Sitting in the middle of the German Eifel forest is one of the worlds most challenging sports car racing circuits. Some call it the “Green Hell” others have just tagged it with the name “The Ring”. It first opened in 1927 and has been expanded and reduced several times during…
Peterson, Halsmer open Trans-Am season with wins at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
Trans-Am Series drivers Doug Peterson and Pete Halsmer showed on Sunday that racing for wins never gets old. The pair of racing veterans, Peterson, 61, and Halsmer, 68, drove to victories at the season-opening Trans-Am Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, on Sunday. Peterson, of…
Russians show great interest in Corvette legend Zora Arkus-Duntov
It wasn’t until recently that Russians understood that Chevrolet Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov, the patron saint of the America’s sports car, was a Russian. Now, there seems to be intense media interest in this fact in a country that is waking up to all things automotive related. Arkus-Duntov’s life…
‘Route 66?: George Maharis recalls the rough road of shooting
Contrary to popular belief, the Corvette convertible the characters Tod Stiles and Buz Murdock drove on the existential black-and-white 1960-64 CBS series “Route 66? was not red and white. “The original ones were blue,” said George Maharis, 83, who starred as the handsome, dangerous and hotheaded Buz, who set out…
Route 66 is out on DVD
Route 66: 75th Anniversary Collector’s DVD Set is now on sale at Amazon for $49.95 http://www.amazon.com/Route-66-75th-Anniversary-Collectors/dp/B00005YY9K
Simply The BeSSt: Chevrolet SS Performance Car
Written by: Automobile Staff on May 18 2012 Chevrolet’s SS badge has a long and storied history — many cars have been worthy of the legendary “Super Sport,” while others (remember the Malibu Maxx SS?) were certainly not. In honor of the revival of the SS badge for the 2014…
Car that burned east of Santa Maria was a Corvette
8/18/2012 CHP can’t confirm link to fatal hit-and-run California Highway Patrol investigators have identified a vehicle found burning east of Santa Maria on Monday as a Chevrolet Corvette. Whether or not it is the same car involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident early Sunday morning is still in question, according…
The 5 Million Dollar Corvette – 1963 Grand Sport
05/15/2012 by Bill Stephens I’ve always loved Corvettes (You’re right. Who doesn’t?) Having owned a fair number over the years, I must admit there are certain years and configurations of the Corvette which still make me rubbery in the knees. For example, L88’s, big-block mid-years, mid-year fuelies, or 1990-1995 ZR1’s…
Little Red Corvettes sad ending – Matt Mazdeh, owner of West Coast Corvette
Little Red Corvettes Cliff Monroe Driven Mad: Former Corvette owner Cliff Monroe, with the car he was forced to return to its original owner, after a broker failed to turn over the $32,000 he paid for it. Silicon Valley Corvette aficionados say they were suckered out of their cars–and roughly…
Review: ‘Engines of Change’ by Paul Ingrassia details key cars
It would be impossible to count the number of automotive makes and models that have come and gone since the car was first invented — or the number of books that have been written about them. The inescapable ubiquity of the automobile has made them, for better or worse, a…