February 2016 - Page 7 of 11 - C6Performance Journal

February 16, 2016

Important Production Dates for 2016 and 2017 Corvette

It’s hard to believe that production of the 2016 Corvette will be ending in just a few months. Seems like we were just at the NCM for last year’s bash where all the great updates and specials editions like the Z06 C7.R Edition were announced. But time flies and model years come to an end. Thanks to our friend Rick ‘Corvette’ Conti, we have some important production-related dates for the 2016/2017 Corvettes. Production of the

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February 15, 2016

[VIDEO] Corvette Museum Officially Opens Corvette Cave-In Sinkhole Exhibit

Photo Credit: Corvette Museum Friday was the two year anniversary of the day that a sinkhole opening up in the National Corvette Museum’s skydome, swallowing eight Corvettes and propelling the museum to the highest visitor counts since its founding. To help tell the story of that fateful day, the Corvette Museum has opened its newest exhibit, “Corvette Cave-In: The Skydome Sinkhole Experience”. Executive Director Wendell Strode, along with the Museum’s Marketing Manager Katie Frassinelli and

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February 15, 2016

Corvettes on Craigslist: 1960 Corvette Fresh from the Barn

Here’s a fixer upper barn find in Staten Island if you are so inclined. The craigslist ad for this one-owner 1960 Corvette is short on a flowery description and instead it cuts right to the chase: $36,000 to take it home. Here’s the description from the Craigslist ad: Barn find, one owner all original down to same hub cap as when bought. 36,000 needs complete restoration. no BS..283 single barrel auto The fact this is

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February 14, 2016

Corvette Delivery Dispatch with National Corvette Seller Mike Furman for Week of February 14th

Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays and Z06s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top Corvette seller. In this week’s delivery dispatch, the cold can’t stop Mike from delivering new Corvette Stingrays and Z06s to his customers. One of his onsite deliveries was to a young lady who traded in her 2013 Night Race Blue 427 Convertible for a Shark Gray

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February 13, 2016

[ACCIDENT] C5 Corvette Bursts into Flames After Crash with Highway Median

Photo Credit: ktxs.com A C5 Corvette convertible driver is in better shape than his car after an accident Friday on Winters Freeway in Abilene, Texas. The driver suffered only minor injuries and had to be taken to an Abilene hospital after losing control of his Corvette and slamming into a concrete median, causing the car to burst into flames. A Twitter message from the Abilene Police Department urged motorists to avoid the area, as motorists

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February 12, 2016

Corvettes on eBay: Barn Find 1965 Corvette Convertible

If you’d like to be driving a classic midyear Corvette by this summer, this might be your chance. At least according to the current owner, who says this 1965 Corvette convertible will be “a very easy fix” for the winning bidder on eBay. Right now, the highest of 34 bids has climbed to $25,700, which sounds like a pretty good deal for a C2 Corvette convertible that seems to be in decent shape from the

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February 12, 2016

Corvette Track Days are Back at Spring Mountain

If you know someone who has attended a Ron Fellows Course at Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club, you’ve probably heard them rave about how much fun and challenging the different track configurations can be. And coming this May, Spring Mountain is offering you a chance to drive your Corvette on their world-class track with the return of Corvette Track Days. Corvette Track Days returns to Spring Mountain on May 7-8, 2016. It’s a

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February 11, 2016

Corvette Racing and Porsche in Four Way Tie for Patron Endurance Cup

Corvette Racing fans are still pretty excited after the thrilling 1-2 finish in GTLM at the Rolex 24 at Daytona which puts the team at the top of the leader board after one race. But how did Corvette Racing do in The Tequila Patron North American Endurance Cup? We went back to look at the standings now that all the points have been awarded and Corvette Racing is in a four-way tie for the Endurance

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February 11, 2016

Save 10% on C1 Corvette Parts at Corvette Central

Our friends at Corvette Central are having a limited time sale for you C1 Corvette owners. Sounds to us like this is the perfect time to get your classic C1 Corvette ready for spring! No coupon codes are necessary, just shop at CorvetteCentral.com and the 10% discount on all C1 parts will automatically be ringed up. This is a limited time offer which ends on February 13th so visit Corvette Central and start saving today!

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February 11, 2016

[VIDEO] 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R is Totaled Hours After Delivery

Chevrolet paid homage to the Corvette Racing C7.Rs in 2016 by building 650 C7.R Special Edition Z06s, 500 of which were sold in the USA with the other 150 going abroad. The new 650-horsepower special editions are loaded and featured special graphics including a Jake graphic on the hood. Unfortunately, the amount of these special editions in the US was just reduced for 499 after a spectacular crash in Katy, Texas pancaked a Corvette Z06

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