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Blind since crashing a '63 Corvette in 2012, racer Dan Parker and his specially modified C6 Corvette are set to challenge the Guinness world record for 'fastest speed blindfolded' that's currently set at 200.5 mph.

Blind Corvette Racer Set to Challenge World Speed Record in a C6 Corvette

Mitch Talley - Apr 13, 2021 1

Blind since crashing a '63 Corvette in 2012, racer Dan Parker and his specially modified C6 Corvette are set to challenge the Guinness world record for 'fastest speed blindfolded' that's currently set at 200.5 mph.

Reeves Callaway Says Top Speed Records are “Largely a Waste of Time”

Mitch Talley - Mar 19, 2021 8

In 1988, the Callaway Sledgehammer set a top speed record of 254.76 MPH but today, Reeves Callaway believes new top speed records aren't all that relevant.

C5 Corvette Z06 makes a Standing Mile run at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds

[VIDEO] 900-HP C5 Corvette Z06 Runs the Standing Mile on the Space Shuttle’s Runway

Keith Cornett - Jul 28, 2020 4

We first featured this heavily-modified C5 Z06 Corvette back in June when we caught it at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds at Kennedy Space...

[VIDEO] Modified C5 Corvette Z06 Hits 172 MPH in Half Mile Test

Keith Cornett - Jun 13, 2020 4

The Silver C5 Corvette you see standing here in front of the Space Shuttle Inspiration at the Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds is no ordinary...

[VIDEO] Hennessey Sets Top Speed Record in the 2020 Corvette at 205.1 MPH

Keith Cornett - May 18, 2020 4

Photo Credit: Hennessey Performance I'll tell you this about Hennessey Performance...they sure know who to keep us entertained! Back in late 2013, a modified C7 Corvette...

[VIDEO] The Stradman Tests the Top Speed of the 2020 Corvette in Both Forward and Reverse Gears

Keith Cornett - Mar 30, 2020 3

The Stradman is back and I hope you can keep up with him as there is a lot of action in his latest youtube...

[VIDEO] Dan Parker is Striving to be World’s Fastest Blind Person with his Special C6 Corvette Racer

Mitch Talley - Mar 23, 2020 1

He went out in a Corvette. Now Dan Parker wants to come back in a Corvette. Eight years ago, the former American Drag Racing League's...

Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds on Merritt Island Florida

[VIDEO] Watch this 2019 Corvette ZR1 Hit 191 MPH in the Standing Mile

Keith Cornett - Feb 25, 2020 4

Oh ZR1, how quickly we have forgotten you and moved on to the C8. But then comes along a video like this that...

[VIDEO] Genovation GXE’s Electric C7 Corvette Breaks Its Own Top Speed Record For Electric Cars

Keith Cornett - Dec 19, 2019 1

For the last several years we've enjoyed watching the progress of the Genovation GXE, an all electric-powered sports car built from a C7 Corvette...

[VIDEO] The C7 Corvette is Best Corvette for the Cannonball Run

[VIDEO] The C7 Corvette is the Best Corvette for the Cannonball Run

Mitch Talley - Jul 10, 2019 2

We always think of Burt Reynolds whenever Cannonball Run is mentioned. Now we'll be thinking of the C7 Corvette, too. The Cannonball Run, of course, was...

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