Archive for April, 2008

ZR1 Top Speed: 205 MPH

April 25th, 2008 – 11:54 am
Tagged as: Corvette News

How fast does 638 SAE Certified horsepower get you? When it’s coming from an LS9 in a ZR1, it goes all the way to 205 MPH. I had seen the 205 MPH figure in a Detroit News article this morning, but the video below from GMNext proves what kind of top-end prowess the [...]

Official: LS9 – 638 HP

April 25th, 2008 – 7:58 am
Tagged as: Corvette News

GM was playing their cards close to their corporate chest when the ZR1 was introduced earlier this year at the North American International Auto Show, only saying that the LS9 would produce “at least” 100 hp per liter of displacement, or 620 HP. Well, SAE testing has been completed, and now it’s official – [...]

ALMS GT1 vs. GT2: The Corvette Story

April 16th, 2008 – 8:07 pm
Tagged as: Corvette Racing

There’s more than just the Corvette Racing team in ALMS GT1 this year. Lou Gigliotti, owner and driver for LG Motorsports, also races a C6 in the GT2 series. In the video below, Lou and Doug Fehan, Program Manager for Corvette Racing, walk us through the differences between the cars.

Interesting comments [...]

Corvette aims for FIA GT1 Championship

April 15th, 2008 – 7:42 pm

In addition to racing in ALMS GT1, Corvettes will be racing in the FIA GT1 class. Phoenix Carsport Racing, a German-Dutch-Swiss team, will be campaigning two former Corvette Racing C6.R’s. Both cars were tested at Monza a couple of weeks ago, and will be testing at Nürburgring and racing at Silverstone with updated [...]

NCM-HPDE @ RA

April 15th, 2008 – 7:33 pm

Are there enough acronyms in the title for you? It stands for: National Corvette Museum High Performance Driving Event at Road America. The HPDE is quickly becoming a popular way to get instruction and practice driving your Corvette on a track. Participants will be placed in 1 of 5 groups: Beginners, for [...]

Early Sharks – still strong

April 14th, 2008 – 9:28 am
Tagged as: Classics, Marketplace

Our buddy John Gunnell met up with us after Chevy VetteFest this year. Here’s his take on the C3 market, after talking to a few dealers at the show.
Why C3 Vettes are the Hot Ticket
We’re seeing about the same thing – Midyears are holding their value as always, but chrome-bumper sharks seem to be [...]