Can you believe it’s been nearly five years since Corvette enthusiasts – and the rest of the world – woke up to the horrific news that a sinkhole had swallowed eight priceless Corvettes on display at the National Corvette Museum?
This week our friend Betsy Reese was killed in a traffic accident as she was headed for her Corvette club meeting outside of Nashville. I had just spent time with Betsy at the Rolex 24 at Daytona and she always had a smile to share or some news she wanted to tell us about her son Hunter Reese.
![[VIDEO] Watch the Startup Animation of the C8 Mid-Engine Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019/020719_3b.jpg)
Yesterday our friends at GM Trucks offered a better look of the new crossed flags logo for the 8th generation Corvette.
It’s been seen before on the leaked FCC key-fob documents but not with the clarity that the digital logo offers. Topping off yesterday’s reveal was the promise of even more news from the GM truck forum and boy have they delivered!
![[SPIED] C8 Mid-Engine Corvette's Digital Crossed Flags Logo Revealed](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019/020519_6b.jpg)
Revealing secrets of the C8 Corvette is nothing new for news and enthusiasts websites that specialize in the sports car but now even truck sites are getting into the game because it’s no secret that C8 news = page views right now.
Although GM has moved to release its Corvette sales reports on a quarterly basis, that doesn’t mean the automaker isn’t tracking monthly sales internally.
Depending on the report (we’ve seen two with slightly different totals), sales of the Chevrolet Corvette hit rock bottom in January 2019 with a total of 800 sold during the month. That number represents a 20% decline in sales from January 2018 and appears to continue the slide that started after last year’s 2nd quarter report.
With last week’s reveal of the Final Edition C7 Corvette for the European market, Car and Driver offered up their opinion on one of the most asked questions about the C8: Will Chevy produced the front engine C7 alongside the mid-engine C8?
![[VIDEO] Official GM Track Footage of the 2019 Corvette ZR1](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019/020519_3b.jpg)
Tonight we noticed several different channels uploading this track footage of the 2019 Corvette ZR1. We’re wondering if
Chevy dropped some official ZR1 info somewhere as this is official B-roll footage of the ZR1 on the track at Road Atlanta.
Making the trip from one car enthusiast to another.
That’s the result of longtime Corvette fanatic Bob Johnston’s recent donation of years’ worth of memorabilia – hundreds of vintage collectibles, posters, clocks, signs, and more – to the National Corvette Museum.
![[VIDEO] Stock 2019 Corvette ZR1 Races a 600-HP 2019 McLaren 600LT](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2019/020419_51b.jpg)
Hennessey Performance shared this video showing an Arctic White 2019 Corvette ZR1 with a stock LT5 V8 that makes 755-hp racing a 2019 McLaren 600LT with 600-HP on board.
The cars are pretty evenly matched but we’d suggest a driver mod for the McLaren as in both the dig and roll races, the McLaren was just a little slower getting off the marks and that appears to be the difference in both races.
Hennessey does call this a stock ZR1 but the car does have the Hennessey badge on the rear and with previous videos of a White ZR1 upgraded with the HPE850 package so we’re not sure how stock this car actually is.
Now here’s a cool way support the National Corvette Museum! Right now on eBay you can bid for a chance to have your Corvette featured on the cover of America’s Sportscar Magazine. America’s Sports Car is the quarterly magazine published by the museum for its members.
