![[SPIED] Rapid Blue 2020 Corvette Coupe in Naples, FL](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-3/120319_18b.jpg)
A fellow Corvette driver came across a Rapid Blue 2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe driving down the highway in Southwest Florida and captured a bit of the drive-by. Check out those Bright Trident Wheels as they sparkle and spin. Chevy says no chrome wheelies (at the moment) but those Tridents are quite shiny in the sun.
![[VIDEO] Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin Nominated for FIA Action of the Year Award](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-3/120319_17b.jpg)
As the FIA motorsport sanctioning body held their end of the year awards ceremony, they are also sharing some of the best track action videos from the various series ranging from Formula One to Karting. Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin was nominated by the FIA for their “Action of the Year Award” in the World Endurance Championship GT at Le Mans.
If you’re a fanboy of the Corvette, don’t get too upset with this video just posted by MotorTrend comparing the previous generation with the new mid-engine version on the race track.
Watch to the very end.
Texas tuning shop Hennessey Performance has shared some initial information and photos today as they begin to detail their plans to tune the 2020 Corvettes with the top package offering a whopping 1200 HP.
Welcome to That ’70s Week of CorvetteBlogger’s countdown of the best ‘Vettes from each decade! Our bronze medal from the “Disco Era” is a radical departure from the other cars that we have been highlighting in the past two weeks which usually put the advancement of performance front and center. By 1978, the oil embargo, changing consumer tastes, an influx of foreign competition, and other financial, political, and environmental issues had all conspired to choke all of the big-block goodness out of America’s Sports Car.
![[VIDEO] Walkaround of a 2020 Corvette Stingray with High Wing, Hash Marks and Edge Red Engine Cover](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-3/120319_1b.jpg)
Thanks to our friends at the MidEngineCorvetteForum.com for sharing this video featuring a 2020 Torch Red Corvette Stingray Coupe with the High Wing, Hash Marks and Edge Red Engine Cover.
![[VIDEO] Matt Farah: The C8 Corvette Democrotizes the Mid-Engine Sports Car](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-3/120219_15.jpg)
The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah was a guest on a local California talk show called beond.tv and a major part of his appearance was to talk about the new 2020 Corvette.
Mike Rockenfeller, the 36-year-old Audi factory driver who has been “on loan” to Corvette Racing the last two years for the various endurance races will not be part of the expanded line-ups in 2020 due to a calendar clash with a DTM race and the 24 Hours of Le Mans happening on the same day.
One of the most difficult decisions I’ve had to make regarding my 2020 Corvette Stingray order is which of the 12 exterior colors to select, especially since I had to place my order before all of the colors could be publicly seen on the car. After personally seeing the 2020 Corvette in Torch Red, Elkhart Lake Blue Metallic, Ceramic Matrix Gray Metallic, and Zeus Bronze Metallic at the 7.18.19 8th Generation Corvette Reveal in Tustin, California, I began a quest to see the remaining 2020 colors in person.
![[VIDEO] The Corvette Mechanic Paul Koerner Reviews the Special Service Tools for the C8 Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019-3/120319_8b.jpg)