QUICK SHIFTS: Corvette Racing’s Doug Fehan, Best Driver’s Car, 2009 GT1 Special Edition, SEMA Preview, Corvette Trivia and More

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Oct 26, 2019

QUICK SHIFTS: Corvette Racing's Doug Fehan, Best Driver's Car, 2009 GT1 Special Edition, SEMA Preview, Corvette Trivia and More

Quick Shifts is a content feature here at CorvetteBlogger featuring links to Corvette and automotive-related stories of interest. Check out these automotive quick shifts featuring Corvette Racing’s Program Manager (much more interesting than it sounds!), Best Driver’s Car, a GT1 Championship Z06 up for grabs, Hennessey’s ZR1 racing a 720S, Special Edition Corvette Trivia, a SEMA preview featuring a widebody C2 and a 9.5L LS3-based V12, and a classic comparison test for the ages.

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The Strike is Over as UAW Members Agree to New Four Year Labor Deal with GM

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Oct 26, 2019

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The Strike is Over as UAW members Ratified New Four Year Labor Deal with GM

The UAW strike against GM that lasted 40 days came to an end on Friday afternoon after UAW members ratified a new four-year labor agreement with the automaker.

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Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Corvettes on the Brain

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Oct 26, 2019

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Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Corvettes on the Brain

Even in the afterlife, once a Corvette fan…always a Corvette fan.

You can browse more of our Corvette comics here!

Source:
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Question of the Week: What Are the Two Features You Like Most About on the C8 Corvette?

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Keith Cornett

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Oct 25, 2019

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Question of the Week: What Are the Two Features You Like Most About on the C8 Corvette?

We’ve now had three full months to digest all we have learned about the 2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe and Chevy added even more information overload with the reveal of the new hardtop convertible model. The new C8 is loaded with new features and options, both as a consequence of moving the engine to behind the driver, as well as receiving the latest technology available like GM’s new Global B electrical architecture.

We turned over the “Question of the Week” topic to our own Mitch Tally who came up with good one in our opinion.

What are the two new features that you like most about the C8 Corvette?

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Test Lab 61 1963 Corvette Heading to Mecum Kissimmee

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Oct 25, 2019

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Test Lab 61 1963 Corvette Heading to Mecum Kissimmee

As the 2019 auction season winds down we’re beginning to catch a glimpse of the myriad of Corvettes that’ll be available in the annual January auction blitz. Mecum has already posted up hundreds of cars that’ll be offered at their gargantuan January 2nd-12th, 2020 Kissimmee event.

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[PIC] Brazilian Designer Renders the C8 Corvette as a Front Engine Sportscar

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Mitch Talley

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Oct 24, 2019

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[PIC] C8 Corvette Was Rendered as a Front Engine Sportscar

Photo Credit: Pedro Ruperto

You knew it had to happen.

No one is ever completely satisfied with a car designer’s work.

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Brothers On Opposing NFL Teams Are Betting a Corvette Z06 on Sunday’s Jaguars-Jets Football Game

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Oct 24, 2019

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Brothers On Opposing NFL Teams Are Betting a Corvette Z06 on Sunday's Jaguars-Jets Football Game

Photo Credit: @BenMurphyTV / Twitter

This weekend’s match-up between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets will feature more than just bragging rights between the Williams brothers.

On Sunday the top draft pics will square off against each other with Quincy Williams playing Linebacker for the Jaguars while his younger brother Quinnen Williams will be suiting up for the New York Jets at Defensive Tackle. On the line, apparently, is Quincy’s Corvette Z06.

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Firefighters Save a C6 Corvette From Burning Townhome

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Oct 24, 2019

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Firefighters Save a C6 Corvette From Burning Townhome

Photo Credit: Phil Anderson / The Capital-Journal

All is not lost at least.

This red C6 Corvette coupe that was housed in a burning building apparently escaped without damage this week, thanks to the heroic efforts of firefighters in Topeka, Kansas.

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Why Motor Trend’s Dyno Results of the 2020 Corvette Stingray Were Impossibly Wrong

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Keith Cornett

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Oct 24, 2019

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Why Motor Trend's Dyno Results of the 2020 Corvette Stingray Were Impossibly Wrong

It was just Monday that Motor Trend posted the dyno results that broke the internet. The magazine put the 2020 Corvette Stingray on a Mustang dyno to see what kind of power the car is making. The results were beyond surprising: 558 hp and 515 lb-ft of torque at the wheels which equates to 650 hp at the crank.

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Bowling Green Assembly Plant UAW Members Vote to Reject New Labor Agreement with GM

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Oct 24, 2019

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Bowling Green Assembly Plant UAW Members Reject New Labor Agreement with GM

Bowling Green UAW Local 2164 held their vote on Wednesday on whether to accept the negotiated labor agreement hammered out with General Motors after striking for 38 days. When the votes were tabulated, 56% (498) voted against the new agreement while 44% (393) voted to accept it.

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