A BLOG for the Latest Corvettes: C8, C7 Stingray, C7, C6 Z06, Grand Sport, ZR1 and C5 / Z06!
![[PIC] Chevy Dealers Begin C8 Corvette Training This Week at Spring Mountain](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/12/120419_7-480x360.jpg)
Photo Credit: Matthew Beaver / Instagram
Some of our good friends in the Corvette business are driving the new C8 Corvettes this week at Spring Mountain. We grabbed this pic via Instagram from Matthew Beaver of Whitmoyer Chevrolet who is at the Corvette Owner’s School for training on the C8.
Photo Credit: CorvetteImages.com
After much deliberation and a photo finish, our second place 1970s Corvette award goes to, the 1970 model!
Stop us if this sounds familiar. In 1969, a two-month United Auto Worker Strike caused a late start to production for the 1970 Corvette. Not a single 1970 Corvette laid a tire on a showroom floor until February of ’70.
![[VIDEO] Tadge Juechter Talks About Road Noise and Z-Mode During MotorTrend C8 Corvette Drive](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/12/120419_1-585x326.jpg)
Back before the reveal of the 2020 Corvette Stingray, we remember hearing that a couple of the magazines got a ride-along presentation in the prototypes as background to the information that would come out on the car after it was revealed. I had never seen this ride-along video from MotorTrend with Frank Markus and Tadge Juecther, so thanks to Corvette_Nut and the MidEngineCorvetteForum.com for reposting it.
![[SPIED] Rapid Blue 2020 Corvette Coupe in Naples, FL](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/12/120319_18-585x354.jpg)
A fellow Corvette driver came across a Rapid Blue 2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe driving down the highway in Southwest Florida and captured a bit of the drive-by. Check out those Bright Trident Wheels as they sparkle and spin. Chevy says no chrome wheelies (at the moment) but those Tridents are quite shiny in the sun.
![[VIDEO] Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin Nominated for FIA Action of the Year Award](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/12/120319_17-541x360.jpg)
Photo by Richard Prince for Chevy Racing
As the FIA motorsport sanctioning body held their end of the year awards ceremony, they are also sharing some of the best track action videos from the various series ranging from Formula One to Karting. Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin was nominated by the FIA for their “Action of the Year Award” in the World Endurance Championship GT at Le Mans.
If you’re a fanboy of the Corvette, don’t get too upset with this video just posted by MotorTrend comparing the previous generation with the new mid-engine version on the race track.
Watch to the very end.
The video is basically a discussion between the magazine’s testing director, Kim Reynolds, and pro racer Randy Pobst about the differences between the C7 and the C8.
Photo Credits: Hennessey Performance
Texas tuning shop Hennessey Performance has shared some initial information and photos today as they begin to detail their plans to tune the 2020 Corvettes with the top package offering a whopping 1200 HP.
The HPE1200 package will feature a specially-built twin-turbo LT2 V8 with upgraded internals including forged aluminum pistons and forged steel connector rods.
![[VIDEO] The Corvette Mechanic Paul Koerner Reviews the Special Service Tools for the C8 Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/12/120319_8-549x360.jpg)
As our friend Paul Koerner states, Christmas has come a little early this year!
Earlier this morning, the GM World Class Technician for Key Chevrolet in Middletown, CT offered up a video on his TheCorvetteMechanic facebook page showing the dealership’s new special service tools for the C8 Corvette.
Paul opens them up and gives them a visual inspection, and then goes down the list showing the diagrams what they are used for.
Photo Credit: CorvetteImages.com
Welcome to That ’70s Week of CorvetteBlogger’s countdown of the best ‘Vettes from each decade! Our bronze medal from the “Disco Era” is a radical departure from the other cars that we have been highlighting in the past two weeks which usually put the advancement of performance front and center.
![[VIDEO] Walk Around of a 2020 Corvette Stingray with High Wing, Hash Marks, and Edge Red Engine Cover](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2019/12/120319_1-540x360.jpg)
Thanks to our friends at the MidEngineCorvetteForum.com for sharing this video featuring a 2020 Torch Red Corvette Stingray Coupe with the High Wing, Hash Marks and Edge Red Engine Cover.
Unlike the High Wing Stingray that we saw Kirk Bennion driving last week as he visited the Cleveland Institute of Art, this one has the Carbon Flash High Wing, as well as the optional Carbon Flash side mirrors.