Category: Corvette News

July 3, 2012 No Responses

New Zealand – Corvette Hits Boat

A classic Corvette, a boat and a jetty have each taken a role in the mother of all freak accidents. The bizarre accident occurred just before 2pm yesterday when a 1984 Chevrolet Corvette soft-top appeared to lose control after turning...
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July 2, 2012 No Responses

New Daytona Prototypes at The Glen

Alex Gurney steers his GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype down pit lane during Rolex Sports Car Series practice Friday at Watkins Glen International. / RON LEVANDUSKI / STAFF PHOTO WATKINS GLEN — Grand-Am’s sleek new Daytona Prototype ...
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July 1, 2012 No Responses

Joao Barbosa, Darren Law win at Watkins Glen in Action Express Corvette DP

Barbosa and Law combined to average 102.827 mph, with Barbosa edging Gurney by 0.238 seconds at the finish at Watkins Glen International. “Obviously, I was able to use the (slower) traffic a little bit to my advantage,” Barbosa said. “Gurney...
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June 30, 2012 No Responses

Grand Am DP – GAINSCO Corvette Edges Competitive Practice Field

No. 99 WATKINS GLEN, Jun. 30, 2012: GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, and drivers Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty, paced the field Friday in opening practice at Watkins Glen International where the two-time championship-winning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series team wi...
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June 29, 2012 No Responses

Watkins Glen, NY – Corvette 1-2-3 in first practice for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen

John Dagys  |  Posted June 29, 2012   Watkins Glen, NY Richard Westbrook topped the time charts in the opening practice for Sunday’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen (11 a.m. ET, Live! SPEED). The Spirit of Daytona driver reeled off...
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June 27, 2012 No Responses

Fort Wayne, Indiana – Truck ends up on top of Corvedtte

Monday, 25 Jun 2012 NOBLE COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – One man was critically hurt and another had minor injuries after a crash in Noble County Saturday afternoon. Police said a Corvette and pick-up truck were both going north on State...
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June 27, 2012 No Responses

Autoweek did a nice video of the 2013 427 Convertible

 
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June 26, 2012 No Responses

Corvette with 1,437 hp to the rear wheels

We won’t say Nick Yoskin’s ’06 Corvette intimidates dynamometers; it just destroys them. “Now that the word’s gotten around that my Vette puts 1,437 hp to the rear wheels, many dyno operators just send me away. Their rollers can only...
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June 26, 2012 No Responses

Corvettes help St. Jude Children’s Hospital

The parade of gleaming Corvettes traveled along in the left lane of the interstate highway at a stately pace, a caravan headed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. That line of storied sports cars included Dennis Waddell...
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June 26, 2012 No Responses

CLAYTON COUNTY, GA – Corvette ZR1, A Drug Fighting Super Machine

A Corvette ZR1 is now parked at the Clayton County Sheriff’s Department, and some citizens are concerned that the department used taxpayer money to buy the car, Even though the car clearly says on the back: “Donated by a Local Drug Dealer.”...
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