Category: Corvette News & Opinions

Corvette People: 2015 Corvette Hall of Fame — Rick Hendrick

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A Video Overview of the Career of National Corvette Museum 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee, Rick Hendrick Rick-Hendrick-3

Dateline: 9.5.15 – Once a year the National Corvette Museum inducts three individuals that have made a significant contribution to the Corvette Community. In 2015 the following people were inducted into The Hall of Fame: Herb Fishel, Corvette Engineer, Russ McLean, GM/Corvette Operations Engineer , and Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports.

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Remembering Mr Corvette-Dick Guldstrand with Videos/Articles!

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A Chat With National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame Inductee, Dick Guldstrand

Dateline September 2015. From ALMSOfficialVideos on YouTube about 5 years ago- Interview with Dick Guldstrand. Dick Guldstrand commemorates 50 years at Le Mans for Corvette. He even shares the secret for the Mulsanne Stain!

September 2015 -“The Corvette world has lost an influential figure within the community with the news of Dick Guldstrand, nicknamed “Mr. Corvette”, passing away at the age of 88 years old.” Continue reading “

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History of the National Corvette Museum Sinkhole – Time-Lapse Video

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Time-Lapse video shows sinkhole repair at the National Corvette Museum.

The nightmare is over! The sinkhole is filled and the Skydome is open. To pay tribute to the cars that went down, the recovered eight cars that crashed into the open hole are in the exact position they were in the morning the earth opened up.

Eight cars went down. The 2009 Blue Devil, the 1992 1 Millionth Corvette, and the 1962 Corvette that were on loan survived, although pretty beat, all will be fully restored. The least beat and the first restored was the Blue Devil C6 2009 ZR1. The black 1962 Corvette is being restored by Chevrolet, and the 1 Millionth Corvette was fully restored.

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The remaining five cars that were not recoverable include; the 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, the 1984 PPG Pace Car, the 1994 40th Anniversary Corvette, the 2001 Mallett Corvette, and the 2009 1,500,000 Corvette. Continue reading “

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First-Ever 1963 Z06 Corvette Stingray – Dave MacDonald Picks Up, Then Races Z06 #684 At Riverside

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The First Z06 Corvette Was a Race Car!

Dateline: 8.30.15 – The original Z06 was Duntov’s “racer kit” for the then-new 1963 Sting Ray. Unlike modern Z06s, there was no flash to the first Z06, it was strictly hardware designed for the racetrack – no badges, special body panels, or designations at all! But considering the official “we don’t race” policy of GM, 199 1963 Fuel Injected Corvettes with heavy-duty brakes and suspension, wasn’t anything in GM’s big picture. But, if you wanted to race your Corvette in ’63, it was everything, and Duntov made sure you got what you needed.
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Thanks to the SCCA rules that allowed the 2000-pound Cobra to race against the 3100-pound Corvette, even with the Z06 racer kit, the Vette was at a serious disadvantage. Continue reading “

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Corvette Timeline Tales: NCM inducts James Jeffords, Myron E. Scott, & John A. Cafaro to the Hall of Fame

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August 30, 2002 – National Corvette Museum, inducts James Jeffords, Myron E. Scott, and John A. Cafaro into the Hall of Fame.

7-2002-NCM-Hall-of-Fame-TNDateline: 8.30.15 – The Corvette has lasted longer than Harley Earl, Ed Cole, Zora Arkus-Duntov, and Bill Mitchell ever imagined back in the 1950s, thanks to the continuing passion of men and women that understand the soul of the Corvette. The National Corvette Museum’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony has become a much-anticipated annual event in the Corvette community, as a “Thank You” to those that have carried the flame forward.

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James “Jim” Jeffords was two-time SCCA B-production champion and pioneered the successful use of Duntov’s first “racer kit” the RPO 684 that helped him be unbeatable in 1958 and 1959 driving the Nickey Chevrolet “Purple People Eater” 1958 Corvette.. Jeffords also drove Jerry Earl’s 1956 SR-2, as well as some of the top sports cars of the day including a Scarab, a Maserrati Birdcage, and Jaguar. Continue reading “

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2015 Corvettes at Carlisle Show is a Wrap! That’s All, Folks! 5 Videos!

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The 33rd edition of Corvettes at Carlisle, Comes to a close!

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Corvettes at Carlisle is a Corvette Happening! The sights, the sounds, the carbon fiber, fiberglass, and wax. With almost 63 years of Corvette history spread out over 82 acres, to take it all in is a marathon. Today, thanks to the wonder of YouTube you can at least get a sense of what the event was like.

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Corvettes at Carlisle 2015 Video Report – 4 Videos!!!

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Can’t be at the 2015 Corvettes at Carlisle Show? Here are a few video reports.

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Thanks to the wonderful world of YouTube, Corvette lovers around the world can at least see and hear some of the sights and sounds of the 2015 annual Corvettes at Carlisle show.

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Long Term Corvette Relationship, Al Paer still owns the 1967 427 Corvette he bought in high school!

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Al Paer and his 1967 427 Corvette prove that it can be worth getting good grades in high school!

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Photo by: Ana Venegas, Staff Photographer for Orange County Register.

Dateline: 8-29-15 – There is a handful of cars that endear themselves to their owners; Corvettes, Mustangs, Shelbys, GTOs, and several others. But what makes Al Paer’s story so sweet is that Al has owned his 1967 427/435 Corvette roadster since he was in high school! Because Al was getting good grades in school, his Dad let him drive his ’62 Pontiac Tempest. In 1967, Al’s Dad let Al trade in the Tempest for a new ’67 427/435 Corvette Roadster. WHAT’A DAD!

Al has made the ’67 Roadster his own. He has added Hooker Header side pipes, L88 aluminum heads, performance camshaft, aftermarket chrome wheels, a front chin spoiler, Continue reading “

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1954 Motorama Nomad (Corvette) replica goes up for auction! – Video

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1954 Motorama Chevrolet Nomad (Corvette): The Original Corvette “Station Wagon”!

EXP-3-1954-Nomad-2Dateline: 8.29.15 – Unlike the Pontiac, Buick, and Olds ’54 Motorama cars (Corvette wanna-be’s), Chevrolet designers did something totally unique and in retrospect, way ahead of its time. Using a 115-inch wheelbase Chevy station wagon chassis, Earl’s designers and stylists took the complete ’53 Corvette design and stretched it. From the front cowl and windshield forward, it was a production Corvette. Then the doors and back end were stretched to fit the nine-inch longer chassis. The rear fenders were straight off the ’53 Corvette. (scroll down for the video of the 1954 GM Motorama)

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The ’54 Motorama Nomad was one of those designs that just looks right at first glance. Obviously not a sports car, the Nomad was a balanced blend of trim sports car styling with the full utility of a station wagon.
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Wil Cooksey’s 2013 Interview on Scott Teeters’ Far Out Radio Program

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Wil Cooksey shares his life story and career in GM and building Corvettes.

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Dateline: 8.29.15 – Yesterday we told you about the 2015 Corvettes at Carlisle show and that Wil Cooksey is one of the special guests for the event. Actually, ever since Wil put on that stunning, explosive burnout display back in 2007, he’s become an almost permanent fixture of the Corvettes at Carlisle show.

On April 5, 2013 I had the pleasure of interviewing Wil Cooksey on my Far Out Radio program. The YouTube version of the program is below.


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Corvettes At Carlisle 2015 is Corvette Enthusiast Sensory Overload

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The Biggest Corvette Party on the East Coast is ON!

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Dateline: 8.28.15 – Corvettes at Carlisle is one of the top three Corvette events. The annual four-day event is situated on 82 acres, in beautiful, rural south east Pennsylvania, just down the road from the Carlisle Army War College. The 82 acre fairground is in a huge bowl shape with “Corvettes only” in the infield. It is absolutely, Corvette sensory overload!

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1966 Corvette vs 2015 Toyota Camry! SAY WHAT???

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It’s not about numbers,
it’s about PASSION!

1966-Corvette-vs-CamryDateline: 8.27.15 – Carlos Lago at Motor Trend arguably has one of the coolest jobs of our time – driving and hot-lapping modern and classic cars, and getting paid to do it and HAVE FUN! Carlos says it all up front. The Camry is an appliance, the 1966 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe with a 4-speed, knock-off aluminum wheels, and factory side pipes is what you WANT to drive, it’s what you LUST to drive! (Make those side pipes BARK and GROWL!)

Not much is known about the Corvette other than the obvious – it’s a small-block with a four-speed and everything is stock, right down to the car’s weakest point, the painfully skinny bias-ply tires. The tires just killed the Corvette’s lap time. The Camry turned in 1:37 @97-mph compared to the Corvette’s 1:44 @ 83-mph. Continue reading “

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