A 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 pace car crash led to a 27-minute delay of the 2018 Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle. General Motors executive vice president of global product development Mark Reuss was behind the wheel. Both the driver and passenger Mark Sand, an IndyCar official, were unharmed and exited the vehicle after the incident.

“We are thankful that there were no serious injuries. Both the pace car driver and the series official were taken to the infield care center, where they were checked, cleared and released,” according to a statement from General Motors. “It is unfortunate that this incident happened. Many factors contributed, including weather and track conditions. The car’s safety systems performed as expected.”

Will Power, winner of this year’s Indy 500, said after the race, “I felt really bad for whoever was in the pace car. It’s very easy to do, and the traction control must have been turned off.

The 4th person to walk on the moon, and renowned Corvette enthusiast, Alan Bean has passed at age 86.

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the 2nd moon landing on November 1969; the Apollo 12 mission. During this mission, he and mission commander Pete Conrad explored on the lunar Ocean of Storms and set up several experiments.

Also, in 1969, Chevrolet began a special lease program for astronauts which Bean, along with 12 other astronauts, took advantage of and ordered their very own 1969 C3 Cor [...]

This F.I. unit was taken off of a ’57 Corvette engine. It has been completely rebuilt and is ready to be installed. What is needed is the distributor and air cleaner unit (not included).
The numbers are as follows: Serial # 2102. Part #7014520. Air Meter #7014521A. Fuel Meter #7014522 which is a mid-1957 fitment for either a 250hp or 283hp engine.

After selling their early C3, the owner loaded it up on an open trailer to deliver it to the new owner. But something went drastically wrong on the way.

While driving south on Interstate 75, in Harrison Township, Ohio, the pickup truck they were using to tow the Corvette started weaving and then Jackknifed!

In most cases, this would have just caused a traffic jam, but not this time. It has been reported that the Corvette was not tied d [...]

Challenges, limits and preferences on Chevy’s newest world beater

The 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is incontrovertibly an engineering marvel. Taking a nuclear reactor like the LT5, attaching it to a real-deal clutch and forcing 755 hp (and 715 lb-ft of torque) through the driveline, rear diff and eventually to the rear wheels takes planning, more planning and lots of math. Coping with nearly 1,000 pounds of downforce and all that heat takes work too. We had a few questions for the ZR1 engineers after the first drive; here are their answers.

Autoweek: What was the limiting factor for power and torque production, other than money, of course? Heat? Fuel? Air? Packaging?

Tadge Juechter, chief engineer: The limiting factor was packaging. How physically large could our engine be that was still usable at the track.

Autoweek: What was the single greatest challenge of heat