Big news out of the Bloomington Gold camp this week! After several years of contemplation, the show will be expanding to include Chevrolet Camaros in addition to Corvettes for the 2019 show. This is the first ever that another mark has been part of the Bloomington event.
![[VIDEO] The Benchmark of Speed Tests the C7 Corvette Z06 Times from 60-130 MPH](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2018-3/122718_2b.jpg)
Youtubers, pay attention. This is how you do a Corvette video.
Great visuals and a voice that commands your attention from the start, The Benchmark of Speed does some 60-130 mph pulls in an 8-speed automatic 2019 Corvette Z06 and offers some comparisons to the C7 Z06 manual he once owned. Did I mention the visuals?
The Corvette team at Chevrolet is known for its close-knit relationship with its customers and over the years they have implemented many of suggestions from owners into production. So when I heard about this new patent from GM that demonstrates the technology with a C7 Corvette, I immediately asked myself, “Ok, who requested the power doors option?”
Another significant milestone in the ongoing court battle over a historic 1960 Corvette that competed in the Le Mans race 58 years ago appears to have been reached recently.
Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer has ordered that the car – one of three that were the first Corvettes to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France in 1960 – be placed in the care of and then sold by an Indianapolis-based receiver appointed by the court.
Of course, the sale of the same car was also ordered some 3½ years ago.
![[VIDEO] Final Days to Win The Vettes in the 2018 Corvette Dream Giveaway](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2018-2/102318_30b.jpg)
The countdown has begun!
In less than one week, the 2018 Corvette Dream Giveaway will come to a close with one lucky winner selected to take home two Corvettes – a classic 1965 Corvette restomod and a 2018 Lingenfelter Grand Sport, plus $50,000 to pay the taxes on the winnings!
But they can’t call your name if you don’t have tickets!
Since the founding of CorvetteBlogger in 2005, it has been our tradition every Christmas Eve to share this special take on the classic Christmas poem “The Night Before Christmas” as re-imagined by a Corvette enthusiast.
Merry Christmas to all and special Christmas wishes to the men and women serving our country in the Armed Forces both at home and abroad. God Bless you all!
![[VIDEO] Kentucky State Police To Raffle a New Corvette to Support Trooper Island](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2018-3/122218_11b.jpg)
We recently told you about the price increase that Chevy has announced for the 2019 Corvette.
But here’s one way to beat that hike.
For just $10, you could be the lucky winner of a new Corvette – Torch Red with Jet Black interior – that the Kentucky State Police are raffling off.
![[VIDEO] This 1955 Corvette Sees Daylight after Being Parked for 40 Years](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2018-3/122218_7b.jpg)
Check out this great video that offers some more background about the 1955 Corvette we told you about earlier this month that has finally come out of hiding after 20 years in a Texas garage.
Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays, Grand Sports, Z06s and ZR1s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.
It has been a busy week for Mike as he worked to make Christmas Corvette dreams come true before the big day. How happy would you be if Santa stuck a ZR1 under your Christmas tree! This week Mike shares two more ZR1 deliveries, the 12,000 NCM Museum delivery takes place in Bowling Green, and customers from California, Florida and North Carolina are rewarded for their good behavior. There is a great collection of Christmas-related photos and vintage Corvette images that will make you feel like a kid again as well so be sure you keep scrolling to see them all!
Visit Mike’s facebook page for even more photos and videos of his new Corvette deliveries: CorvetteFurman.
![[PIC] The C8 Mid-Engine Corvette Illuminates its Tail Lights](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2018-3/122218_5b.jpg)
We’ve been talking about the sightings the two C8 Corvette mid-engine prototypes this week as more and more people have shared images they captured of the car on social media. In the first photos, the front LED headlights were glimpsed and now here’s a new photo showing the C8 Corvette’s rear brake lights illuminated in heavy traffic. These lights look much closer to a final design which probably explains the differences in the rear camouflage coverings over them.
