ICONIC CORVETTE RACECARS @ NCM

Posted on November 6, 2026November 6, 2026 by MartynL

CarGuyChronicles celebrates the opening of the ICONIC CORVETTE RACECARS @ NCM exhibit at the National Corvette Museum’s E. Pierce Marshall Performance Gallery! 1957 TEAM ZORA USA Mille Miglia FI Corvette From the historic roads of Italy to the heart of Corvette country, a remarkable piece of racing history has arrived at the National Corvette Museum. The 1957 big-brake, four-speed, fuel-injected 283/283 (RPO 579E) Corvette known as the "Spirit of Zora," entered by Sarasota, Florida’s Team Zora...

SPIRIT OF ZORA CORVETTE ROCKS 2026 MILLE MIGLIA

Posted on July 26, 2026 by MartynL

First-timers brave extreme heat, 144 Time Trials, narrow cobblestone streets and mountain roads for five days, and the SPIRIT OF ZORA CORVETTE ROCKS 2026 MILLE MIGLIA to finish the world’s most beautiful road race! A 1957 Fuel Injection Corvette, the Spirit of Zora, owned and driven by Michael Moss with John Cutrone navigating, has finished (371st place) the grueling five-day, 1,250-mile 1000 Miglia (Mille Miglia “Storica”) in Italy, on June 13, 2026. Mike and John en route through Brescia, ab...

CHEVY/CORVETTE PORTFOLIO: DREAM CARS

Posted on February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 by MartynL

Corvette historian, illustrator, and blogger, Scott Teeters, celebrates GM Motorama showcars and a 1970s oldie but goodie, CHEVY/CORVETTE PORTFOLIO: DREAM CARS. Way back in the olden days, car manufacturers kept the public excited with a steady stream of show cars. They were often called “Dream Cars,” “Fantasy Cars,” “Futuristic Cars,” and “Experimental Cars.” As a result, the public quickly grew used to seeing bold ideas and wild shapes. Car shows of all kinds became a major fad through the...

’53 CORVETTE: BIRTH OF AN ICON

Posted on October 19, 2025October 19, 2025 by MartynL

Chevrolet has been producing Corvettes for more than seven decades, since the ’53 CORVETTE: BIRTH OF AN ICON broke cover at the 1953 GM Motorama. How do you chronicle a legend? How do you put on paper the story of an automobile that is so much more than the automobile itself? That the Corvette has been, is, and always will be something much more than the sum of its parts cannot be questioned. Perhaps a Campbell-Ewald advertising copywriter summed it up best when he wrote for a 1970 Corvette sal...

SPIRIT OF ZORA ’57 CORVETTE FUELIE

Posted on May 4, 2025 by MartynL

Prepped for the 2026 Mille Miglia in Italy, Team Zora USA’s SPIRIT OF ZORA ’57 CORVETTE FUELIE rocks at Corvettes on the Circle! Competitive Historic racer Michael Moss - Lola T70 & Gurney Eagle - wins Class and Favorite Car “gold” with his SPIRIT OF ZORA ’57 CORVETTE FUELIE at the 26th Annual Skyway Corvette Club’s Corvettes on the Circle show on May 3rd. Held at St. Armands Circle, Sarasota, FL, this year’s show hosted more than 175 Corvettes spanning eight generations of America’...

’67 CORVETTE STING RAY

Posted on January 2, 2025 by MartynL

For the ’67 CORVETTE STING RAY, Chevrolet saved the last of the C2 Series for the best, especially regarding power options! OVER-DRIVE Magazine covers the last Sting Ray. The ‘67 CORVETTE STING RAY was the last C2 Corvette. It is said that the ’67 was meant to be the first of the new-design cars, but the C3 Stingray was found to have aerodynamic inconsistencies. GM decided that more time in the wind tunnel would be required before it went into production. Thus, while the 1967 was a carryover, i...

CORVETTES IN COMPETITION

Posted on July 30, 2023 by MartynL

The evolution of racing America's sports car showcased in CORVETTES IN COMPETITION at the Petersen Museum. In the 1950s, sports cars were taking the nation by storm, and foreign manufacturers like MG, Ferrari, and Porsche were ruling the streets. But then, in 1953, Chevrolet unleashed a game-changer: the Corvette! Initially a head-turner, it needed a hero to match its looks with power. Enter Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Russian engineer who transformed the Corvette into a speed demon that could rival...

CORVETTE SUMMER @ AT LAGUNA SECA

Posted on June 7, 2023 by MartynL

Corvette will be the Featured Marque at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion on August 16-19. Celebrate Corvette’s 70th Anniversary at CORVETTE SUMMER @ AT LAGUNA SECA! Photo by Stephan Cooper/ROLEX For 70 years, the Corvette has captured the hearts and passion of car enthusiasts worldwide, whether it’s cruising down tree-lined roadways or accelerating through tight turns at race tracks. Part of Corvette’s mystique has been captured through cinematic or television appearances. Route 66 or Co...

ZORA’S MID-ENGINE XP-882 CORVETTE

Posted on February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 by MartynL

Automotive historian Karl Ludvigsen blogs about ZORA’S MID-ENGINE XP-882 CORVETTE on CollierMedia. Decades before the C8 Corvette, Duntov had created multiple mid-engined Corvette prototypes. The XP-882 was the most developed and the most potential to have spawned a production mid-engined Corvette in the 1970s. It was not to be. In response to Ford’s “Total Performance” of the 1960s, Zora Duntov, right, and his team produced the XP-882, the most menacing mid-engined Corvette to date....

TRIBUTE: PENSKE’S DAYTONA-WINNING L88 CORVETTE

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 by MartynL

George Haddad’s Fabulous Restorations creates a picture-perfect TRIBUTE: PENSKE’S DAYTONA-WINNING L88 CORVETTE Sting Ray, GT-Class winner of the 1966 24-Hour Continental. Thanks to Fabulous Restorations, a mouth-watering recreation of Penske Racing’s first race car, the L88 Corvette that scored The Captain’s first win as a team owner in its debut in the 1966 Daytona 24 Hour Continental - now the Rolex 24 At Daytona. It’s now on display at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in Daytona Beach...