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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum recently announced that they’ll be auctioning off several of their prized possessions. Held in conjunction with RM Sotheby’s, the IMS museum will be parting with 11 significant racers later this year.
“We are going to sell 11 cars that are in our collection but really have no connection to the [Indy] 500 or anything that has happened here at the track,” said Joe Hale, the president of the IMS Museum.
Specific details of the sales have not been released yet, but RM has indicated that the cars will be “offered in a series of auctions beginning in the fall of 2024.”
The 11 cars date from 1906 to 1966. They represent some of the most significant racers in motorsports history including the famous 1957 Corvette SS racer. A sampling of the other lots includes:
• 1956 Mercedes-Benz W196 ‘Monza’ Streamliner driven by Stirling Moss and Juan Manuel Fangio
• 1965 Ferrari 250 LM that won Lemans
• 1966 Ford GT40 Mark II
• 1957 XP-64 Corvette SS Racer
The Corvette SS was assembled with the intent of racing at Sebring in 1957 and is the first Chevrolet to sport the “SS” moniker. The intent was to use the XP-64 project as a platform to research various features for the improvement of performance and safety. After much toil by Duntov and his team, the car did indeed make it to Sebring, but retired not long into the race due to a number of gremlins.
Proceeds from the IMS Museum sales could exceed $100 million. The funds will go to future museum endeavors and provide long term financial stability for the facility.
Source:
RM Sotheby’s and Fox59
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Hey, Mr. Zora looks so proud of that beautiful Corvette, as he should have been for his engineering powers.
Does anybody have or know where any written articles about this XP-64 Corvette SS Racer with an interview from Zora exist as I would enjoy reading how he built this Corvette during my birth year along time ago.
I have seen this Corvette at the 50th celebration in Nashville and it was extremely cool to walk around taking pictures. I just wish Zora would have been there in a video talking up his baby. If anybody is near Indy, please take alot of photos and video to send in to Keith.
Hopefully the new owner will not be Mr. R. Hendrick as we will never see this Corvette again. Maybe the Museum can buy it and place it in a revolving stage for a hundred years of new eyes looking it over again and again.
Thanks very much for any info about the XP-64 Corvette!
I agree — this historic Corvette racer should be part of the NCM’s permanent collection. If the NCM can’t afford to buy it then hopefully whoever does will either donate it to the NCM or at least loan it to the NCM on a long term basis.
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