Corvette Challenge Series

The Moment the Corvette Got So Good

And an embarrassing moment in racing for Porsche

It’s been nearly 40 years since the Corvette brand shook the world stage with the all-new 4th generation Corvette. There are many facets to the introduction of the fourth generation in 1984, like the venerable “King of the Hill” ZR-1 coming soon after, missing a production year in 1983 (the only time this happened in Corvette history), and the second-longest production of any generation, just to name a few interesting tidbits about the C4.

But today we are going to focus on what happened to the Corvette in the popular SCCA racing series. The C4 with its supercar handling numbers (0.9-g cornering), reliable Chevy small-block V-8 performance, and excellent brakes, quickly proved it could not only compete in the SCCA Showroom Stock GT series but kick butt.

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