The Fifth Annual Benedict Castle Concours was last Sunday, April 22nd, benefiting the Southern California Teen Challenge.
Back row: Von Hot Rod, Master Pinstriper, Mike Brewer, The Wheeler Dealer, Wayne Carini of Chasing Classic Cars, Unknown, Troy Ladd, Hollywood Hot Rods, Barry Meguiar, host of Car Crazy TV, Mike Vietro, Corvette Mike
Front row: Cleo Shelby, John D’Agostino, Celebrity Kustoms, Rick Dore, Custom Builder
If you have never been to this car show, you may want to look into it for next year. Not only does it support tens of thousands of men and women trapped in drug and alcohol abuse through Teen Challenge of Southern California, but also has over 300 Concours level cars and motorcycles from all genres.
On top of the car show, there is a Gala in the Castle Courtyard on Saturday Night presented by Petersen
The racing magnate bid $925,000 for the first production Corvette ZR1 at a Barrett-Jackson Auction in January.
Renowned NASCAR team owner and Chevrolet dealer Rick Hendrick visited the National Corvette Museum to lay eyes on his very own Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Hendrick outbid other heavyweight car collectors for the rights to own the first production ZR1 during the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona earlier this year.
The $925,000 Corvette ZR1 is finished in an all-black exterior, and it boasts a plethora of performance upgrades such as a carbon fiber hood, carbon fiber ground effects package, ZR1 carbon flash-painted aluminum wheels with red brake calipers, Chevy’s track performance package, and an NPP Performance exhaust system. Inside, the cabin is finished in Jet Black and Adrenaline Red with suede-wrapped competition bucket seats and red seat belts. Oh, and in case you’re wondering, Mr. Hendrick opted for the eight-speed automatic transmission, not the seven-speed manual.
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Horsepower Wars: Who Had the Most at the Detroit Auto Show?
Hot Rod by Phillip Thomas: You can’t go wrong buying a muscle car these days. The Big Three are all boxing with engines that’d make the mountain motors of the 60s blush with relentless horsepower and torque combined with too-good-to-be-true fuel economy and reliability. While the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS, aka, the Detroit Auto Show) was heavy on pick-up trucks this year, with Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge showing off new full-sizers and compacts, there was no shortage of Motown speed present.
Have we hit peak C7 with the LT5-powered ZR1? Is it a coincidence its designation number is shared with the Saturn V rocket? At 750hp, it’s possible — but we wouldn’t hold it past Chevy to swing for the fences with the rumors
Love auto racing? Love Corvettes going very fast for a very long time? Well then you must mark your calendar for June 16-17. Why you may ask, well this is when the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans happens.
If you cannot travel to France, maybe Bowling Green, Kentucky will work, as the National Corvette Museum (NCM) will be the only place in America where you can watch the race, commercial-free, from start to finish on June 16-17 courtesy of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO).
The race will be shown on the Chevrolet Theater’s 28-foot screen and pa [...]
Last Thursday I sent you news about the future of autonomous Corvettes. This included an interview with Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter. We forgot to give credit to the hard work of GM Authority in getting this interview. You can see their full story here.
Want a 220 mph Plug-In Vette?
Well, Genovation Cars is about to show one off at the CES trade show in Las Vegas. It is based off the C7 Grand Sport and has a range of about 130 miles and can achieve speeds over 220 mph. It comes with twin electric motors that can deliver 800 horsepower and 700 pound-feet of torque. The car can also jump from a standstill to 60 mph within three seconds. You can see a video of this car here.
Well, GM has accidently released a cad drawing of one of the motors for the new C8 Mid-Engine Corvette. The Cad images, posted
