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 While an out-of-date fire extinguisher bottle saw Julien Canal, Patrick Bornhauser and Fernando Rees’ second place finish in the Six Hours of Silverstone…
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 who’s been making headlines after her energetic appearance at a…
New Corvette TV show coming this January on the Speed Channel
New Corvette TV show coming this January on the Speed Channel. Watch the 3 minute teaser! Watch the 3 minute teaser! http://vimeo.com/30811817
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 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.