Sunday, 02 September 2012 10:00 BY ROGER WITHERSPOON NEWJERSEYNEWROOM.COM CAR REVIEW I pushed the starter button and the car shook as a roar emerged from underneath the chassis and burst in a series of rapid fire explosions out the rear, as if a string of heavy duty firecrackers were celebrating…
Corvette Racing Takes Second, Sixth At Baltimore: Racing Roundup
by Alex Luft Sep 2nd, 2012 Lighting up the streets of Baltimore with its thunderous exhaust this Saturday, Corvette Racing labored on Labor Day weekend, finishing second and sixth in the GT class of the two-hour race. The race saw tremendous competition in the closely-contested GT class, where the first…
Pre-Race Interview With Kasey Kahne at Atlanta
Sep 01, 2012 Hendrick Motorsports Q : You have an exciting opportunity this weekend for a fan to win a Corvette, talk a little bit about that and coming back to Atlanta. KASEY KAHNE: I really enjoy racing Atlanta. I enjoy coming here. To have the Hendrickcars.com, you…
Corvette Takes On Ferrari and McLaren
Published: Aug 31, 2012
New Philadelphia, OH: Corvettes to star in annual show
Downtown New Philadelphia will be filled with cars Sept. 8 when the New Philadelphia Business and Community Association joins with the Classic Glass Corvette Club to present the Classic Glass Corvette Club Car Show, Registration for the show will be conducted from 5 to 7 p.m. on the square, This…
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.: Teen burglar snags Corvette crashes in Staten Island
Published: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 8:21 PM Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 1:30 AM By John M. Annese/Staten Island Advance STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Oh, the humanity! A 17-year-old burglar from Manhattan hit the joyride jackpot when he found the keys to a red Corvette inside a Brighton Heights…
Full 2013 Corvette Walk-around Seminar from Corvettes at Carlisle
Members of General Motor’s Corvette Team once again came to Carlisle, PA for the annual Corvettes at Carlisle Show and gave their annual “What’s New with Corvette” seminar. Corvette’s Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter started off with the walk-around before turning it over to Dave Tatman, the Corvette Assembly Plant Manager….
BMW Team RLL – Baltimore ALMS Preview
With only three races left in the 2012 American Le Mans Series season a third consecutive GT class championship remains the goal of BMW Team RLL. This weekend, the venue is the Baltimore Sports Car Challenge, a two-hour race through the city streets that surround Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. In comparison…
Chevy Corvette to be Featured Marque at 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Next year, Chevrolet will celebrate the Corvette’s 60th anniversary and the famous American sports car will be the featured marque at the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca next August. The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion features historic race cars on the track annually, and next…
GM: Corvette continues to redefine itself through racing influences
C2: Independent suspension, disc brakes and aluminum wheels First-generation (1953-62) Corvettes used a modified passenger car frame and live rear axle, which worked well with the cars’ comparatively modest performance output. Substantially greater power was on the horizon for the second-generation Corvette and racing-derived development spearheaded by the legendary Zora…