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Corvette Dominates 2016 12 Hours of Sebring

The historic Sebring racetrack is now under new NASCAR management and the changes to the old track are obvious. The pit straight now features high fencing on both sides for safety. Security has been...

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Corvettes Invade Amelia

The Amelia Island Concours d’ Elegance recently celebrated its 21st year at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and golf resort in Amelia Island, Florida (March 10-13, 2016). The event starts on Thursday and is...

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Look! Corvette GT3 2nd Quickest at Oschersleben, Germany

The 2016 ADAC GT Masters Championship season begins on April 15-17 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Germany. The tight, twisty 2.29-mile facility is a great place for fans to watch the...

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Photo Gallery: Corvette’s Birthday Bash at the National Corvette Museum

It’s become a tradition the annual National Corvette Museum Birthday Bash which began in 1998 and is held annually. What seems like an obvious place to hold the Corvettes birthday bash every year the...

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Check it Out—Corvette GT3 Wins at Sachsenring!

Drivers Daniel Keilwitz and Jules Gounon pulled off an amazing ADAC GT Masters victory driving their brand-new Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R. This is the new Corvette’s fourth competitive race for 2016....

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2017 Corvette Grand Sport Added to the Lineup

The National Corvette Museum’s annual Birthday Bash always provides Corvette enthusiasts with a sneak preview of the next year’s models. The big news this year was the return of the Grand Sport option...

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Corvette GT3 Wins at Lausitzring

Callaway Competition’s C7.R GT3 Corvettes dominated at ADAC GT Masters race weekend in Lausitzring, Germany. The team finished 3rd and 4th on Saturday and 1st, 2nd and 10th on Sunday! This winning...

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The Day the Corvette Grand Sports Stomped the Cobras

The 1962-’63 Corvette Grand Sport is the most valuable and sought after collector Corvette that GM ever produced. Only five were built, and all five now reside with private collectors. The Grand Sport...

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Gold Collection at Bloomington the 1966 Corvette

At this year’s Bloomington Gold event the celebrated, or honored, year is the 1966 Corvette. Each year the honored year is based on that year of model that has reached 50 years of age. This year the...

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The Day the Corvette Grand Sports Stomped the Cobras

The 1962-’63 Corvette Grand Sport is the most valuable and sought after collector Corvette that GM ever produced. Only five were built, and all five now reside with private collectors. The Grand Sport...

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Preserving Corvette History … Bloomington Gold 17

Bloomington Gold Corvettes USA has been dedicated to certifying a Corvette’s factory authenticity since it was founded. The 2017 edition returned to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the third...

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1963 and 2017 Corvettes: Lingenfelter Dream Car Corvette Giveaway benefits...

The Dream Giveaway (DG) Corvette charity is a sweepstakes event that anyone can enter without making a donation. However, each $3.00 purchased ticket is tax deductible. In the past 10 years this...

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Jim Minneker Inducted into National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame

Jim Minneker has traveled a long and winding corporate road within GM since joining the company in 1970 as an engineer. Growing up in Michigan he always tinkered with engines. As a student at Michigan...

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National Corvette Museum Induction of Tommy Morrison into the Hall of Fame

Tommy Morrison was born in Glasgow, Kentucky and grew up on Race Street. Glasgow is 26 miles from the Corvette Bowling Green Assembly Plant. He was known for his slow talking speaking voice,...

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20th Annual Corvette Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

The National Corvette Museum was founded in 1994 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The museum’s mission is to preserve Corvette’s evolution and history that began in 1953 and continues to the current...

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Mecum’s 2018 Corvette Price Check

The Mecum Auction Company begins each year with their largest event in Kissimmee, Florida. In 2018, total Kissimmee sales were $96.6 million and 3023 vehicles were offered for sale and 2,208 sold. This...

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Stunning Corvette L88 Replica

Fabulous Restorations, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializes in Corvette and muscle car restorations. Owner George Haddad started the business in 1974 after moving from Detroit to Florida....

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Retired Steel Worker Wins ’63 Split-Window and New 800-HP Corvette

On January 17, 2018, John Williamson received a phone call telling him that he won the 2017 Corvette Dream Giveaway. “When I learned that I had won, I was shocked,” he said.  “It took a while to sink...

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Rusty C3 Corvette windshield frames can be fixed

Corvettes built from 1968-’82 share the same steel birdcage frame that supports the surrounding body panels. The upper windshield frame is constructed with five major components and each was...

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2019 ZR1 adds 755 HP to the 2019 lineup

In 1998, the National Corvette Museum (NCM) began a tradition called the Birthday Bash to give Corvette fans a peek at next year’s models. For the 20th year, the Birthday Bash tradition continues with...

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