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Read MorePebble Beach Auto Week Thundering Thursday VOL 10-40 – 24 Hours of Le Mans Centennial Celebration at Pebble Beach August 11th – 20th The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Monterey Car Week 2023 starts on Friday, August 11th and concludes on Sunday, August 20th with the 72 year anniversary Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, an unmatched tradition of automotive excellence. Last August, Pierre Fillon, president of L’Automobile Club de l’Ouest, invited the Pebble Beach Concours to kick off a year of celebrations leading up to the Le Mans centennial. The…
Read MoreAn Unmatched Tradition of Automotive Excellence LE MANS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT PEBBLE BEACH We send warm greetings and a wish for great success to our friends who are gathering at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for its centennial celebration. Last August, the Pebble Beach Concours was invited by Pierre Fillon, president of L’Automobile Club de l’Ouest, to kick off a year of celebrations leading up to the Le Mans centennial—and we were honored to do so. The centennial trophy was unveiled on our awards ramp, racing greats—from Jacky…
Read MoreGeorge Maharis Dead at 94 George Maharis, a stage-trained actor became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the country in a Corvette convertible in the hit television series “Route 66,” has died at age 94. On “Route 66,” Maharis played Buz Murdock, a hardened survivor of New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. His co-star Martin Milner, who died in 2015, was Tod Stiles, a young man raised in wealth who upon his father’s death was left with nothing but a shiny new Corvette. The pair decided…
Read MoreAn Unmatched Tradition of Automotive Excellence Featured in our Summer Issue of the INSIDER… MY LIFE IN CARS Gordon Murray as designer, engineer, racer — and almost rock star— shares his one formula for life. READ MORE THE DEL MONTE CUP When we speak of early auto racing on the Monterey Peninsula, most people immediately think of the road races that were held on the roads of Pebble Beach from 1950 to 1956. In this INSIDER, we explore racing on the Monterey Peninsula from 1903 to 1907 READ MORE LaVINE…
Read MoreThe photo spies in Detroit spied several new 2025 Corvette ZR1 prototypes wearing heaving camouflage with Chief Engineer Josh Holder behind the wheel. There were at least four prototypes in both Coupes and Convertibles models. The cars are wearing that heavy black cladding that hides many of the details, but from first glance it appears that the front spoiler is even more aggressive than that on the Z06, but that could just be the covers exaggerating those details. Through the front mesh, we are seeing some of the same design…
Read MoreFrom our friends at Corvette Blogger The Corvette Blogger attended this year’s National Corvette Museum Bash and came back with some very interesting information. Like previous years, Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles gave a rundown of the production numbers, as well as the most popular colors and options for the 2023 model year. As of March 2023, they were showing 40,562 total C8s with the breakdown being 94% Stingray and 6% Z06. The last time they hit more than 40,000 cars produced in a model year was in 2016, and…
Read MoreFrom our friends at Corvette Blogger The Corvette Z06 Convertible Will Pace the 107th Indianapolis 500. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Chevrolet announced on Tuesday that the 2023 Corvette Z06 Convertible will be pacing the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 28th, making it the 20th time a Corvette has led the field for the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing!” “As we celebrate the rich history of the Corvette Pace Car at IMS, it’s amazing to see the evolution of these cars on and off the track,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles…
Read MoreNational Council of Corvette Clubs Reverses Ban on C8 E-Ray Hybrid. The National Council of Corvette Clubs had banned all hybrids and EVs from competition. But now, the E-Ray will be allowed. The National Council of Corvette Clubs (NCCC) came under fire from all corners of the internet when it was released that the hybridized Corvette E-Ray would be banned from competing or participating in its sponsored events and shows. Following a significant amount of backlash, NCCC has released a new statement acknowledging another adjusted rule set that allows the…
Read MoreThe National Council of Corvette Clubs misunderstanding of lithium-ion, leads them to ban “Electric Vehicles/Hybrids using lithium type battery packs” from all events. The new rule also says that “they should be parked 30 feet minimum from structures or other vehicles.” (section 1.8 subsection 1 item 14). This applies to events including “Speed Events” (autocross, drag racing, time trials on road course racetracks, and matching times precise acceleration tests), “Funkhana” (an autocross event with goofy challenges), road rallies, fuel economy challenges, and concourse car shows. That means the E-Ray isn’t…
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