C6Performance Journal

Nathan Schwarz, 2, falls in love with new Honda VT 1300 S motorcycle at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto, February 19, 2010.

Here is a video of the new 5.5L GT Corvette C6.R running a hot lap around Sebring International Raceway during the teams recent practice session. Our friends at Bad Boy Vettes hooked up with driver Oliver Gavin to give us an inside look at what the driver is seeing and doing as he makes his way around the historic and very bumpy 3.7 mile 17-turn road course. OG makes it sound easy but try doing this for 12 hours with a full field of competitors. At least the drivers have something to look forward to as they round Turn 10!

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Bad Boy Vettes

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My Hot Lap Around Sebring in a 2009 Competition Sport Corvette

 

Retired 4-Star US Army General Richard Cody, former commander of the 101st Airborne and Army Vice Chief of Staff, recently toured the Bowling Green Assembly Plant where the Corvette is assembled. Cody was in town to pick up his new 2010 Grand Sport Convertible and took delivery of the Torch Red sports car at the National Corvette Museum across the street. The visit allowed the General to meet and greet the people responsible for building the new Corvette, many of whom are veterans themselves.

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Corvette Sting Ray Chevrolet introduced a coupe version of the Corvette in 1963 , the first time in the ten year history of the brand that a closed car was offered.

Texas legend Delmo Johnson is one of the pioneers of Corvette road racing with a career that goes back to the early days. His lengthy list of significant Corvette racers he has piloted include Grand Sports #003 and #004 and C1 and C2 Corvettes raced under the Gulf Oil banner. In the early 1990’s, after many years in retirement, some friends encouraged him to come out and race one more time and this 1968/74 Corvette was his ride. [More]

Unlike the first few years of Corvette’s existence, the early 1990s were heady times for the marque.

Photo by MICHEL FORTIER Buy this photo>> A white convertible Corvette rolled over into a small retention pond at the Immokalee Road entrance ramp to Interstate 75 on Thursday, Feb.

The Corvette Racing team was recently in Central Florida for a private test at Sebring International Raceway. During the session, these official photos were taken. My favorite of the set is the one I posted above with Johnny O’Connell behind the wheel of a Jetstream Blue ZR1 flanked by the two Corvette C6.Rs. We also get a chance to see new driver Manu Collard wearing the Crossed Flags for the first time too! [More]

Former U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff General Richard Cody is now in possession of his 10th Chevy Corvette, but instead of driving the 2010 Torch Red Grand Sport Convertible off a dealership lot, he recently picked it up at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky.

Here’s another horrible reminder of how losing control of a Corvette at high speeds can be deadly.

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