In recent years, NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Rusty Wallace has been a regular at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Collector-Car Auction and Saturday night he was there to sell a special 1978 Corvette he customized.

The gleaming black Corvette featured a 450-horsepower Chevrolet engine built and dyno-tuned by Doug Yates, who runs Roush-Yates Engines, the company that builds the powerplants for Ford teams in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

Wallace and Yates are next-door neighbors, and Wallace said the engine was “the star of the car.”

On stage at Barrett-Jackson, Wallace said, “It’s got a ton of power, it runs beautifully, it’s a fantastic car. … I’m really proud of this hot rod. I’ve personally had this car over 180 miles per hour and still going. So, it’s fast, I will tell you that.”

Another NASCAR connection: The car was modified by RK Motors, the Charlotte shop and retailer owned by Rob Kauffman, the former [...]

Mecum Kissimmee 2017 was a huge success for Corvette! Corvette took three of the top sales position within the massive 2,700 car sale this month in Florida.

January 20, 2017:  Mecum Exceeds $86 Million at Kissimmee 2017
More Than 4,000 Lots Sold Throughout 10-day Auction

WALWORTH, Wis. – Jan. 20, 2016 – Mecum Kissimmee 2017, the world’s largest collector-car auction held Jan. 6-15, at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida, achieved more than $86 million in total sales. Of the nearly 2,700 vehicles to cross the auction block throughout the 10-day auction, a total of 1,981 vehicles were sold, accounting for a 75-percent sell-through rate, an astonishing accomplishment for a reserve-based auction platform. The Road Art® side of Mecum Kissimmee 2017 saw similar success with a 93-percent sell-through rate, a 5-percent increase over last year’s Kissimmee auction. A total of 1,260 pieces of Road Art and rare parts were sold during the [...]

Today was another ramp up in quality, quantity and price here in the desert of Arizona.

I felt there were a few remarkable sales today, as most cars at Barrett Jackson cross the block at NO RESERVE.

In my opinion, this first car listed may have been a good buy. The Hennessey upgrade is expensive. Combined with the low mileage of the car, This may have been a deal.

Lot 771, An LT1 rang the sold bell at $56,100. This was above the average price on this particular desirable C3.

Lot 792, A 2002 an AAT conversion sporting a C1 body sold for a whopping $99K. Without checking historical data, I think that this may have set a record for this particular special Corvette.

Now we get into the high dollar department with the following 2 Corvettes coming in at the top of the sales volume heap:

Courtesy: Marshall Fancher / VetteNVestments.com