Corvette Racing at Sebring: ‘Super’ Weekend on Tap for Corvette C7.Rs
Team set for races in WeatherTech Championship, FIA WEC on same weekend
DETROIT (March 11, 2018) – Corvette Racing is used to facing sports car racing’s toughest tests. But this year’s trip to Sebring International Raceway may be its challenging yet.
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship each will race around the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring circuit March 15-16 with Corvette Racing participating in both events.
Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Mar. 10th
Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays, Grand Sports, Z06s and ZR1s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.
Mike is out of the office at the beginning of the week as he takes his first ZR1 Owner’s School course at Spring Mountain.
[VIDEO] Autoline After Hours Talks C8 Corvette
After a short break, the internet C8 chatter is back at full speed thanks to recent test car sightings in California, Florida, and Arizona. While we haven’t really caught anything new in the recent sightings it still appears that the next generation of Corvette will be upon us shortly whether GM wants to talk about it or not.
Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Just a Quick Shower Before We Go
[SPIED] New C8 Mid-Engine Interior Spy Photo Reveals ‘Stingray’ Name
Photo Credit: Carscoops.com
Our friends at Carscoops.com have done it again! They were the ones who published the first real interior spy photos of the C8 mid-engine Corvette and now they have a new one to share that reveals even more details!
The first images they released back in January show off the two-spoke steering wheel and a center console that features a wedge-shaped divider with the climate control buttons in a single row:
Photo Credit: Carscoops.com
In the new spy photo, the camera is pointed to the rear of the cockpit showing the seats and the center waterfall design that separates them.
Registration is Open for the Le Mans Viewing Party at the National Corvette Museum
[VIDEO] $300K Italian Fornasari 311 GT is Actually a Coachbuilt C7 Corvette
You may have seen “the ultimate GT,” as Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann described the La Voiture Noire, at the Geneva Motor Show this week.
The one-off Bugatti that produces 1479 horsepower sold for a record amount of money for a new car – some $16.9 million!
Hidden in the hoopla at the show, however, was a lesser known but still impressive car based on a C7 Corvette chassis.
A C7 Corvette Driver’s Speeding Ticket Was Among the Fastest in Texas for 2018
[PICS] Corvettes and More at the 2019 Detroit Autorama
2019 Corvette ZR1 Is In Contention for the 2019 Automobile Magazine All-Stars
If 2019 is indeed the last of the front-engine Corvettes, then America’s Sports Car is going out with a bang.
In fact, the new Corvette ZR1 is a contender for the prestigious 2019 Automobile Magazine All-Stars that will be announced on Saturday, March 9 at 11 a.m. Eastern time.
Each year, the magazine says it sets out “to simply let you know which vehicles left us breathless, and why.”
The contenders are subjected to several days of driving, on track and off.
[ACCIDENT] C7 Corvette Stingray Involved in Two Car Crash on I-64 in West Virginia
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Suarez / WSAZ
A crash involving this red C7 Corvette coupe and an “oversized-load” Chrysler ended with two people taken to the hospital in West Virginia on Tuesday afternoon.
Injuries were described by authorities as “not major,” though the collision did narrow traffic to one lane in both directions on I-64 East near the 29.5-mile marker in Cabell County for a while.
[SPIED] Caravan of Six C8 Mid-Engine Corvette Prototypes Spotted in Yuma
Photo Credit: George Kenner / YouTube
So a week ago we were all crazy over the return of the C8 Corvettes to Southern California after multiple sightings of the cars were reported in the San Diego area. Those sightings in California were huge for Corvette enthusiasts because after months of hearing about issues with the cars, to see them on the road again with Corvette Team Members Tadge Juechter, Harlan Charles and Alex MacDonald was a real sign that the program appears to be back on track.
Kerbeck Announces They Are Taking Deposits for the C8 Mid-Engine Corvette
Photo Credit: bdsvavars via MidEngineCorvetteForum.com
Our friends at Kerbeck Corvette in Atlantic City have been the World’s Largest Corvette Dealers for the last 25 years and that title guarantees their status of also having the World’s Largest Corvette Inventory!
When Chevrolet opens up orders for the C8 Corvette, you can bet there will be a carefully crafted process of assigning new C8 allocations to dealers, with the largest dealers who’ve proven themselves year after year in Corvette sales receiving priority in the initial rollout.
[SPIED] The C8 Mid-Engine Corvettes are Testing Again in South Florida!
It was in June of last year that we were all excited because a group of C8 Mid-Engine Corvette phototypes had been spotted in southwest Florida near Naples. The ZR1s had done some heavy testing along Alligator Alley, part of Interstate 75 that runs from Naples to Miami and it looked like the C8s were going to be running the same routes.
[PICS] The 2019 NCRS Winter Regional and Carlisle Winter AutoFest
Last weekend we had the convergence of two of our favorite shows in Florida at the Sun ‘N Fun complex at Lakeland’s regional airport.
One of our favorite Corvette shows has always been the NCRS Winter Regional. It was the first Corvette show I started attending regularly going back to the early 2000s but in recent years, competition with Mecum’s gigantic Kissimmee auction, as well as declining attendance and a dwindling number of vendors has threatened the show’s viability following its move to Lakeland in 2015.
Corvettes on eBay: 2011 Callaway Carbon Edition Corvette Z06
Well, my eBay addiction hasn’t faltered in the last week. Yesterday I was pointed towards this highly desirable 2011 Carbon Edition Z06 which has been massaged by Callaway and now I can’t look away.
The Carbon Edition Z06 was released in 2011 and limited to 500 units with only 252 actually produced.
[AMAZON] Escort Max 360 Laser Radar Detector
We went searching for opinions on radar detectors from Corvette drivers and a number of owners recommended the Escort Max 360.
The Escort Max 360 Laser Radar Detector features GPS for Fewer False Alerts, Lightning Fast Response, Directional Alerts, Dual Antenna Front and Rear, Bluetooth, Voice Alerts, OLED Display, Escort Live!
Continue reading [AMAZON] Escort Max 360 Laser Radar Detector at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.
[VIDEO] Paul Koerner Discusses Cold Weather Shifting With the C7 Corvette’s 8-Speed Auto Transmission
Here is another informative video from our friend Paul Koerner, aka The Corvette Mechanic, who is a GM World Class Technician known for his Corvette expertise. When not working one of the major Corvette shows, Paul can be found in the service department at Key Chevrolet in Middleton, CT.
In his latest Facebook video, Paul discusses cold weather shifting with the C7’s 8-speed automatic transmission.
[GALLERY] Midyear Monday! (48 Corvette photos)
Happy Monday, Corvette fans!
Hopefully you had a great weekend and perhaps some of you even got your Corvettes out for a drive? I had mine out for just a quick cruise around the block but that was about as far as I got.
Our Midyear Monday image gallery this week features 48 photos of the 1963-1967 Corvettes.
[ACCIDENT] NFL Star Wrecks C7 Corvette And Gets Arrested on Gun Charges
Photo Credit: JohnSokol14 / Twitter
Just a year after leading the Baltimore Ravens in rushing, running back Alex Collins has been released by the team after a crash involving his C7 Corvette last week.
We found a photo of a dapper Collins behind the wheel of his black over red Corvette convertible in much happier days, all decked out in a matching black suit with red tie.
