’19 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT: INDY 500 PACER!

'19 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT: INDY 500 PACER!
This is the 16th time a Corvette will lead ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ since 1978. The ‘19 Corvette Grand Sport will serve as the Official Pace Car for the 2019 Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, leading 33 drivers to the green flag on May 26 for the 103rd running of the legendary race. It marks the 16th time a Corvette has paced the Indy 500, starting in 1978, and the 30th time a Chevrolet has led the field dating back to 1948, when a '48 Fleetmaster Six convertible was an Indy 5...
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MARK II – CHEVY’S MYSTERIOUS 427!

MARK II - CHEVY’S MYSTERIOUS 427!
The real 427 Mystery Motor, unlike the Z11, was not available in a car or to the public. You had to have serious NASCAR cred to get one of the 20 built. In the 1960s, Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen always seemed to be one step ahead of GM Chairman Fred Donner’s missives disallowing factory involvement in racing. While running Pontiac, Knudsen had supported the Super-Duty Group that, after he left, managed to get 421 Catalina Lightweights to drag racers before the axe fell. In 1961 he moved on to Chevro...
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