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Callaway Competition Clinch 2010 FIA GT3 Drivers Title in Portimão

Written By: Walt Thurn / CorvetteMotorsport.com

Algarve Portugal – In race nine the Callaway Competition and Graff Racing Corvettes battled to second and third place finishes. This still gave the Graff Racing Callaway built Corvette a mathematical chance to win the 2010 Drivers championship. However that opportunity came to a close today when Christian […]


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Cool DIY Mod: Paint Your Corvette Grand Sport Emblems

Corvette Forum member “Bunker” has a red Corvette Grand Sport with Competition Gray wheels and fender hash marks. Not really liking the chrome Grand Sport emblem on the front quarter panels, Bunker purchased an extra set and got to work. Although he admits its not the closest in paint matching, its […]


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EPA Revising Vehicle Sticker to include Energy Consumption Metric

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of working to revise the vehicle stickers found on new and used cars. The EPA wants the stickers to include letter-graded metrics that reflect the vehicle’s electric and hybrid capabilities.

The range will include A+ (for plug-in electic) to D (for Veyrons and R8s).

In all honesty, MPG is the only true metrics found on vehicle stickers nowadays, and even those numbers are quickly losing relevancy with customers. Buyers seem more concerned now with energy consumption and environmental impact, instead of liquid volume consumption.

Automakers see it a different way. They assume the letter grades are no big surprise to many. Each grade will simply represent a class of vehicles, with poor letter grades going to the SUVs and luxury vehicles. However, the EPA wants to do this in order to display “true information and comparisons that embarrass inefficient cars.”

Would this new letter-grading metric affect your vehicle purchasing decision for a Corvette?

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Corvette in a Barn

Ever find a Corvette in a barn?  Many Corvette enthusiasts dream of finding a missing Corvette hidden away in some remote garage or barn.  Perhaps well maintained, but forgotten.  Miraculously preserved because the humidity level was perfect.  Maybe #001 is still out there!

My first barn-find was not a Corvette, but a Model A Ford in Palisades Park, New Jersey.  Wish I had grabbed it for that $300, but that was a serious amount of cash for a high school student in the sixties.  I guess I’m still hoping to find the perfect car at the perfect price.

In response to barn-find-itis in so many of us, and recognizing that many of us are Corvette buffs, Tom Cotter has written, and Motorbooks has published, a new book: The Corvette in the Barn.  If this theme interests you, you must get this book!

My favorite account is titled "The Hog Farmer’s Fuel Injected Mouse Den" in chapter six.  I have seen this car myself at Bloomington Gold (and blogged about it shortly thereafter).  It is Bill Connell’s car (that is, it belongs to the other Bill Connell).

Other chapters included among the other thirty eight stories are these specifically about Corvettes:

The Corvette Sleuth
The Father & Son Hunting Team
Coming to Grips with a Slippery Question
Bad Luck Blues

You can purchase your own copy of The Corvette in the Barn wherever great books are sold.  It can also be found at www.Amazon.com and www.QBookshop.com.  Special thanks to Motorbooks for the opportunity to review this outstanding volume, authored by Tom Cotter.  The foreward is written by Corvette Market publisher Keith Martin.

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[VIDEO] Corvette Racing Series Episode 10: Team Effort

In the tenth episode of Corvette Racing’s Track to Street series, the team talks about the importance of team work and continuity to their overall success. For the first time in several years, the team altered its driving line up in an effort to gain an advantage in the highly competitive GT2 class. […]