Archive for July, 2009

Taylor Earnhardt drives #3 at Goodwood

July 9th, 2009 – 11:02 am
Tagged as: Other Cars

Taylor Earnhardt, the daughter of Dale and Teresa Earnhardt, completed two hillclimb runs in the first day of the 17th annual Goodwood Festival of Speed driving the Richard Childress Racing No. 3 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo her father made famous.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is held on the grounds of Goodwood House in [...]

2009 Millers at the Mile

July 8th, 2009 – 3:10 pm
Tagged as: Classics, Other Cars

Even though the Milwaukee Mile is going through a bit of a tough stretch, the cars that are a part of the track’s history are going to be there this weekend.  The Harry A. Miller Club will be holding their 15th annual “Millers at Milwaukee” vintage Indy Car event on Friday, July 10 and Saturday, [...]

Like a ZR-1, only more so

July 6th, 2009 – 3:40 pm
Tagged as: Corvette News

It’s no secret that track-oriented Corvette owners have a potent weapon available to them in the Z06.  Some have gone to lengths to raise the game on horsepower from the stock 505 to ZR-1 levels or beyond.  The ZR-1 is certainly the King of the Hill of stock Corvettes, and even though it was designed [...]

good publicity

July 6th, 2009 – 8:36 am
Tagged as: Corvette News

You can’t buy this kind of publicity.  GM loaned former Apple designer, influential blogger, entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki a 2009 Corvette for a week.  He writes about it in his blog.
“After driving a Corvette for a week, I am more supportive of General Motors. I missed some features like a backup camera and lane-switching [...]