Mid America Motorwork’s Chief Cheerleader Mike Yager recounts this Corvette barn find he investigated earlier this month. The Corvette in question was this Venetian Red 1957 roadster that had been locked away in a nailed up barn for over 35 years.
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Corvette Lifestyles
The Classic Corvette Club UK held their 30th Anniversary Nationals show recently and corvette owners turned out to display a variety of the classic American sports car from all generations. Like most shows, participants entered Corvettes ranging from stock through modified, race cars and recreations. Some of the customs are very well done and so we thought a pictorial feature would be nice to show what our brothers and sisters from across the pond are doing to their Corvettes.
![[VIDEO] Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Track Attack with Ron Fellows](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/071410_3.jpg)
Continuing our informal series on all the cool production and delivery experiences available to new Corvette buyers, let’s pretend you just bought yourself a Corvette ZR1, the fastest and most exciting car ever produced by General Motors. Before you start flogging the 638-hp supercharged King of Hill around your neighborhood, take advantage of the free track time and driving instruction offered by Bondurant and Spring Hill. Ron Fellows, Corvette Racing Ambassador and head of the Ron Fellows Performance Driving Academy at Spring Hill properly demonstrates how to wring every bit of performance out a Corvette ZR1 in this video after the jump.
We heard back in January that GM was considering adding a program that would allow owners the opportunity to build the engine that would be installed in their new Corvette. Yesterday, GM announced that the Corvette Engine Build Program would be available starting in 2011 for customers who order a Corvette Z06 or ZR1.
![[VIDEO] Chrysler Autoworker Wins Powerball Lottery, Buys A Corvette](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/070110_2.jpg)
William Shanteau and 13 other Chrysler auto workers had been pooling their money on various lottery tickets for years and last month one of those purchases won the group $25 million from the Powerball lottery. So what’s first car that comes to mind for Shanteau to spend some of his $1.2 million after taxes? You guessed it…A Torch Red C6 Corvette!
Corvette’s Head Designer Kirk Bennion has a new ride this summer: A 2011 Inferno Orange Corvette Z06. The Corvette is outfitted with stripes from the Genuine Corvette Accessories catalog and are Cyber Gray in color. We agree that the color matches well with the first year Inferno Orange as does the black front splitter and rear body-length spoiler.
![[VIDEO] Celebrating Drive Your Corvette To Work Day](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/062510_3.jpg)
Friday’s usually find me in downtown Tampa where I pay a weekly visit to my datacenter and since today was Drive Your Corvette to Work day, I drove my 1966 Corvette. So here is a quick video I put together of (drumroll) yes, me driving my Corvette to work!
Earlier this month, the 1960 #3 Briggs Cunningham Corvette and driver John Fitch returned to Le Mans to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the car’s win in the GT class and 8th place finish overall. Our friend Jan Hyde from The Registry of Corvette Racecars was there along with car owner Lance Miller, restorer Kevin Mackay and John Fitch and he provided this recap from the week of events.
