’s 1991 Corvette gets pulled out of the Cattail creek after Sept 18th 2012 flood undermined his house and garage. Recovery performed by Danny O’Donnel of Prestige Towing.
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September 25, 2012 No Responses

Man on the moon: Neil Armstrong’s Corvette lands in Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH — Neil Armstrong’s beloved 1967 Chevy Corvette has touched down in Daytona Beach, signaling the dawn of a lengthy mission. Photo Galleries Neil Armstrong’s 1967 Corvette The final objective: Return the vehicle to the same condition it was.....
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September 25, 2012 No Responses

Chevy Sonic Engineer John Buttermore Repeats SCCA National Championship

Back in May we told you about John Buttermore, the Lead Development Engineer on the Chevy Sonic program who also just happens to be the defending SCCA Touring 1 National Champion. Now make that the 2 –time defending National Champion....
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September 24, 2012 No Responses

2014 Corvette C7 Details Leaked, LT4 Coming in 2015

The highly anticipated Corvette C7 has had its fair share of leaks, but this one might be the most revealing one yet revealing that the next-generation of Chevrolet‘s great American sports car will indeed live up to its hype. Details...
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September 24, 2012 No Responses

Bedford, Mass. – Vettes for Vets, Sunday Bedford VA Hospital

Posted Sep 24, 2012 Bedford VAMC will host the 9th Annual Vettes to Vets Program at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Bedford VAMC, 200 Springs Road. The event will feature a caravan of more than 350 corvettes,...
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September 22, 2012 No Responses

NASA Starts Work on Real Life Star Trek Warp Drive

Jesus Diaz “Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility.” These are the words of Dr. Harold “Sonny” White, the Advanced Propulsion Theme Lead for the NASA Engineering Directorate. Dr. White and his colleagues...
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September 21, 2012 No Responses

LE MANS: Larbre’s Sao Paulo WEC Exclusion Explained

For the second FIA World Endurance Championship race in a row, Larbre Competition’s No. 50 Corvette C6.R was excluded from the results after failing post-race technical inspection. While an out-of-date fire extinguisher bottle saw Julien Canal, Patrick Bornh...
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September 19, 2012 No Responses

At 102, she changes oil, spark plugs on her 82-year-old car

Pop math quiz: If you cherished and maintained the same car for 63 years and you changed your own oil every 3,000 miles, how much money would you save? Answer: A lot. Just ask Margaret Dunning, a 102-year-old Michigan woman...
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September 18, 2012 No Responses

A LITTLE GRAND SPORT HISTORY

Tux Hadler posted in Corvette Pal’s. In early 1962 Corvette Chief Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov began a project known to the engineers of the Chevrolet Division as ‘THE LIGHTWEIGHT’. Arkus-Duntov and his engineers began a mission to meet the challenge of...
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