It has been confirmed that the #63 and #64 Corvette racing teams are once again going to Le Mans to take on their old Foes.
The teams will return to race in France on June 15th with an identical lineup to last year. Racing for the No. 63 Corvette C7.R will be Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and Mike Rockenfeller, while the No. 64 Corvette C7.R will be driven by Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Marcel Fassler.
The competition in the GTE Pro Class will once again be fierce with Porsche and Ford stacking the deck by brining 4 cars each, Ferrari will bring 3 cars and BMW, Aston Martin and Corvette only bringing 2 cars each.
This may be the last year the C7.R competes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans as Corvette Racing is expected [...]
Hot Summer Nites in Sioux Falls has become a victim of its own success. Over its 25-year history, this annual event for Corvettes and their fans, has grown every year to the point where it no longer fits in the downtown area.
According to the Sioux Falls Corvette Club the event will be moved to the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds starting this year. “The move to the fairgrounds will allow for more family friendly activities and events in preparation for this year and the years leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Black Hills Corvette Classic” the organization said, promising to release additional details as they became available.
Hot Summer Nites is scheduled for July 17, 2019.
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The Midengine Corvette is already burdened with the curse of being an expensive American car. That means it will go on auction early in its production run, and Boomer money will pile onto it and relegate the thing to “collector” status before a tire ever hits the road.
But the car shouldn’t be trapped in a garage. It shouldn’t be forced to live out its life in a climate-controlled prison, waiting for the day that it can come back up at Barrett-Jackson with LOW MILES EARLY SERIAL NUMBER NUMBERS MATCHING COLLECTOR’S EDITION.
I say this because here’s a collection of a pre-production prototypes out in the snow and slush and sleet on a twisting California mountain road, the kind of place a traditional Corvette driver would look at and resolve to stay inside and grouse about while soaking in the hotel hot tub.
Original article by Aaron Brzozowski for GM Authority Oct 18, 2018: http://gmauthority.com/blog/2018/10/why-some-gm-exhaust-tips-become-blackened-with-use/
As governments around the world continue to ratchet up the pressure on automakers to produce ever more fuel-efficient automobiles, direct injection has gone mainstream. That’s where fuel is injected directly into the cylinder, rather than being sprayed in at the intake port or further upstream, allowing for more precise control over the fuel timing and mixture.
It helps the 6.2-liter V8 small-block LT1 engine achieve up to an EPA-estimated 25 miles per gallon (highway) in the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette.
But like any automotive technology, direct injection has its shortcomings, and some owners surely will have noticed that many modern GM exhaust tips become covered in filthy, black soot as time goes on. We’re used to associating that soot with a fuel-rich air/fuel mixture, as that’s typically been the culprit on cars fueled by carburetors and port injection; blackened, unburned hydrocarbons are scavenged from
Can you believe it was 5 years ago, February 12, 2014, that a sinkhole opened up and took 8 prized Corvettes into the pit that formed under the National Corvette Museum?
News of the sinkhole spread quickly via national and international news. The NCM was quick to post the security video showing each Corvette disappearing into the chasm; further adding to the intrigue.
The folks at the NCM had a crisis on their hands, and instantly started holding news conferences, and on-line updates. To further feed the ravines worldwide interest, the NCM setup online webcams that caught every aspect of the recovery process.
Then came the day that the world sat on the edge of their seats as each Corvette was pulled from the sinkhole. Some cars would later be brought back to their prior [...]
