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Following Monday’s Scrutineering, the Corvette Racing team posed for the traditional team photos at Place des Jacobins, adjacent to La Cathedrale Saint-Julien in downtown Le Mans. The Corvettes were then loaded up and returned to Circuit de la Sarthe where the team was joined on the track in front of the world […]
On Monday before noon local time, Corvette Racing’s C6.Rs were picked up in the paddock and taken to downtown Le Mans where they officially underwent scrutineering. Thousands of fans gathered in Jacobin square and looked on as the Corvettes were studied, tested and then deemed good to go for the 24 Hours […]
After the highly disputed umpire call that ended the Tigers game in a fury last week, Chevrolet awarded pitcher Armando Galarraga with a 2010 Corvette convertible.
After the ridiculous call, Galarraga kept his cool, smiled in disbelief and returned to the mound to pitch the next ball. Though the game ended with a Tigers shutout, 3-0, no one will forgive umpire Jim Joyce for the absurd call.
And so, although Galarraga was not able to record a perfect game, he now has the keys to sweet ride because of his outstanding performance and sportsmanship both on and off the field.
GM North American President Mark Reuss presented the Corvette to Galarraga during today’s Detroit Tigers/Cleveland Indians game.
Reuss is friends with Mike Illitch, owner of the Detroit Tigers team. He said earlier, "it is only fitting we [GM] help give back for all the Ilitches have done for Detroit and to celebrate Armando’s pitching during one of the most captivating evenings in Tigers history.”
Though the call cannot be reversed, Commissioner Bud Selig promises to “examine our umpiring system, the expanded use of instant replay and all other related features.”
We can certainly learn a lot from Galarraga… Video after the jump.
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GM has released the MSRP pricing for the 2011 Corvette and overall, prices for all the models except the Corvette ZR1 have increased just $20 over the prices of the 2010 Corvette. For the ZR1, pricing has increased $2,920 to $109,800 for the base model.
Two of the most anticipated options for the […]
As an automotive buff and especially as a Corvette enthusiast, I love to look at the drawings made by members of the GM design studio as they sketched out new designs and ideas for America’s sports car. Before you could buy a Corvette, GM’s studio artists first had to sketch it. […]
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In 1958, every Chevrolet dealer in the country received one of these Corvette posters. Chevy ad man Jim Bernardin tells of using the Myron Scott photo and adding the blue racing stripes to give it sports car racing feel.
As Jim Bernardin tells the story:
The photograph […]
Now *that* was an Indy Car oval race. The Indy Car Series exchanged the flat track of Indy for the 24-degree lunacy of Texas, and put on one heck of a show. Ryan Briscoe won from the pole, giving a boost to the Penske team that had a …
If all goes as planned, one week from now the two Corvette C6.Rs will be racing through the French countryside in the dead of the night locked in battle with the best sport car manufacturers in the world. Two years ago we pulled this video off a French website during live streaming of […]
Ryan Briscoe rebounded from his crash at Indy to take the pole for tonight’s Firestone 550K at Texas Motor Speedway. Briscoe’s run gave Team Penske six poles in a row since the streak started in St. Petersburg. Briscoe, in particular, has taken a liking to the mile-and-a-half high …
Yes, as you all may know, the 1960 Briggs Cunningham Corvette won Chevrolet their very first class win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Now after fifty years, General Motors has chosen to celebrate this historic win in a unique way. GM will adorn the very first 2011 Chevrolet Corvette in the very same decals and blue stripes on white paint job.
Not only that, but the new Corvette will also come with a hidden agenda, packing both the Z06 and CFZ packages. The special-edition ‘Vette can hit 505 horsepower with its 7.0-liter aluminum V8 engine. With all this, including trendy wheels and a carbon fiber bodywork, what would you pay for this special-edition hot rod?
How about $400,000? Well, asking price does include… a tax-deductive charity donation of $300,000 & a production cost of $85,000. You ready to pay?
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