![[ACCIDENT] Man Holding Thousands of Dollars in Cash Crashes C8 Corvette Into Avandoned Building](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/070321_15b.jpg)
Photo Credit: Lake Worth Police Department
The 24-year-old driver of this dark gray C7 Corvette coupe faces multiple charges after he crashed his Stingray into an abandoned building in Lake Worth, Texas early Friday morning.
[ACCIDENT] Man Holding Thousands of Dollars in Cash Crashes C7 Corvette Into Abandoned Building
QUICK SHIFTS: 2019 Corvette ZR1 Mania, Data Dive with Hagerty, Best Fast and Furious Cars, Porsche Breaks ‘Ring Record, and More!
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Welcome to a quick-shifting edition of Quick Shifts! Quick Shifts is a content feature here at CorvetteBlogger featuring links to Corvette and automotive-related stories of interest.
This week we start off with last generation’s swan song with several Corvette ZR1s for sale while Katech introduces a Stage III 1,000 hp upgrade for the LT5. Hagerty offers up some data-driven articles just in time for the Corvette’s birthday, and we also witness the Hoonigans doing their own celebration. As another Fast and Furious movie has dropped so take a look at the movie cars as ranked, as well the new mid-engine Charger built just for Fast9. Corvette’s competition sets a new production record at the ‘Ring and Ferrari offers a new hybrid V6 sports car. Finally, we wrap it up with some Camaro news for our bow-tie brothers.
Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: At the Fireworks Show
Turns out that Bob’s idea of a grand finale was much different than what his wife had envisioned.
Corvette Racing at Watkins Glen: Garcia, Taylor Take Glen Sweep
Photo Credit: Richard Prince for Corvette Racing
No. 3 Corvette takes GTLM victory over teammates Milner, Tandy in No. 4 C8.R
WATKINS GLEN, NY (June 27, 2021) – Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor won for Corvette Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech 240 on Friday, their second GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R at Watkins Glen International in five days.
Ciocca Corvette Launches New Website to Replace Kerbeck.com
Ciocca Corvette (pronounced see-oh-ca) has officially taken over Kerbeck and we noticed their new website was live as of Friday morning. The new website for the World’s Largest Corvette franchise is now at www.CioccaCorvette.com.
For current customers of Kerbeck, you can find the Corvette Order Tracking page has been carried over from the previous Kerbeck website and all orders placed with Kerbeck remain in place and unchanged.
Holy Rolling Fan Art Batman! There’s A Bat-Themed C3 Corvette For Sale in Florida
We’ve covered several Batmobile replicars and news on this site in the past few years. It turns out that America’s Sports Car is the perfect canvas for such projects, but this Craigslist posting near CorvetteBlogger HQ is a bit different. We will call it more of a Batman tribute than a full-on Batmobile replica.
Corvette Racing at Watkins Glen: Sprint Race Pole for Taylor
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No. 3 Corvette just beats out Tandy, No. 4 C8.R in dynamic qualifying session
WATKINS GLEN, NY (June 26, 2021) – Corvette Racing’s Jordan Taylor followed up a victory in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen with the GT Le Mans (GTLM) pole position Thursday for the IMSA WeatherTech 240 at Watkins Glen International.
[VIDEO] CHP Busts the Window on a C6 Corvette to Arrest Impaired Driver
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Tonight…on COPS!
Or I should say last night, as that’s when the CHP made contact with the driver of this red C6 Corvette Grand Sport with a very nice sounding cam.
General Motors Delivers 7,971 Corvettes in 2nd Quarter 2021
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The latest GM sales numbers are out for the 2nd Quarter and sales of America’s Favorite Sports Car were very strong with 7,971 new Corvettes delivered to new customers during the three months of April, May, and June. That’s a 224.2% increase over the same time period of 2020 which was heavily impacted by lockdowns relating to the Coronavirus.
For the year-to-date figures, GM is reporting 14,582 Corvettes sold during the 2021 calendar year to date which was a 132.2% increase over the 6,279 Corvettes produced during the same time period in 2020.
Corvettes for Sale: 1980 Corvette Barn Find Parked in 1991
1980 Corvettes have always had a soft spot in my heart because my first Corvette was a red-on-red ’80.
That’s why I’m hoping someone will accept the challenge of restoring this 1980 Corvette – perhaps one of the 2,077 originally painted that color – that’s been parked on concrete since 1991.