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Despite its being a major attraction for automotive consumers across the United States, General Motors made the decision to discontinue their annual Motorama show after the 1956 season. The budgets previously allocated for these extravaganzas were instead funneled into Chevrolet’s Research Division with the intent of developing the Corvette into...
The 2023 American Speed Festival is celebrating three significant milestones in the automotive world. It’s a centennial celebration for the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, a 70th birthday bash for the iconic Corvette, and a commemoration of 50 years of adrenaline-pumping action with the I.R.O.C. Series. Callaway Corvettes Become...
A young Art Center College of Design student, named Peter Elbert Brock, became the youngest designer ever hired by Bill Mitchell, the Vice President of Design at General Motors. He rewarded Mitchell in November 1957 by making a sketch of what Mitchell chose to be the bases for the next...
Among car collectors, enthusiasts, even kids who’ve yet to master driving, the Chevrolet Corvette needs no introduction. Introduced in 1953, the fiberglass convertible (at that time, the only body style) was a surprising, but welcomed departure for the conservative Chevrolet division. GMs VP of Styling, Harley Earl, eagerly promoted the...
What do Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Max Balchowsky and a ’63 Corvette Split Window Coupe have in common? Read on! Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& A Whole Bunch More!) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads,...
Harley J. Earl may be remembered as one of the greatest automotive stylists of all time. His many contributions to the automotive industry include the creation of clay modelling, the advancement of General Motors most celebrated cars throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s, and most significant – the creation of...
I always loved racing American cars with V8 engines, and I think there is something special about a big V8 engine, whether it be a Ford or a Chevrolet, and during my career I am happy to say I tasted success with both marques. During the latter stages of my...
I’ve had my head plugged into all things Corvette since 1965 and sometimes I forget my age! Car magazines have been taunting the Corvette faithful with dreams of a mid-engine Corvette since the early ’60s when photos of the 1960 CERV-I and the 1964 CERV-II engineering study cars were published....
Thanks to Sports Car Digest for providing this article for reproduction for our CorvSport members to enjoy. See the original article on Sports Car Digest. A cornerstone of Monterey Car Week, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (RMMR) is undoubtedly one of the preeminent vintage racing gatherings in the world. Spanning...
Although my passion and love of motor racing was born in Italy—at Monza during the 1969 Italian GP—my first real introduction to the sport was at Goodwood Racing Circuit, in England, a few years later. In Italy, at that time, we lost many things, including our identity, with motor racing....
Corvette’s contemporary ZO6 is enough to strike terror into the hearts of those who drive slower cars, such as Ferraris at the Nürburgring. Well, okay, perhaps not terror, but certainly a modicum of frustration. That’s because today’s ZO6 offerings have blown the doors off of competition that costs many times...
History is a curious thing, we tend to think of it as fixed and absolute, when in fact, like most things in life, it is dynamic, it can change. Or sometimes, like in grade school, we learn about a piece of history at a very superficial level, only to find...
We’ve partnered with Sports Car Digest to republish Corvette stories that we think our members will enjoy. This piece was originally published on October 1, 2014. Members can enjoy it here on CorvSport. 1985 Lola T711-Chevrolet Photo: Kary Jiggle Most sports go through periods of change for whatever reason. Sometimes, these...
If you’re here, you are most likely already familiar with the Corvette to a certain extent. I hope. I mean, this is CORVsport, after all! Just in case you’re maybe less familiar with the history of the ‘Vette and the intentions of its First Chief Engineer (all hail Zora, praised...
It was always going to be a special race. 100 years have passed since the first running of the 24h of Le Mans. A race known all over the world as the pinnacle of endurance racing, a challenge for drivers, mechanics and teams alike, and more importantly, a stage for...
Editors note: This interview was originally published on our sister site, Sports Car Digest, in 2013. We are republishing it here for our members to enjoy. Tony DeLorenzo’s father, Anthony G., was a newspaperman, a reporter for UPI who then went to work for the Become a Member & Get...
Ed Cole – Chevrolet’s New Chief Engineer Ed Cole was the son of a Michigan dairy farmer and grew up in the nineteen-teens and nineteen-twenties. Growing up on a farm you learn a lot about machines and by the time Cole was a teenager, he was a field representative for...
Two names have become synonymous with Corvette over the years—Zora Arkus-Duntov and Dick Guldstrand. From the airport circuits of California to the open roads of Le Mans, Guldstrand’s list of racing accomplishments is long and legendary, and on the occasion of his recent passiing we remember him by rerunning Casey...
Goodwood certainly knows how to put on a show. In addition to the top notch historic racing at their annual Members’ Meeting, the high speed demonstrations never fail to deliver anything other than the most visceral and nostalgia tinged experiences. 2023 was no exception, with a celebration of the GT1...
If you know anything about Corvette collectors, or even car collectors in general, then you know that Rick Hendrick is one of the biggest names in the game. Hendrick, who is the owner of Hendrick Motorsports and more than 90 automobile dealerships across the United States, has a private collection...
Ed Cole fought to keep his Corvette alive. Some 1955 models were powered by Chevy’s new V-8. Zora Arkus-Duntov arrived but he would need time to defend and enhance a sports car that many in GM considered was ready for the chop. “Considering the statistics, the American public does not...
While the redesign gave the Corvette a fresh look for the new model year, Chevrolet also recognized the importance of commemorating the car's quarter-century of production. For the first time in the brand's history, two special-edition Corvettes were introduced for the 1978 model year: the Silver Anniversary Edition and the Indy Pace Car coupes. On March 15, 1977, the 500,000th Corvette rolled off the assembly line at Chevrolet's St. Louis manufacturing plant.
The Corvette’s very existence stirred Styling Staff designers to create new ideas based on its design. The 1954 Motorama showed the results—a triple play of Corvette derivations that suggested how the model could evolve in the future. While Chevy’s engineers tinkered with the new Corvette’s anatomy, GM’s stylists explored Corvette...
Chevrolet put its heart and soul into the production and marketing of its new sports car, with Mauri Rose demonstrating it to the press. But problems with the bodies and slow market acceptance made Chevrolet doubt its new baby’s future. The Corvette’s enthusiastic reception at its Motorama launch in January...
For the original Corvette nothing was more important than a drive train that would do justice to a true sports car. Working with the available material an authentic racer, Mauri Rose, extracted enough horses delivered through a controversial transmission. Chevrolet’s R&D Department, under the leadership of British suspension expert Maurice...
A Florida Odyssey The L88 was the pinnacle of C2 Corvette racing in 1967. If you start with a big block Corvette for a build, what better use can you find for it than to make it into a nut and bolt period correct L88 race car that is exactly...
After Harley Earl and Carl Renner created the shape of the first Corvette, Maurice Olley had the task of putting a chassis inside it. His design matched the standards of the day and continued to underpin Corvettes during their first decade. That Chevy’s engineers were able to fit all the...
Ex-Scuderia Filipinetti 1968 L-88 Corvette As the only sports car model to be in continuous production for more than 50 years, the Chevrolet Corvette holds a very special place in world, as well as American, automotive history. Like the story of so many classic sports cars, a significant portion of...
The Story of the Elusive Scaglietti Corvettes Created With the Help of Carroll Shelby History is a curious thing, we tend to think of it as fixed and absolute, when in fact, like most things in life, it is dynamic, it can change. Or sometimes, like in grade school, we...
It took Harley Earl to envision the idea of a GM-built sports car, Bob McLean to create a European-style package for it and Carl Renner to fashion the sleek and appealing lines that created the Corvette’s unique character. He was a big man, six-feet-four and slope-shouldered, slow, deliberate and imprecise...
As we all know, the review embargo on the new 2023 Corvette C8 Z06 was lifted recently, and the videos, written reviews, and snippets of both have been circulating the Corvette forums, Facebook groups, and performance car enthusiast sites endlessly. There is an air of expected performance, of being the...
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 different agendas, they all shared a common vision—an American sports car winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For Le Mans, the Sebring #2 car was renumbered as #1.
NOTE: While all care and attention has been taken to avoid showing any images containing bodies, there are some images in this article that may be distressing to some readers. In today’s world, we can look back through Chevrolet’s history and appreciate the legendary C2 and C3 L88 Corvettes. We...
The Corvette is America’s darling, a beloved sports car that’s been around for almost seven decades. Its ‘cult car’ status can be attributed to two main elements. First, there is the iconic two-door design that’s steadily evolved over the years, culminating in the current eighth generation’s expression of modern styling....
The History of America’s sports car is no doubt a colorful one. Now, nearly 70 years in the making, the Corvette is in its 8th generation of production and is among the most potent of performance cars currently available. However, this distinction did not come by happenstance. On the contrary,...
Known as the “Race Rat,” this rare 1960 Corvette is one of just 10 produced by the factory with the LPO (Limited Production Option) 1625A 24-gallon fuel tank designed by Zora Arkus-Duntov for racing purposes to reduce the frequency of pit stops. A true factory-prepared race car, this 1960 Chevrolet Corvette Tanker was ordered by gentleman racer and businessman George Reed of “Reed’s Race Rats” fame to compete in 1960 Sebring 12 Hours.
Throughout the years, certain aspects of American culture have become indelibly ingrained into the very fabric of our nation’s heritage. Few can argue that the Chevrolet Corvette is not worthy of its rightful spot among such notable representations of pure American ingenuity. Photo: airspacemag.com Chevrolet has sought to embrace this...
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