Team seeking ninth win at Laguna Seca; Garcia to make 100th post-merger start
DETROIT (May 9, 2023) – Corvette Racing will wrap up its two-race West Coast swing this weekend with what’s been an annual stop for the last quarter-century. WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on the Monterey Peninsula will play host to America’s most successful sports car team for Sunday’s MOTUL Course de Monterey.
Back in March, Chevrolet told their dealers that they will no longer be accepting Customer Sold Orders (SRE) for the 2023 Corvette Z06, despite the fact that the 2023 model year would continue through September 1st.
Chevrolet made that decision ostensibly for more control over the Z06 ordering process, and in our opinion of not wanting to get caught with customer sold orders on the books that they can’t build. The decision was a curious one, as the 2023 Stingray has no such order restrictions placed on it.
Mike Vetter has the perfect name to be a custom Corvette builder.
Now one of his most radical designs – the Vetter Slash based on a C6 Corvette – is up for sale on eBay at the “Buy It Now” price of $115,000.
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The Fast and the Furious movie hit the silver screen when your author was in sixth grade. In my developing mind, the humble street racing film established the idea of “a ten-second” car as the ultimate quarter mile benchmark, a feat that could only be achieved by dumping thousands of dollars – and a 100-shot of NOS – into a stock engine bay. A personal-favorite scene also cemented the idea of the high-revving flat-plane midengine exotic as something that an every day “pal” like myself couldn’t afford. Well, eight sequels, one spinoff, and two decades of technological advancement later, and we’ve arrived in a 2023 where there’s a fully-warrantied 8,600 rpm 180-degree crank supercar that consistently runs 10s shipping to Chevrolet(!) dealerships every day. I still can’t afford one, but it’s closer to a possibility now than the F355 Spider was when I was 12, so I’ll count the last 22 years as a moral victory of sorts.
Pittsburgh International Race Complex or Pitt Race as it’s known was the first track to showcase the 2023 Corvette Z06. The road track was featured in the Z06’s cinematic reveal video and a year later, the Corvette Team hosted a number of journalists to the track for the first Ride N Drive in America’s newest supercar.
This special track is also home to the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, a 10-day motorsport festival that’s been a tradition in the keystone state for 40 years. Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that annually raises money for autistic and IDD charities. The organization just secured a 2023 Corvette Z06 70th Anniversary Coupe through Pittsburgh’s North Star Chevrolet, which they will give away to one lucky ticket holder in August 2023.
CorvetteBlogger readers can get 30% Bonus Entries with ticket packages starting at $25. Click here to get your tickets today!
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During the NCM Bash, CORVETTE TODAY’s Steve Garrett arranged for Tadge Juechter, Josh Holder, and Harlan Charles to record a special episode of the podcast in which they answer questions submitted to Steve via the MidEngineCorvetteForum and CorvetteForum.com. Not only were those three recorded for the podcast, but video of the recording was made and shared to the CORVETTE TODAY YouTube Channel. You won’t want to miss this episode of CORVETTE TODAY!
If you own a 2023 Corvette, you might want to ask your dealer about a new service update for certain units that left the factory with the incorrect suspension calibration programmed into the Electronic Suspension Control Module.
Whether the vehicles affected are Stingrays or Z06s, or both, has not been released by GM.
There is also no official word on whether GM will contact owners individually to inform them of the problem, but dealers have been told to fix the problem, under warranty, on 2023 Corvettes still on their lots as well as any cars brought to the dealership for any reason by customers.
The problem can be repaired quickly, in about a half hour, without any new parts, simply by reprogramming the Electronic Suspension Control Module with the correct settings. An inspection of the car takes 12 minutes, with the reprogramming lasting about 18 minutes.
We checked the TechLink website to see if there was more on this issue but came up empty.
Source:
GM Authority
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Many Corvette enthusiasts have had their eye on a 1978 Pace Car ever since the story hit back in the day that Chevy was planning a special model to celebrate the car’s 25th anniversary.
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The driver of a black C4 Corvette coupe accidentally performed a “pit maneuver” on an SUV, causing it to overturn on a Missouri road Sunday night.
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The National Corvette Museum has now posted the full seminar from the Corvette Team at the 2023 NCM Bash. Presenting the info was Executive Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter, Vehicle Chief Engineer Josh Holder, and Corvette Product Marketing Manager Harlan Charles.
