Month: May 2013

When Bloomington Gold announced that they were moving to Champaign, IL after 10 years St. Charles, IL they did so in order to facilitate bigger and better Corvette-related events like an improved GoldTour. Now they’ve taken the wraps off of their Corvette-only Gold Autocross making its debut at this year’s show.

Participants can test their skills on Saturday, June 29th and Sunday, June 30th at Parkland College
adjacent to the Bloomington Gold show on the University of Illinois campus. Check-in starts each day at 7:30am and the first car takes the green flag at 8:30am. Entrance in the Gold Autocross is $25 which will get you 5 tours around the sinuous track. Organizers estimate that lap times will vary from 40-60 seconds depending on your skill and courage levels. The event will accommodate up to 120 cars each day.

No experience is required for the Gold Autocross, but prior to taking the track each car will be subject to a brief tech inspection. Some of the criteria include tires with sufficient tread, no leaks, and an approved helmet (A Snell 2000 or newer is permitted). Some loaner brain buckets will be available onsite at no cost if you need one.

Bloomington Gold attendees have been clamoring for an autocross for some time and it’s great to see one officially added to the weekend agenda. You can pre-register for the Gold Autocross here or you can register onsite at the event. We recommend you go the pre-registration route to make sure you get a spot in line.

Bloomington Gold 2013 will take place June 28-30, 2013 at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL. Admission is $20 per day at the door and $15 per day in advance. 3-day passes can be had for $40 in advance or $50 at the gate. For more information on the show check out www.bloomingtongold.com or give them a call at 309.888.4477. Bloomington Gold

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Talk about your extremes. Elsewhere on this website, you have read about one-owner 1960 Corvettes that are as stock and original as they come. Then we have this 1960 model owned by Gary Kuck, which has been transformed from a basket case with no engine and a mangled front clip into a wild one-of-a-kind custom.

Kuck’s creation started with a custom full-tube frame with modern Corvette components and Air Ride Technologies ShockWaves air shocks.

The fun continues in the engine compartment with an LS1 power plant and six-speed that makes the car drive “like a banshee,” according to the owner. “It goes brutally fast. It stops on a dime. It corners. It does it all well!”

Outside, the jet black body was turned into a true windowless, topless roadster, with the front end installed 1 ½ inches lower to create a more aggressive look.

Inside, the Recovery Room in Plattsmouth, Nebraska took care of designing and creating custom seats, door panels, and dash inserts in saddle-toned Ultraleather.

Of course, you’d expect to see such a car from Gary, who is a two-time winner of the Great American Race and owns about 80 other hot rods, customs, muscle cars, and classics.

Boesch Hot Rod Concepts in Humphrey, Nebraska actually built this Corvette for a friend of Gary’s in 2003, but Gary’s wife Sue secretly bought the car and surprised him with it at Christmas in 2004. What a Christmas that must have been!

Check out this link for more details about this unique Corvette that has come back to life with a vengeance.

Source:
MuscleCarWorld.com

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