CORVETTE Pricing and Order Guide
is
now online for you to download.
Click
Here!
Click Here To
Download
2013 Corvette
Order Guide
Registry
HOT!
News
- You heard it here first!
.
August
21
BIRTH OF A NEW
CORVETTE
When a new Corvette comes
along, it's always a secret and guarded thing. There is always a lot of
speculation as to what the new Corvette will look like. The C7 Corvette
will be unveiled at the North American Auto Show this January.
CLICK HERE for the "latest video" speculating what the C7
CORVETTE will look like.
August
10
REEVES CALLAWAY, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF CALLAWAY CARS,
HOSTS GRAND OPENING, WEDS NICOLE JONES
Ely Reeves Callaway III, Founder of Callaway Cars
Inc. with facilities in Old Lyme, CT, Santa Ana, CA,
and Leingarten, Germany surprised auto industry
guests, friends and family at the Saturday, August
4th Grand Opening of their Callaway Cars West
location in Santa Ana, CA with a surprise wedding
ceremony to fiancé, Nicole Jones.
Reeves is the son of Ely Reeves Callaway Jr.,
Founder of Callaway Golf and Callaway Winery and
former President and Director of Burlington
Industries. Nicole is a former commercial real
estate and business manager with roots in northern
California, Chicago and New York City. Together,
Reeves and Nikki bring together a family of eight
children: Pete Callaway, 30, General Manager of
Callaway Cars West, Beany Callaway, Artist, 32, of
Oakland, CA, Robbie Jones, 18, entering Whittier
College and its basketball team on academic
scholarship in the fall, Courtney Jones, 15, Whitney
Jones, 13, J.P. Jones, 10, Lili Callaway, 9 and
Walker Callaway, 7.
Reeves, Nikki and their children were surrounded
with love and adoration by 175 notable friends,
staff and family members including Reeves' younger
brother, Nicholas Callaway, esteemed Founder of
Callaway Publishing and his newly formed company
Happy.is, who stood beside Reeves at the altar along
with son, Pete. Guests included racing legend Dan
Gurney and wife, Evi, with sons Justin and Alex
Gurney and their families, Yves Morizot, President
of Stand 21, and his family, Danielle Kelly, Pete
Callaway's girlfriend, Jesse Alexander, eminent
motorsports photographer, James Sly, renowned master
chef, and numerous Callaway car and truck owners.
The
new Callaway Cars facility, located at 2441 Pullman
Avenue, Santa Ana, CA was surrounded by Callaway
automobiles brought in from Callaway owners
throughout the United States in honor of the
Company's 25th anniversary with Corvette. Inside the
showroom were a new RPO B2K 25th Anniversary Limited
Edition Callaway Corvette, a 1997 Callaway C7 race
car, a Callaway C16 exotic, and other rare, very
special Callaways. A new Z06-based Callaway Corvette
SC652 rotated on a turntable at the entrance.
Presented along with the unique cars, were a
charcoal grey and black RPO B2K Callaway
Corvette-inspired wedding cake, sushi, sashimi and
gourmet delicacies.
August
10
EUROPEAN DATABASE FOR LICENSED CORVETTE DEALERS
Members
–
GREAT NEWS !!!
For those of you
driving around Europe in the Greatest American
Sports Car ever built and find that your Corvette
needs service, click on the following web site
http://www.corvette-europe.com/licensee-locator.php
to locate a licensed Corvette dealer in the country
that you are traveling in. These licensed dealers
have all the correct equipment and genuine parts to
keep your Corvette
Running Fast
August
4
Corvette Racing Wins GT in Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Challenge
Gavin and Milner Score Third Win of Season, Take GT
Championship Lead
LEXINGTON,
Ohio, Aug. 4, 2012
–
In Olympic terms, Corvette Racing drivers Oliver
Gavin and Tommy Milner won the gold today in the GT
class at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge, the
sixth round of the American Le Mans Series. Instead
of medals, Gavin and Milner were awarded silver
trophies and the maximum championship points as they
notched their third win of the season in the No. 4
Compuware Corvette C6.R.
The pair reclaimed the lead in the driver standings
with a .283-second victory over the No. 45 Porsche
of Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long, and extended
Chevrolet's lead in the GT manufacturer
championship. The win was the eighth for Corvette
Racing at Mid-Ohio, but the first in the GT class
after a string of three consecutive runner-up
finishes that began in 2009.
The No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R of Jan Magnussen
and Antonio Garcia was running third with 20 minutes
remaining when contact with a GTC Porsche punctured
the left-front tire and damaged the suspension. The
Corvette crew repaired the car and returned
Magnussen to battle, but the 12 minutes lost in the
pits dropped the No. 3 Corvette to 13th at the
finish.
Gavin made the decisive pass for the victory
immediately after the final round of pit stops with
one hour remaining in the two-hour, 45-minute race.
Gavin caught Magnussen on his out-lap and then
passed race leader Bergmeister with a daring outside
move to notch his third ALMS win at Mid-Ohio and the
37th of his career.
"I had one lap on my new tires, and I caught Jan
going into Turn 2," Gavin said. "My crew chief
radioed that Joerg was on cold tires and told me to
go for it! Last year I passed him around the outside
into Turn 4, and I did the same again. I thought I
could pull it off, and I'm so pleased that I did."
Bergmeister responded by putting intense pressure on
the Corvette as the pair raced nose-to-tail in the
closing laps.
"At the end of the race, there wasn't much between
us and I got caught up in some traffic," Gavin
reported. "It was tough, and those last few laps
were really hard. I'm thrilled with the result and
what it means for the championship. This is exactly
what we needed after a couple of difficult races."
Milner started sixth on the GT grid, but rocketed to
third on the first lap. He held that position until
the first pit stop at the 30-minute mark as the team
got both Corvettes in just seconds before a
full-course yellow closed the pits. That strategy
vaulted the Corvettes to second and third when
racing resumed.
"I had a great start," said Milner, who scored his
third career ALMS victory today. "I'd like to say
that I planned it, but it was more about being in
the right spot at the right time. I gained three
spots and then the Corvette crew did a great job
with the first pit stop. That was a brilliant call
that put me ahead of the BMW. I ran down the No. 45
Porsche, but just couldn't get close enough to pull
off a pass. I tried on the restart on Turn 2 and got
alongside him, but couldn't make it stick.
"The pit stop and Oliver's out-lap made the
difference," Milner explained. "The stop was
flawless and that got us ahead of the No. 3
Corvette, and then the No. 45 Porsche. It was a
perfect day from the crew – the right calls and
flawless execution."
Crew chief Brian Hoye agreed: "Pit stops did make a
difference," he said. "We've been practicing over
and over, week after week. We knew it was going to
come down to a pit stop in one of these races, and
the hard work paid off today."
Garcia started fifth but was bottled up at the start
as the field raced two-wide around the narrow
2.25-mile, 13-turn circuit. He was seventh after the
first lap, but worked his way back to fifth two laps
later. Garcia also benefited from quick pit work on
his first stop, emerging in third after the pit stop
cycle.
"We were packed up at the start, two and three wide,
and at that point you are stuck in one line," Garcia
said. "An LMP spun in front of us and I lost
positions. I made up as many spots as I could, but
the Ferrari was very fast and aggressive. A great
pit call by the Corvette team gave us the
opportunity to run up front again and make a charge
on the Porsche. I had a very quick car, and every
time they opened a gap in traffic, I could make up
time. We got caught in some traffic on my in-lap for
the second stop; it was a good call by the No. 4 car
to get a clean run into the pits a lap earlier."
Magnussen was in hot pursuit of the Porsche for
second place when he was caught out by a GTC driver
in Turn 6. "He
opened the door and then slammed it shut," Magnussen
said. "I came up to the GTC car and he opened the
door for Joerg to go through. I was a car length
behind and was going through on the same gap, and
just as I made the move, he shut the door. I was
committed and I hit him. We're racing for positions
and running for a championship. We all have to race,
and I feel bad for all the guys. I had a great car
and great pit stops."
Today's victory gave Gavin and Milner a 12-point
lead in the unofficial standings over BMW drivers
Joey Hand and Dirk Mueller (93-81). Magnussen and
Garcia are one point back (80). Chevrolet increased
its lead in the GT manufacturer championship to 20
over BMW (114-94) with four races remaining.
Corvette Racing's next event is the Road America
Road Race Showcase at Road America in Elkhart Lake,
Wis., on Saturday, August 18.
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge GT Results (Top 10)
Pos./Car No./Drivers/Car/Laps
-
1. 4 Gavin/Milner, Corvette C6.R, 115
-
2. 45 Bergmeister/Long, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 115
-
3. 55 J. Mueller/Auberlen, BMW E92 M3, 114
-
4. 17 Henzler/Sellers, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 114
-
5. 56 D. Mueller/Hand, BMW E92 M3, 114
-
6. 01 Sharp/van Overbeek, Ferrari 458 Italia,
113
-
7. 44 Neiman/Holzer, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 113
-
8. 02 Brown/Cosmo, Ferrari F458 Italia, 112
-
9. 48 Miller/Maassen, Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, 112
-
10. 91 Wittmer/Farnbacher, SRT Viper GTSR, 111
June
28
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORVETTE
June 28, 1953 workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint,
Michigan, assembled the first Corvette, a two-seater
sports car that would become an American icon. The
first completed production car rolled off the
assembly line two days later, one of just 300
Corvettes made that year. The idea for the Corvette
originated with General Motors' pioneering designer
Harley J. Earl, who in 1951 began developing plans
for a low-cost American sports car that could
compete with Europe's MGs, Jaguars and Ferraris. The
project was eventually code-named "Opel."
The first Corvette was
hand-assembled and featured a Polo White exterior
and red interior, two-speed Powerglide automatic
transmission and was designed to be opened from the
inside, lacking exterior door handles. The car
carried an initial price tag of $3,490 and could go
from zero to 60 miles per hour in 11 or 12 seconds,
then considered a fairly average speed.
In
1954, the Corvette went into mass production at a
Chevy plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Sales were
lackluster in the beginning and GM considered
discontinuing the line. However, rival company Ford
had introduced the two-seater Thunderbird around the
same time and GM did not want to be seen bowing to
the competition. Another critical development in the
Corvette's survival came in 1955, when it was
equipped with the more powerful V-8 engine. The
rest, as they say, is history!
June
18
Corvette Racing Finishes Fifth and Sixth in 24
Hours of Le Mans
Corvette Racing finished the grueling 24 Hours of Le
Mans for the 12th time in 13 attempts as both the
No. 73 and No. 74 Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars
were running at the finish of the world's most
demanding sports car race.
The No. 73 Corvette
C6.R driven by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, and
Jordan Taylor completed 326 laps and finished fifth
in the GTE Pro category. The No. 74 Corvette C6.R of
Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner, and Richard Westbrook
completed 215 laps and was sixth across the finish
line, but was not classified because the car did not
complete the minimum race distance. The No. 51 AF
Corsa Ferrari won the GTE Pro class by a three-lap
margin with 336 laps completed.
24 Hours of Le Mans
GTE Pro Results: Pos./Car No./Drivers/Car/Laps
1. 51 Fisichella/Bruni/Vilander, Ferrari 458 Italia,
336
2. 59 Makowiecki/Melo/Farnbacher, Ferrari 458
Italia, 333
3. 97 Mucke/Turner/Fernandez, Aston Martin Vantage
V8, 332
4. 71 Bertolini/Beretta/Cioci, Ferrari 458 Italia,
326
5. 73 Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor, Corvette C6.R, 326
6. 74 Gavin/Milner/Westbrook, Corvette C6.R, 215
7. 66 Cocker/Walker/Wills, Ferrari 458 Italia, 204
8. 77 Lietz/Lieb/Henzler, Porsche 911 RSR, 184
9. 80 Bergmeister/Long/Holzer, Porsche 911 RSR 114
June
6
CORVETTE 2012 FINAL PRODUCTION
NUMBERS
Members,
as usual, the Registry leads the web in getting Corvette information out
to you. The final 2012 Corvette production numbers are on line for
viewing.
CLICK HERE!
June
4
Corvette DP Scores big In Detroit.. 1&2
Chevrolet swept both classes in the Chevrolet
Detroit Belle Isle GRAND-AM 200 on The Raceway
at Belle Isle Park on Saturday: Darren Law and
Joao Barbosa drove the No. 9 Action Express
Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype to victory in
the DP class, and Jordan Taylor and Paul Edwards
won in the No. 88 Autohaus Motorsports Camaro
GT.R in the GT category.
Law and Barbosa
started fourth and finished 0.440 seconds ahead
of their Action Express Racing teammates Terry
Borcheller and David Donohue for their first
victory of the season, and the fourth in five
races this year for the Corvette DP.
“Sweeping both the Daytona Prototype and Grand
Touring races at Belle Isle, in the shadow of
its world headquarters, makes this a very
special day for Chevrolet Racing,” said Jim
Lutz, Chevrolet Grand-Am Program Manager. “Joao
Barbosa and Darren Law both drove extremely well
on a course that is not very forgiving, and they
needed that effort in order to outpace their
Action Express teammates, Terry Borcheller and
David Donohue.”
The No. 9 Action Express Corvette DP led a
race-high 21 of the 72 laps of the two-hour
race.
“Winning at Detroit with the Corvette -- it
can’t be better than this,” Barbosa said. “Being
part of the Action Express crew, I have no
words.”
The No. 88 Autohaus Motorsports Camaro GT.R led
a class-best 35 laps
Autohaus Autosport made it a double celebration
for the Chevrolet camp as Jordan Taylor and Paul
Edwards made their first visit to the podium of
the season with a Rolex GT Class victory in the
Camaro GT.R. The MazdaSpeed duo of Sylvain
Tremblay and Jonathan Bomarito finished second,
with Robin Liddell and John Edwards rounding out
the podium with a run to third in their
Stevenson Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro GT.R.
The No. 9 of Barbosa moved to pick up the
Corvette baton at the front, but confusion
through the caution period pit cycles saw both
GAINSCO and Action Express suffer as the former
skipped a pit thinking the pits were closed and
falling to eighth, and the latter getting
shuffled back to ninth to the back of the pack
after not getting picked up by the pace car.
The sister Action Express No. 5 of Donohue,
which had been called to serve a drive though
for contact with a GT during Borcheller’s stint,
took charge at the front. But the blue Corvette
of Richard Westbrook was making a surge to the
front as the Spirit of Daytona squad looked to
build on their breakthrough victory at Barber
Motorsports Park.
Westbrook’s strong run quickly came undone as
that same aggression that pushed him to the
front cost him as a tangle with GT traffic
damaged the Corvette’s suspension after leading
a single lap. Meanwhile, Barbosa had shaken off
the disappointing track position setback and was
now the man on the hunt as he tracked down his
Action Express teammate Donohue.
The duo fought for the lead, with Barbosa making
a confident pass for the point as the two made
side to side contact. A final restart with just
10 minutes to go saw Barbosa fend off his
teammate’s charge as he scored his first Rolex
Series win of 2012.
“It was a hard race,” said Barbosa. “There was a
little confusion entering one of the yellows
when I was leading and I ended up being in the
back, but the car was quick so I was able to
make up ground fast. It was just a perfect race.
The car was really good. So I’m really proud to
win for Corvette here in Detroit and for the
Action Express guys to be first and second here
is a really big result for us. It was a big
change to our driver line up. Who knows if the
outcome was the same if we kept the same line
up. It was just a perfect race for us. I mean we
are first and second so it couldn’t get any
better than that.”
“I think this team has done the work to be
filling the podium long before this race came
about,” said Donohue. “We had some adversity
early on with the drive-through and the timing
of the yellows sort of helped a little bit and
we ended up with the track position plus some
pretty fast cars. It’s fantastic to do it within
eyeshot of the GM headquarters in the 60th
anniversary colors of the Corvette in the Chevy
sponsored event. So we couldn’t be happier. The
team really deserves it - everyone should be
proud.”
Pos., Car #,
Class, Pos. in class, Driver, Team/Car
1 9 DP 1 Joao Barbosa Action Express Racing -
Corvette DP
2 5 DP 2 David Donohue Action Express Racing -
Corvette DP
3 01 DP 3 Scott Pruett Chip Ganassi Racing with
Felix Sabates - BMW Riley
4 99 DP 4 Alex Gurney GAINSCO/ Bob Stallings
Racing - Corvette DP
5 60 DP 5 Oswaldo Negri Jr Michael Shank Racing
with Curb-Agajanian - Ford Riley
6 8 DP 6 Ryan Dalziel Starworks Motorsport -
Ford Riley
7 2 DP 7 Lucas Luhr Starworks Motorsport - Ford
Riley
8 7 DP 8 Colin Braun Starworks Motorsport - Ford
Riley
9 88 GT 1 Jordan Taylor Autohaus Motorsports -
Camaro GT.R
10 70 GT 2 Jonathan Bomarito SpeedSource - Mazda
RX-8
11 57 GT 3 Robin Liddell Stevenson Motorsports -
Camaro GT.R
12 69 GT 4 Jeff Segal AIM Autosport Team FXDD
with Ferrari - Ferrari 458
13 94 GT 5 Bill Auberlen Turner Motorsport - BMW
M3
14 44 GT 6 Andy Lally Magnus Racing - Porsche
GT3 Cup
15 03 GT 7 Scott Sharp Extreme Speed Motorsports
- Ferrari 458
16 42 GT 8 Dane Cameron Team Sahlen - Mazda RX-8
17 43 GT 9 Wayne Nonnamaker Team Sahlen - Mazda
RX-8
18 73 GT 10 Eric Foss Horton Autosport - Porsche
GT3 Cup
19 51 GT 11 Dion von Moltke APR Motorsport -
Audi R8 GRAND-AM
20 31 GT 12 Eric Curran Marsh Racing - Corvette
21 59 GT 13 Leh Keen Brumos Racing - Porsche GT3
Cup
22 67 GT 14 Spencer Pumpelly TRG - Porsche GT3
Cup
23 90 DP 9 Richard Westbrook Spirit of Daytona
Racing - Corvette DP
24 41 GT 15 Charles Espenlaub Dempsey Racing -
Mazda RX-8
25 40 GT 16 Joe Foster Dempsey Racing - Mazda
RX-8
26 10 DP 10 Ricky Taylor SunTrust Racing -
Corvette DP
27 46 GT 17 Jeff Nowicki Michael Baughman Racing
- Corvette
May
9
To
Corvette Club Presidents/Directors
CORVETTE
OWNERS - A FANTASTIC WEEKEND AT INDY IS PLANNED FOR
YOU…If
any of your members have ever wanted to attend a
Corvette Racing Event at Indy, this is the event for
them. Have them mark their calendars for Thursday
through Sunday, July 26-29, 2012 to be part of a
history making event at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
Be a part of History! Four Races. Three Days. One
Track.
Don't miss out on the inaugural running of the Super
Weekend at the Brickyard! For the FIRST time in
Indianapolis Motor Speedway history races will take
place on the 2.5-mile oval and 2.535-mile road
course during the same weekend. NASCAR Nationwide
Series and GRAND-AM Road Racing will join the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series at the Greatest Race Course in the
World!
Corvette owners will be making history as they park
their Corvettes in the Indy infield Corvette Corral
with other Corvette owners from around the country
while cheering on our Corvette racing teams as they
race all around them!
For the FIRST TIME EVER at Indy, GRAND-AM Road
Racing will conduct separate races for its Rolex
Sports Car Series and Continental Tire Sports Car
Challenge on the 13-turn IMS road course on Friday,
July 27, 2012. Featured drivers include four-time
Indianapolis 500 driver and four-time Rolex Daytona
Prototype champion Scott Pruett, 2005 Indianapolis
500 12th-place finisher and four-time CART series
champion Sebastien Bourdais, NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series star A.J. Allmendinger and two-time
Indianapolis 500 driver and current NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series star Max Papis. GRAND-AM Road
Race Manufacturers include Chevrolet, Ford, BMW and
Porsche. For additional information on Daytona
Prototype Corvette click on this link
http://www.c6registry.com/Hot_News/index.htm
and scroll down to the November 15, 2011 posting.
Indy Super Weekend Packages include a ticket for the
Grand-Am race, IMS souvenir dash plaque,
complimentary IMS souvenir and a retail discount
voucher. This is just some of the excitement that is
planned for you while you are watching history in
the making. To secure your Super Weekend Indy
Package to this exciting event, click here
http://secure.brickyard.com/Promotions/Promotions.aspx
and enter Promotion Code B400CC for online
ticket purchases.
If you prefer purchase tickets by phone, call Ticket
Sales Manager Ryan Hollander at
317-492-8416.
CORVETTE CORRAL PACKAGE DETAILS
CLICK HERE!
May
8
2013
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to Pace 96th
Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS –
A
2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
will lead the starting field of the 96th
Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638
horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the
most powerful production car
ever to pace the race.
This will be the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced
“The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and the 11th time
a Corvette is serving as the Pace Car. Both are
event records. The 2013 model year will mark the
60th anniversary and the final year of production
for the current generation Corvette.
“Corvette embodies pure performance, so the ZR1 is a
perfect car to pace the most prestigious auto race
in the world,” said Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Corporation president and chief executive
officer. “Chevrolet is a great partner of the
Speedway, and we share in the excitement of the
upcoming 60th anniversary of the iconic Corvette
brand. It’s even more meaningful to see a Chevrolet
pacing the field at Indy since Chevy has returned as
an engine supplier for the IZOD IndyCar Series for
the first time since 2005.”
“This is a truly momentous year for Chevrolet when
it comes to performance, with our continued success
on and off track, and especially with our return to
the IndyCar Series, powering some of the fastest
cars on the circuit,” said Jim Campbell, GM vice
president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports.
“I can’t think of a better way to mark the 60th
Anniversary of Corvette than having it lead the
starting field of the Indianapolis 500.”
A supercharged, 6.2-liter LS9 engine generating 638
horsepower helps to create the ZR1’s performance.
Of all mass-production companies, Chevrolet is the
leader in using carbon fiber. The lightweight
material is used for structural components,
including the front fenders, hood, roof, front
splitter, rocker panels and floor pans. With a curb
weight of 3,353 pounds, the ZR1 features a
power-to-weight ratio of just 5.2 pounds per
horsepower. The ZR1 also
features advanced technology such as Magnetic
Selective Ride Control, Launch Control system with
Performance Track Management, a four-channel ABS
system and Brembo carbon-ceramic disc brake rotors.
As a result, the
ZR1 is the fastest Chevrolet ever produced, capable
of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, and
capable of reaching a top speed of 205 mph. The ZR1
lapped the famed Nurburgring’ Nordschleife (“north
loop”) in 7:19.63.
The first Chevrolet selected as the Indianapolis 500
pace car was the 1948 Fleetmaster Six. The brand
would go on to lead the racing pack more than any
other manufacturer.
Corvette 60th Anniversary Package
The Corvette Pace Car features an exterior paint
scheme and full body length stripe similar to that
of the 60th Anniversary Package being made available
on all 2013 Corvette models. The 60th Anniversary
Package features an Arctic White exterior with a
Blue Diamond leather-wrapped interior with suede
accents. Convertible models will have a blue top.
Additional content includes a ZR1-style rear
spoiler, special badging, gray-painted brake
calipers and the “60th” logo on the wheel center
caps, steering wheel and seat headrests. An optional
graphics package adds full-length racing stripes in
Pearl Silver Blue, including a tonal stripe stitched
into the convertible top, extending the graphic
theme over the roof.
For 2013, all Corvettes will feature 60th
Anniversary badges on the fascias and the
“waterfall” panel on convertible models, as well as
60th logos in the instrument panel gauge cluster and
on the sill plates.
The 96th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled to start at
noon (ET) Sunday, May 27. The driver of the Pace Car
will be announced soon.
* * *
Tickets are on sale for the 96th Indianapolis 500
Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Race Day ticket prices start at $30. Tickets are
available online at
www.imstix.com, by calling the IMS ticket office
at (317) 492-6700, or (800) 822-INDY outside the
Indianapolis area, or by visiting the ticket office
at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of
Georgetown Road and 16th Street between 8 a.m.-5
p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday. Children 12 and under will
be receive free general admission to any IMS event
in 2012 when accompanied by an adult general
admission ticket holder. Tickets for groups of 20 or
more also are on sale. Contact the IMS Group Sales
Department at (866) 221-8775 for more information.
April
21
GREAT CORVETTE STORY!
Some of you may know that
Mark Blumberg decided to find his dad's (Joe Blumberg) 2000 Corvette
(which Joe sold in 2005) and buy it back for him for his 70th birthday.
It took most of a year but it happened -- and the reveal was this month.
Click
this link to take a look:
www.joesc5.com
March
5
Special Sebring Ticket Offer From
Battery Tender
DelTran Battery Tender is teaming with two of its
major Central Florida retailers in a special ticket
promotion to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the
Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from
Florida. The industry leader in vehicle battery
charging is partnering with Sears, Kmart and Sebring
International Raceway to provide fans a $10 discount
on the ticket price for the historic March 17
running of the American Le Mans Series presented by
Tequila Patrón race. Coupons entitling each holder
the discount are available at every Sears and Kmart
store within a 125-mile radius of the 3.74-mile,
17-turn Sebring Raceway.
All Supertickets are eligible for the discount but
guests must purchase their ticket – with the coupon
– at the track ticket office. Online ticket sales
are not eligible for the promotion. Fans of the ALMS
can visit any of the more than 50 stores around the
region and ask for the coupon at the retailer’s
customer service centers/counters. No purchase is
necessary, one coupon per person.
March
2
Chevrolet and Sebring
Announce Alliance; Corvette to Pace the 60th Sebring.
Chevrolet and
Sebring International Raceway announced a
multifaceted marketing partnership today that will
put Chevrolet in the spotlight at one of America's
premier racing venues. Chevrolet is now the Official
Car and Official Pace Car of Sebring, two of
Sebring's bridges will carry the iconic Chevrolet
Bow Tie, and Chevrolet will celebrate Corvette's
rich racing heritage at the historic track with
displays and promotional programs.
"It's fitting that
two icons of American road racing, Chevrolet and
Sebring, join forces," said Jeff Chew, Chevy Racing
Marketing Manager. "Chevrolet is celebrating 60
years of Corvette in 2012, and Sebring is
celebrating the milestone 60th Anniversary Mobil 1
Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from
Florida. Sebring has played a key role in
Chevrolet's racing programs for decades, and we look
forward to even more success at this legendary venue
in the future."
Sebring
International Raceway figures prominently in
Chevrolet's racing history. John Fitch and Walt
Hansgen drove a Corvette to a ninth-place finish
overall and a Class B victory at the 12 Hours of
Sebring in 1956, the first step onto the world stage
that established Chevy's sports car as a contender
in top-level competition. Since then, Corvette has
scored 24 class wins in the demanding Sebring
12-hour endurance contest. Corvette Racing first
participated in the Sebring 12-hour race in 1999,
and has scored seven victories in the GT1 class.
Corvette will be inducted into the Sebring Hall of
Fame on Friday, March 16 - the first American marque
to be honored in the Hall of Fame.
"We are pleased to
have Chevrolet Corvette join Sebring International
Raceway as a major sponsor and marketing partner,"
stated Sebring President and General Manager Tres
Stephenson. "With Corvette's induction into the
Sebring Hall of Fame this year, it is fitting to
have Corvette pace the field for our 60th
Anniversary race. Corvette and Sebring are certainly
two iconic names in international endurance racing."
Image Richard Prince Sebring Test 2012
March
2
|
Plant Tour Information
Members:
The Registry has learned the plant will
not be allowing tours after September13th of
this year until further notice.
( Don't suppose that could have
something to do with C7 re-tooling and
build, since the C7 will be shown in
January of 2013 at the Detroit Auto
Show? ) |
 |
In
addition, the plant will be down for
the Month of July and for the first two
weeks in October. We’ll will keep you
updated as we go along.
Super Bowl XLVI MVP Eli Manning
presented with 2012 Chevy Corvette
Super
Bowl
MVP
Eli
Manning
was
awarded
a
black-on-black
2012
Chevrolet
Corvette
Grand
Sport
Convertible
Centennial
Edition
—
but
almost
forgot
the
keys.
NBC
commentator
Dan
Patrick
had
to
call
the
2012
Super
Bowl
hero
back
to
the
podium
during
the
post-game
show
to
make
sure
he
put
the
car
keys
in
his
hands.
"I know you flew here,"
Patrick said. "I don't know
if you want to drive home.
Manning led the New York
Giants to a 21-17 victory
over the New England
Patriots on Sunday. The
Super Bowl MVP receives the
Pete Rozelle Trophy — a
silver trophy made by
Tiffany & Co. — along with
the car.
The top-of-the-line
Chevrolet Corvette Grand
Sport Convertible Centennial
Edition 4LT starts at
$72,070, including a $975
destination charge.
The Corvette Grand Sport
Convertible features a
6.2-liter V8 engine that
churns out 436 horsepower.
It accelerates from zero-60
mph in less than four
seconds.
The Centennial Edition
package is available on all
Corvette models and
celebrates the brand's 100th
anniversary, which was
marked in 2011. The package
features satin-black
graphics and unique
Centennial Satin Black
wheels and red brake
calipers. It also includes
Magnetic Selective Ride
Control. The cabin gets
ebony leather with
contrasting red stitching on
the seats, steering wheel,
console and shifter. A
graphic logo with an image
of Louis Chevrolet is
featured on the B-pillar,
wheel center caps and
steering wheel hub. -
Inside Line
January
30
ROLEX 24 at Daytons - POST RACE QA
The No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette Daytona
Prototype (DP) led the way for Chevrolet
bringing home a fifth-place finish in the 50th
running of the Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona. In
Grand Touring (GT), the No. 57 Stevenson
Motorsports Camaro GT.R was the top finisher for
Chevrolet crossing the line in fourth place in
class and 14th overall. The No. 90
Spirit of Daytona Racing Corvette DP finished
eighth, with the No. 9 Action Express Racing
Corvette DP crossing the finish line in ninth
place. The No. 88 Autohaus Motorsports Camaro
GT.R made a hard charge at the end to grab the
ninth finishing position in the GT class and 20th
overall.
DARREN LAW, CO-DRIVER WITH DAVID DONOHUE AND
CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI, NO. 5 ACTION EXPRESS
RACING CORVETTE DP, FINISHED 5TH IN
CLASS AND OVERALL: ON THE RACE:
“You know what, that was probably one of the
toughest 24 Hour I have done. We had a lot of
adversity. We had some engine issues prior to
the race; we had to miss qualifying. The first
probably eight hours of the race, we had an
electrical misfire, which really cut the motor
back and we struggled. But, the guys worked
really hard – Action Express, Chevrolet,
Corvette – they all did a great job. I’m proud
of the car. I’m proud of the team. You know, I
mean, we didn’t get the win, that was what we
really wanted. But the other thing I am very
proud of is that we were the very first
Chevrolet out of all the group out there. A
top-five is a good start to the season and we
are happy to finish it.”
DID YOU SEE A LOT OF PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE WITH
THE NEW CORVETTE DP? “Yes,
for sure. There is so much potential in this
car. We literally got this car delivered to us
the first of December so we barely had any time
on it. For us to be in the top-five and run as
well as we did; we see a lot of potential.”
YOUR ORGANIZATION HAD TO MAKE HUGE CHANGES TO GO
INTO THIS SEASON: “Yes.
I would say we’ve got the most adversity out of
all the Corvette teams because we shifted
chassis, engines and bodywork. Most the guys are
just switching over bodywork. We still have a
lot to learn, but we are competitive with
everybody so we are happy with that.”
JOHN EDWARDS, CO-DRIVER WITH ROBIN LIDDELL AND
RONNIE BREMER, NO. 57 STEVENSON MOTORSPORTS
CAMARO GT.R, FINISHED 4TH IN CLASS
AND 14TH OVERALL:
A FOURTH-PLACE FINISH
IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO START THE SEASON, ISN’T
IT?
“Yeah, absolutely, especially with the endurance championship
that’s going on later in the year. We got some
good points for that, but it’s always hard to go
through a 24-hour race, be chasing down a
podium, but not quite get it. We knew this race
we weren’t going to out-race the Porsches, but
we tried to out-strategize them a little bit. We
cut our fuel close, didn’t have to splash at the
end, but in the end we still couldn’t get around
or catch up to any of the top three Porsches.”
FOR THE MOST PART, IT SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY
CONSISTENT RUN FOR THE TEAM THIS WEEKEND. WAS
THAT THE CASE?
“It was for the most part, but we actually had an incident shortly
after sunrise when I was going around a lapped
car in turn one. I drafted by him on the banking
and left him room into one, but he must’ve
missed a downshift and spun. I saw him spinning
and tried to go out wide and not get hit, but
he was accelerating across the wrong way of the
track for me to avoid him. So, we did get hit
and lost a lap from that, but we got our lap
back later on.”
THE RACE SEEMED TO BE PRETTY INTENSE FROM START
TO FINISH:
“There’s always a different mindset in the
middle of the night at Daytona or at the start
of the first day than there is at the end, so
the last stint that I drove was basically like a
sprint race, as I was trying to pull away from
the Ferrari behind me and catch up to the
Porsche in front of me. So that intensity the
same as a sprint race. But there is a different
mindset to driving and you’re just trying to log
laps and stay on the lead lap: You don’t take as
many chances in traffic and you’re nicer to the
car. We were saving fuel on a lot of stints. But
the intensity of hitting your marks and staying
focused is always at its peak.”
CAN YOU CARRY ANY MOMENTUM FROM THE RACE TO THE
NEXT?
“Well, the 24 is a very different race because
it is 24 hours and the rest of them are less
than three, so I think it’s important to have
momentum and keep that going, but a lot of it
depends on the tracks, depends on how we can get
the car set up at certain tracks and how it’ll
suit our car at different places. This track at
Daytona is obviously, you know, a Porsche track,
it always has been, kind of their place with the
high banks and the extra horsepower they have on
the straightaways. So a lot of tracks that are a
tighter will suit us a little better. I think
the street course in Detroit is going to suit us
better, which is great because that’s where
Pratt and Miller and Chevrolet is based. So, I
think we’ll do well at certain places, but we
always struggle to keep up at the high banks at
Daytona.”
CORVETTE DP
January
26
MECUM AUCTIONS TO AUCTION OFF REGISTRY “C5
SHOW” CORVETTE TONIGHT!
Members – Tonight around 8:30 pm EST at the
Mecum Auction in Kissimmee, the current owner of
the 2001 Registry “C5 SHOW” Corvette (Lot T276)
will auction it off to the highest bidder.
Director Jake will be present for the auction
and may speak about the history and the
significance of the Registry “C5 SHOW” Corvette.
http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?CFGRIDKEY=FL0112-120619
Director Jake Drennon with C5 Registry Show Car
Many of you will
remember that this
Registry “C5 SHOW” Corvette has been shown all
around the USA and Western Europe. It has been
paraded on various tracks including
Daytona International Speedway
and Le Mans, France.
This Z51 optioned Millennium Yellow
(black interior) 6-Speed Coupe has been around
the world and back!
The Registry's “C5
SHOW” Corvette was present at the 2001 24 Hours
of Daytona when the C5-Rs (the Chevrolet factory
race Corvettes) made history by winning at
Daytona. It was signed under the hood by the
drivers of C5-R #2 Ron Fellows, Chris Kneifel ,
Franck Freon and Johnny O’Connell and also by
the drivers of the C5-R #3 Andy Pilgrim, Dale
Earnhardt Sr, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelly
Collins.
The story of this
Corvette continues as it was shipped to France
where it led the American contention of
Corvettes through the downtown streets of Le
Mans in the famous Parade des Pilotes with
250,000 screaming Frenchmen cheering it on!
After the C5-R's dominated at the 24 Hours of
Le Mans (June 15 - 16, 2001), the Pratt & Miller
victorious race team signed under the hood. It
was also present in March at the 2001 Sebring
Race.
This “C5 SHOW” #3
with its unique graphics package has been to the
National Corvette Museum, Corvettes at Carlisle,
Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta, and to the NCRS
event in Orlando. It was featured in the
November 2001 issue of Corvette Fever
magazine (page 31) leading a salute to victory
at Le Mans!
Members, Tune in
and watch a piece of Corvette history happen
right before your eyes tonight between 8:00-9:00
pm EST on the Velocity Channel. The “C5 SHOW” is
Lot T276.
http://velocity.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html
January
24
UPDATE…ROLEX 24 CORVETTE CORRAL
Members
–
GREAT NEWS !!!
The Corvette Corral at the Rolex 24 is filling
up fast and Chevrolet is very excited! This
good news has led to the Corvette Brand Team
sending Art Spong, Group Manager of Brand
Quality Performance Cars/Corvette, from Detroit
to be at the Corral to answer any of your
Corvette concerns. Art is very knowledgeable
about the 5th and 6th
generation Corvette, and we at the Official
C5/C6 Registry are excited to have him present!
So if you ever wanted to know something about
your Corvette that you didn’t know, make sure
you stop by and ASK ART!
For those of you who have been thinking
about going to the race, you need to quit
thinking and start dialing! This is
going to be a fantastic historical event! This
is a great opportunity for all of us to support
the Corvette Daytona Prototype as it makes its
debut in the 50th Anniversary of the
GRAND-AM Road Racing Series Rolex 24. You better
pick up the phone and call TJ Wagner now at the
Daytona International Speedway for your tickets!
T.J. Wagner
Daytona International Speedway
Corporate Sales Account Executive
Phone: (386) 681-5529
E-Mail:
twagner@daytonainternationalspeedway.com
January
24
Veteran Corvette
Specialist Will Compete In 50th Anniversary Of
The Rolex 24
Longtime friend of
the C5-C6 Registry, Driver Jeff Nowicki
announced today he'll be joining Michael
Baughman Racing to race this year’s GRAND AM
Rolex Series' 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At
Daytona. The team will field the #46 Katech
powered Corvette C6 in the highly competitive GT
division. Action gets underway with a 10:00am
practices session Thursday, January 26 with GT
qualifying scheduled for 4:15pm the same day.
The 50th Rolex 24 at Daytona will take the green
flag at 3:30pm Saturday, January 28.
This will be
TeamMBR's sixth Rolex 24 at Daytona. Managed by
Michael Baughman who brings 30 years of
motorsports experience, both as an owner and
driver. He has competed in GRAND AM since the
Series' inception.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PRESS
RELEASE
January
12
Corvette Marks 60 Years of Performance with 427
Convertible
January 12, 2012
– Chevrolet today unveiled the 2013 Corvette 427
Convertible Collector Edition – the fastest, most
capable convertible in Corvette’s history – as well
as a 60th Anniversary Package that will be available
on all 2013 Corvette models.
“The 2013
model year will be historic for Corvette, marking
its 60th Anniversary and the final year for the
current ‘C6’ generation,” said Chris Perry, vice
president, Global Marketing and Strategy for
Chevrolet. “We couldn’t think of a more fitting way
to celebrate these milestones than bringing back one
of the most-coveted combinations in the brand’s
history – the Corvette convertible and a 427
cubic-inch engine.”
The 60th Anniversary
Package and 427 Convertible will make their public
debut at the Barrett Jackson collector car auction
in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Jan 21, and will arrive at
U.S. Chevrolet dealers early this summer.
Click Here for more info, specs
and photos!
January
12
To Corvette Club
Presidents/Directors,
FANTASTIC
NEWS…If any of your members have DREAMS
of driving their Corvette on the famous Daytona
International Speedway, their dream has just
come true! Chevrolet Racing and the Daytona Speedway
have made an agreement to allow 150 Corvettes
on the newly paved 2 ½ mile track at Daytona
Speedway for a pace lap on Friday morning,
January 27th at 8:00 a.m.
This is the first time since 2001 that Corvettes
have been permitted to make a lap on the Daytona
Speedway at an official sanctioned event. This
opportunity is coming to every Corvette owner
because of the recently announced Corvette Daytona
Prototype that several Corvette teams will be racing
during this year’s 2012 Rolex 24 Hour Race. (For
additional information on Daytona Prototype Corvette
click on this link
http://www.c6registry.com/Hot_News/index.htm
and scroll down to the November 15, 2011 posting.)
You will need a ticket for Friday to participate in
this very rare opportunity of driving your Corvette
on the Speedway. The cost per person is $35. To
Purchase tickets for this event, please contact T.J.
Wagner, Corporate Sales Account Executive at Daytona
Speedway, by phone at (386) 681-5529 or by email at
twagner@daytonainternationalspeedway.com.
T.J. Wagner
Daytona
International Speedway
Corporate
Sales Account Executive
Phone:
(386) 681-5529
E-Mail:
twagner@daytonainternationalspeedway.com
Click here for additional information
http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Vanity-Pages/2012/Rolex-24-Car-Corral/Corvette.aspx
(Please note the flyer says 100 Corvettes for the
pace lap, but the approved number is 150 Corvettes
for the pace lap.)
Please forward this information to your club members
and any other Corvette Clubs that you believe would
be interested in having their members fulfill their
dreams of driving their Corvette on the
Daytona Speedway. This event is open to ALL Corvette
Clubs and anyone who owns a Corvette. Please tell
interested members to sign up immediately because as
of this morning over half the available pace lap
tickets to drive your Corvette on the Speedway have
been purchased.
We
hope to see you all there!
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FLYER
January
5, 2012
CORVETTE
CAR CORRAL AT ROLEX 24
There will be a Corvette Corral
at this year's Daytona Rolex 24 Hour race. For
tickets, call
TJ Wagner (group
sales) 386-681-5529 at the Daytona Rolex ticket
office. Tell TJ you are a member of the
Official C5/ C6 Registry group. Tickets are $35 for
Friday and $45 for Saturday and Sunday per person.
If the lines are busy, you can e-mail TJ at:
twagner@daytonainternationalspeedway.com
He'll get back with you!
BONUS, for
registering, you get a 50th Anniversary Event Hat
with Corvette Logo!! Hurry and register...
only 150 Corvettes and go on the parade lap Friday!
You want to be at the Track EARLY Friday, our early
but not confirmed intel says the Parade Lap with be
around 8:AM......
"EVERYONE" FROM ALL CORVETTE CLUBS IS INVITED TO
JOIN IN !!
Corral Flyer:
www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Vanity-Pages/2012/Rolex-24-Car-Corral/Corvette.aspx
