Drive Your Corvette at Talladega with the Hendrick Driven for Veterans Event this Saturday

Drive Your Corvette on the Superspeedway at Talladega this Saturday!

We love to help promote events that are not only exciting for Corvette enthusiasts, but also give back to our nation’s brave veterans. Hendrick Driven for Veterans is one such organization that supports veterans and they help to raise funds through a number of events centered around automotive enthusiasts with a focus on Corvettes.

Hendrick Driven for Veterans has their largest fundraising event of the year coming up this weekend with their annual Talladega Track Day held on Saturday, May 27th at the Talladega Superspeedway. You can book a reservation now to drive your Corvette on the 2.7 mile superspeedway and all proceeds go towards assisting those veterans who have served our country with honor and distinction.

Previously known as Vettes4Vets, Hendrick Driven for Veterans is a non-profit organization that hosts this exciting annual Memorial Day fundraiser. The automotive fun kicks off this Friday afternoon (May 26th) with a Show and Shine at the Hendrick Hoover Automall from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. This annual car show brings in some great looking Corvettes and muscle cars from Birmingham and all around the Southeast. All are welcome and food and entertainment will be provided.


On Saturday, May 27th, the Talladega Superspeedway opens to participants who can book single track sessions that consist of five laps, and each session is limited to 15 cars, plus the Pace Car and the follow-on vehicle. Enthusiasts can purchase the 5-lap track sessions for $110 per session, and multiple sessions are available. The laps are run at what are considered “safe speeds” on the superspeedway. With Talladega being a 2.7 mile tri-oval course with 33-degree banking, the cars can get pretty spread out and you can expect speeds that are generally faster than normal highway driving, but it’s all done within the safe confines of the track. The first session begins at 8:00 AM and while those cars are running, the next session of 15 cars is staged, and so on and so forth…

Gary Nelson runs the Corvette department at Hendrick Chevrolet Hoover and is also the chairman of Hendrick Driven for Veterans. Gary flew Cobra gunships in Vietnam before piloting a 747 for UPS, and he has been at the Chevrolet dealership since 2016. Gary told us the story of how Hendrick Chevrolet Hoover stepped up years ago to donate the $11,000 fee for the one-day track rental of Talladega, and Hendrick has been a partner in the annual fundraising event every year since. Gary says the annual track run brings in over $30,000 after expenses for veterans.


One of the unique aspects of Hendrick Driven for Veterans according to Gary is how their board works with other veteran support organizations to identify and help those veterans in need. Hendrick Driven for Veterans focuses on providing community services benefiting veterans and they offer grants to vetted individuals or other veteran-focused 501(c)(3) non-profit foundations who help Veterans, current military personnel, and/or their family members in distress and need. Since its conception, Vettes4Vets/Hendrick Driven for Veterans has raised over $350,000 to help Veterans and all donations are tax-deductible.

Check out this fun video from the 2022 Show and Shine at Hendrick Chevrolet Birmingham and the Talladega track day event:


The two-day event gets underway with the Show and Shine Hendrick Chevrolet on Friday while the on-track fun begins on Saturday morning. Visit the Hendrick Driven for Veterans website to purchase your lap sessions. You can also pick up some cool apparel or simply make a donation to the non-profit service organization if you are unable to attend.

Contact Gary Nelson at 205-215-9065 or via email at [email protected] for any questions regarding the Hendrick Driven for Veterans charity or for anything Corvette-related at Hendrick Chevrolet Hoover in Hoover, Alabama.

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