INDIANAPOLIS — Chevrolet will use a new Corvette as this year’s pace car for the Brickyard 400. The Corvette ZO6 will be driven by Hollywood star Ron Howard and will top out at 198 mph. Camaros will be used as pace cars for this weekend’s other races in Indianapolis –…
Mayor creates parking space for Corvette after getting ticket
Pays $20 ticket for illegal parking Friday by Caitlin Huston Pharos-Tribune LOGANSPORT — A large yellow parking space with a sign reading “Mayor Parking Only” turned up in an area previously reserved for police squad cars Monday morning after Mayor Ted Franklin received a ticket Friday for parking in a…
The “Grand Sport” of Cooking
By Rory ReidMonday, 23rd July 2012 The Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport is good for many things; posing in, drifting, driving fast — oh and cooking. No, seriously. The car is powered by an enormous 6.2-litre V8 engine that chucks out 430bhp, 575Nm of torque and, crucially, enough heat to fricassee your…
Paul Comeau of the Corvette Shop – 1967 Split Window custom
There is a local myth out there. Some say they have seen it, while others have only heard about it. I am one who has seen it, from its inception, and Paul Comeau of the Corvette Shop built it. The “Mythical ’67 Corvette,” as Comeau calls it, is primarily 1967…
AutoNation Chief Believes Auto Financing Availability Is Back to Pre-Recession Conditions
By Nick Zulovich, EditorJuly 23, 2012 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Continuing a run of positive news in connection with auto financing, AutoNation chairman and chief executive officer Mike Jackson believes conditions are “fully back” to where they back six years ago. Jackson told investment analysts last week during the company’s…
Magnussen and Garcia take GT points lead with runner-up finish at Mosport
BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada, July 22, 2012 – Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen scored their fourth podium finish in five American Le Mans Series races in today’s Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Their No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R started on the GT pole after setting a qualifying record…
Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen scored their fourth podium finish in five American Le Mans Series races
Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen scored their fourth podium finish in five American Le Mans Series races in today’s Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport. Garcia and Magnussen’s runner-up finish vaulted them into the lead in the GT driver standings ahead of teammates Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner,…
@150mph General Motor’s CFO Dan Ammann Shows He Is No Bean Counter
by Mitch Talley on July 20, 2012 Photo Credit: Reuters/Rebecca Cook If General Motors, and therefore Corvette, are to thrive, it will likely take more employees like Dan Ammann. Named the chief financial officer of the new GM last year, Ammann has wasted little time making it clear to those…
Fort McMurray lottery winner has sights set on Corvette and Vegas trip
Video here. EDMONTON – A Fort McMurray man who purchased a lottery ticket on a notoriously unlucky date is now planning his retirement after winning more than $21 million in the Lotto Max jackpot. Chris Fowler, 55, bought an $11 Quick Pick ticket at a Mac’s convenient store on Friday,…
A man and his car: Vietnam veteran credits Corvette for getting him through the war
Published: Friday, July 20, 2012, 11:27 AM By Kyle Campbell | kcampbe8@mlive.com Joe Munch of Hampton Township behind the wheel of his 1966 Chevrolet Corvette Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Munch pulled the car out of storage about three months ago, after it sat there for 40 years. The car…