Race History
bonosbones More Hot Rods and a bit of American popular history from 1958. I have edited Ingenuity in Action Part 1 +2 to make one movie out of it. The Wolf’s Head motor oil banners have been added to create a car race effect.
This race-winning L88 ’67 has touched many lives over the past half century, and engendered many lasting friendships along the way Story by Richard Prince Photos by the author May 11, 2017 As ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu taught us, every great journey begins with one small step. Our feature car’s great journey began in the fall of 1966 when Clyde Wheeler, Vice President of Public Affairs and Public Relations for the Sunray DX Oil...
General Motors recruited engineer and race car driver, Zora Arkus Duntov, to help them inject some performance into their brands. Duntov wanted to make the Corvette competitive with sports cars from Europe like Ferrari and Maserati. To gain respect it needed to win on the track. He organized a team to build the SS or “Experimental Corvette” and took it to Sebring. The 1957 Corvette SS ‘concept car’, was built in order to race...
JTM Motorsports / Corvette Society tech session. I would like to thank Phil Schwartz and John for hosting this event. If you want to see an array of cars old and new take the time to stop by to see their facility. We had (45) members and guest including members from the VVCA club. JTM Motorsports is the world’s leader in late model vehicle performance parts, installations, and tuning. We provide high-performance enhancements for...
Posted 06/30/21 by Paul Sakalas Last updated on 07/02/2024 The first Corvettes were crafted on a makeshift assembly line in Chevrolet’s Flint, Michigan plant, while a permanent production facility was being built in St. Louis, Missouri. (Image/GM) On June 30th, 1953 the first production Corvette rolled off the assembly line. But despite the position it holds now as “America’s Sports Car,” the Corvette wasn’t exactly an instant hit. In fact, it wasn’t even America’s first sports car. We think that...
Lot 268 |The Amelia Auction 2025Saturday, 08 March 2025 Estimate: $1,000,000 – $1,300,000 Chassis No. 00867S102272 Persistence… tenacity… resolve. Each one of these qualities is the hallmark of nearly everyone fortunate to be involved with this special Corvette from Day One. Competition has a way of amplifying certain innate traits and for Lucky Casner, Fred Gamble, and Loren Lundberg, the certain doggedness that each possessed would come to define their time with Camoradi U.S.A.’s...
By Tara Hurlin – January 13, 2025 Justin, son of the late Dan Gurney, will drive the same 409 big-block powered 1961 Chevrolet Impala that his father piloted in the 1961 British Saloon Car Championship at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion this August. The mildly modified but mostly stock Chevy Impala was leading the Silverstone race while competing against less powerful European sedans when the car broke a wheel, forcing Gurney to drop out on the second-to-last...
