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 the purpose-built sports racers of Europe and the Shelby Cobra…
Corvette stolen 10 years ago found
MATT CAMPBELL FOUND AGAIN: The stolen 1968 Chevrolet Corvette V8 convertible. Wharf inspectors in Brisbane have uncovered a stolen 1968 Chevrolet Corvette V8 convertible after prying open the doors of a shipping container which had been sitting on the docks for a decade. The car was reported stolen 10 years…
Corvette Museum hires architect for upcoming motorsports park, seeks sponsors
By Scott Burgess RSS feed Posted Sep 17th 2012 3:31PM The pride and joy of Bowling Green, Kentucky, is about to get a lot bigger. The National Corvette Museum is planning to build a motorsports park and has already hired Steve Crawford, the architect behind Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows,…
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 for Chevrolet and wrapped up the GT Team Championship for…
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. Gavin qualified the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R third in…
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 100th ALMS start tomorrow – will be starting from the…
VIDEO: Woman Crosses High Wire Between Speeding Trucks
Do not try this on the 405! The stunt was done for a new Volvo commercial.
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 2.94-mile road course with various available configurations, an autocross site,…
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 at I-210 and Highway 330 near the base of the…
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 when his garage landed on top of his car. (Zach…