Category: Corvette News

May 15, 2012 No Responses

Review: ‘Engines of Change’ by Paul Ingrassia details key cars

It would be impossible to count the number of automotive makes and models that have come and gone since the car was first invented — or the number of books that have been written about them. The inescapable ubiquity of...
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May 14, 2012 No Responses

Hot Wheels Classics: Chevrolet Corvette – 1981-2011

May 14, 2012, 6:00 a.m. EDT A Truly Hot Car – More Than One in 10 Stolen Over Past 30 Years   DES PLAINES, Ill., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Although racing purists might recognize the Stutz Bearcat...
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May 14, 2012 No Responses

Corvette and Home consumed by fire – CLAVERACK, NY

By Bob Gardinier Monday, May 14, 2012 CLAVERACK – A fire that quickly turned into an inferno Monday caused extensive damage to a Brookbound Lane home. Five fire companies from Claverack, Churchtown, Greenport, Mellenville and West Ghent all responded to the...
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May 14, 2012 No Responses

Corvette Promotes Its Fasters Convertible Ever, the 427 [Video]

As the summer convertible sales season gets closer, Chevrolet has decided to promote the all-new Corvette 427 Convertible, their fastest and most potent convertible car ever. This is one of the last editions of the current generation model, and besides...
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May 14, 2012 No Responses

$100,000 electric car blamed for starting house fire

? $100,000 electric car blamed for starting house fire – Classic Car Collector NewsSkip to content A $100,000 Fisker Karma electric car (also driven by this big-name pop star) is being blamed for igniting a fire that burned through its...
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May 14, 2012 No Responses

Corvette show raises $2,400 for Pottsboro, Texas Kids Club

POTTSBORO — A total of $2,400 was raised for the nonprofit Pottsboro Kids Club during the 10th annual Texoma Area Corvette Show. The day-long event was held May 5 in front of the Kids Club in downtown Pottsboro. Sixty-three entries...
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May 12, 2012 No Responses

2012 Le Mans: Front Row Start For Gavin’s Corvette At Laguna Seca

The GT class in the American Le Mans Series has produced a good deal of excitement and close racing over the last couple of seasons, and today’s qualifying at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca didn’t disappoint. After heading two of the...
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May 11, 2012 No Responses

GRAND-AM: Barbosa Quickest Again In New Jersey

Times were somewhat slower in Friday’s second Rolex Series practice session at New Jersey Motorsports Park, but Joao Barbosa remained atop the time charts… Times were somewhat slower in Friday’s second Rolex Series practice session at New Jersey Motorspo...
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May 11, 2012 No Responses

Auto legend Carroll Shelby, father of Cobra, dies

Carroll Hall Shelby, the Texan who created the famous Shelby Cobra and uncounted other high-performance machines that turned the auto world on its ear, and made it a whole lot more fun for 50 years, died in Dallas Thursday night...
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May 11, 2012 No Responses

American Le Mans Series, Thursday testing for the American Le Mans Monterey.

Posted 5/11/12 Corvette Racing picked up where it left off at Long Beach with a 1-2 finish in GT on Thursday. Oliver Gavin set the quickest time at 1:23.894 (96.035 mph) in the Corvette C6.R he drives with Tommy Milner....
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