Famed Corvette racer John Greenwood has died at the age of 71. The son of a General Motors executive, Greenwood...
The year was 1965 and I was going to drive a ’64 Porsche 904 owned by Porsche Car Pacific, the...
During the first 60 years of the Corvette’s existence, each of its six model designations raced at Le Mans. To celebrate this milestone, Corvette Racing entered two works Corvette C6Rs for the 2013 24 Hours, both carrying a special livery to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette. Although the C6R...
Delmo Johnson, a Chevrolet dealer from Dallas who gained fame racing Corvettes in the 1960s, has passed away at the...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
The racing surface didn’t have time to cure properly, so it had to be repaired at intervals by work crews with shovels of asphalt and rakes to smooth it out. A 1956 Ford served as transport for the repair crew. The Porsches of Howard Fowler (#63) and Buel Kinne (#112)...
What if Chevrolet offered a 2+2 Corvette? There was once a British 2+2, with a Corvette engine that might have...
Tony Parella They say there is no greater zealot, than a recent convert. Though he came to the sport fairly...
The year 1957 was one of firsts for Corvette. It may have been a virtual twin to the 1956 model, but there were surprises lurking under some of those Vettes’ fiberglass skin. There could be a 4-speed manual transmission, Rochester Ramjet fuel injection and a 283-cu.in. engine. One of the...
Photo: Allen Kuhn American road racing star Jim Jeffords has passed away at the age of 87. Jeffords was a...
In the early morning hours, on February 12, a sinkhole opened up under the “Skydome” of the National Corvette Museum,...
Bahamas Half-Pint Dear Editor, Hugh Dibley’s splendid piece on racing a Formula Junior Lola at Bahamas Speed Week (Legends Speak, November 2013) is another example of why I enjoy your magazine so much. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
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Greenwood Corvettes Dear Editor, I commend you and John Zimmermann on your Greenwood article “Twisting in the Wind,” your research and accuracy is very impressive. You have successfully entertained and delivered on the whole story, a story with long lost details that readers will never get the importance of, the...
• A unique 1953 Ferrari 166MM, bodied by Oblin with wonderful racing provenance will star in Artcurial Motorcars’ Retromobile sale...
Photo: Casey Annis History is a curious thing, we tend to think of it as fixed and absolute, when in...
Photo: Casey Annis The story of the Corvette and how it came to race at Le Mans is one in which the dreams of a number of individuals intersect, over a prolonged period of time. While each of these dreamers came from vastly different backgrounds and held often times very...
1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama Show Car. As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette, it is appropriate to reflect on...
Photo: Hal Crocker In the world of motor sports, the wind genie escaped from his bottle during the mid-1960s, and...
Mike Yager is the founder and owner of Mid America Motorworks.Photo: MID AMERICA MOTORWORKS VR: How did you first get started with cars? I assume it was probably at a young age. MY: The long story and the short story, all in one, is I’m the youngest of nine kids....
A lot of great names are associated with the racing of Corvettes. Many of those great names—racers like Bondurant, Fitch...
I have to confess to being Corvette prejudiced. Growing up I was never a fan of the Corvette, in fact...
When Chevrolet introduced the 1972 Corvette for the fifth year of C3 production, the basic car remained essentially unchanged from the previous year, still built on a full-length welded and boxed steel ladder frame with five crossmembers and a 98-inch wheelbase. Independent suspension and vented disc brakes could be found...
Robin DonovanPhoto: Mike Jiggle Unlike many other Le Mans drivers, I didn’t ever sleep during the whole 24 hours. Adrenalin...
Neil Cunningham always excelled in American V8-powered machines. He is seen here hurrying the Embassy Racing Corvette through the Thruxton...
Corvette: Sixty Years By Randy Leffingwell Corvette: Sixty Years celebrates the history of this fabled machine, from the early 6-cylinder convertibles to the 640-hp ZR1 of today. The author of numerous Corvette titles, Leffingwell combines first-person interviews with a host of stunning modern and period photography to tell the Corvette’s...
Coventry Transport Museum, Coventry, UK June 22, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Beginning Friday, Aug. 9, LeMay —America’s Car Museum (ACM) will recount the six-decade evolution of the Chevrolet Corvette, a sports car whose iconic styling and performance will be showcased in the museum’s new “60 Years of Vette” exhibit that will run through the end of the year. Photo: GM “The...
