Thousands of Corvettes flocked to Corvettes at Carlisle! Photo Credit: hdrider1
Fifty years ago, two self-described “car crazy guys” were told their 1954 Corvette was “not old enough” to be included in a popular Hershey, Pennsylvania, car show. Carlisle’s co-founding father, Bill Miller Jr., summed up that experience by saying, “The Hershey show was our favorite thing to do all year, we were disappointed that we could not participate with what we considered to be an old car.” That disappointment birthed Carlisle Events. And in 1982, with the help of co-founder Chip Miller, known as “Mr.Corvette,” what we enthusiasts know as Corvettes at Carlisle was added to the yearly event. The full story is so interesting that it would be a disservice not to include it in its entirety, and you can read it in our expanded section below.
Heading into this year’s event, there was no doubt who would be the darling of the show, and the 2025 Corvette ZR1 did, in fact, steal the show. Perhaps one of the coolest sights was the 2025 ZR1s unloading from the transporter as the show kicked off, and we’ve included that in our video section below. That being said, nobody told the other Corvettes, ranging from every generation, that the 2025 ZR1 was the attention whore of this year’s show, and they turned out in droves! And thankfully, the enthusiasts from the Corvette Forum caught the wide range of Corvettes in their glory.
Corvettes at Carlisle Photo Gallery
“Good morning from Carlisle” Photo Credit: “89×2” at Corvette Forum
The section of photos above is fully credited to “hdrider1” via the Corvette Forum
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