CARY – Corvettes will be the featured theme car at Cary Cruise Night from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on West Main Street in downtown Cary. Corvette owners are encouraged to bring their cars to be judged. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded for first and second place. Cary Cruise Night…
Corvette Second-Quickest at Le Mans Test Day
Gavin Sets the Pace in second session for GTE Pro in No. 74 Corvette C6.R; Taylor Walks Away from Encounter with Tire Wall in No. 73 Corvette C6.R Corvette Racing ended the Le Mans Test Day second and fourth in the GTE Pro category. Oliver Gavin ran the quickest lap…
Gavin races to a top Le Mans time
Corvette Racing, 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France, June 11-12, 2011. Compuware Corvette C6.R #73, driven by Olivier Beretta, Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia won the GTE class, completing 314 laps and finishing two minutes and 29 seconds ahead of the runner-up Ferrari. Today’s victory was the…
Corvette LE MANS: GT Preview
John Dagys takes a team-by-team look at this year’s GTE-Pro and GTE-Am class contenders in the 80th Le Mans 24 Hours… While prototypes dominate this year’s entry, the 80th Le Mans 24 Hours still features a stellar field of GT machinery that will be vying for top class honors in…
Corvette Auto Racing: Fogarty puts Vette on Mid-Ohio pole
By Tim May The Columbus Dispatch Saturday June 9, 2012 5:54 AM LEXINGTON, Ohio — As setup men go, Jon Fogarty is the best there’s ever been in Grand Am Daytona Prototype racing. He proved it again yesterday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in qualifying for today’s EMCO Gears Classic,…
KENTWOOD, MI – Drive-by planned for former Kentwood mayor
Published: Friday, June 08, 2012, 8:23 AM By Matt Vande Bunte | mvandebu@mlive.com KENTWOOD, MI – With former Mayor Richard Root’s “cancer journey nearly coming to an end on this earth,” members of the Grand Valley Corvette Association plan Sunday to honor him with a drive by. After a 1:30…
National Corvette Museum’s Insurance Agency Launches iPhone/iPad App
PR WebBowling Green, KY (PRWEB) June 08, 2012 With mobile technology on the rise, the National Corvette Museum’s Insurance Agency has launched an iPhone/iPad app for on-the-go customers. The new app allows NCM Insurance Agency collector car customers the ability to perform tasks that are currently not available from any…
Lawn Art: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette roadster hasn’t moved for nearly 40 years
By: Al Rogers on 6/08/2012 Stories of barn finds and yard finds abound in the collector-car world. People put a car away in storage with the intent of one day having time or money–usually both–to restore it. On a recent photo assignment in northern Virginia, we heard about a 1965…
Corvette, Level 5 Lead ALMS Contingent at Le Mans
Gavin just 0.1 off best time in GTE Pro in quickest Corvette Oliver Gavin put Corvette Racing in a strong position heading into the 80th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Briton set a lap of 3:58.971 on the 8.5-mile circuit to put the No. 74 Corvette…
Memphis International Raceway hosts All American Auto Show
Memphis International Raceway partners with two Memphis area car clubs in a salute to freedom June 23, 2012. Corvette Memphis, Inc., the local club for Corvette enthusiasts is teaming with the Memphis Classic Chevy Club to create a show to remember at Memphis International Raceway. The All American Auto Show,…