COBRA’S DADDY – 1960 Corvette Italia
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… Read More...
Monthly Archives: September, 2013
American Dream – 1960 Corvette
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… Read More...
High Tech Incubator
As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Corvette, it is appropriate to reflect on some of the technologies that have been introduced through the “halo”… Read More...
Twisting in the Wind—The Greenwood Corvettes
In the world of motor sports, the wind genie escaped from his bottle during the mid-1960s, and once racers came to realize he was not… Read More...
Mike Yager
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… Read More...
Tony DeLorenzo
Tony DeLorenzo’s father, Anthony G., was a newspaperman, a reporter for UPI who then went to work for the Kudner Agency where one of the… Read More...
Corvette’s Gentleman
A lot of great names are associated with the racing of Corvettes. Many of those great names—racers like Bondurant, Fitch and Guldstrand—either were, or went… Read More...
Vette Bias
I have to confess to being Corvette prejudiced. Growing up I was never a fan of the Corvette, in fact in my automotive youth I… Read More...
Zora Arkus-Duntov
Destiny often has a hard time happening, seldom more so than in the case of Zora Arkus-Duntov, the champion of the Chevrolet Corvette. He made… Read More...
1972 Corvette Stingray
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… Read More...
My Le Mans Corvette
Unlike many other Le Mans drivers, I didn’t ever sleep during the whole 24 hours. Adrenalin would be pumping around my system and I just… Read More...