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America's iconic Corvette takes center stage in Monterey
Corvette Racing's Tommy Milner will be present at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
Motorsport.com
August 9, 2013
MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 9, 2013 – From August 16-18, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will pay tribute to the enduring legacy of the all-American Chevrolet Corvette, which stunned the auto world at its debut at the 1953 Motorama Auto Show in New York City. Now 60 years later, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where historic automobile racing premiers as the only track-action competition during the Monterey Peninsula’s annual Classic Car Week, the Corvette will star as the event’s special marque, with seven generations of the magnificent sports car occupying special displays and/or paddock and pit areas before taking to the famous raceway for high-speed action.
Only 300 of the first-generation Corvettes were built, all of them in the color polo white with 150-horsepower, six-cylinder engines fitted with a Power Glide automatic transmission. Compared to the high-powered performance of Corvettes today, the 1953 Corvette was quite mild; however, the second- generation Corvette, the Corvette Stingray introduced in 1963, enjoyed considerable success on race circuits around the world. As a street car it had the perfect blend of high power and good looks.
Helping the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion to celebrate the Corvette and the 50th anniversary of the exceptional Stingray model will be various luminaries, including Corvette Racing team driver Tommy Milner, who will take part in Saturday’s popular Picnic in the Park discussions along with three-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, comparing the past of long-distance sports car racing with the present.
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Corvette Racing's Tommy Milner will be present at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
Motorsport.com
August 9, 2013
MONTEREY, Calif., Aug. 9, 2013 – From August 16-18, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will pay tribute to the enduring legacy of the all-American Chevrolet Corvette, which stunned the auto world at its debut at the 1953 Motorama Auto Show in New York City. Now 60 years later, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where historic automobile racing premiers as the only track-action competition during the Monterey Peninsula’s annual Classic Car Week, the Corvette will star as the event’s special marque, with seven generations of the magnificent sports car occupying special displays and/or paddock and pit areas before taking to the famous raceway for high-speed action.
Only 300 of the first-generation Corvettes were built, all of them in the color polo white with 150-horsepower, six-cylinder engines fitted with a Power Glide automatic transmission. Compared to the high-powered performance of Corvettes today, the 1953 Corvette was quite mild; however, the second- generation Corvette, the Corvette Stingray introduced in 1963, enjoyed considerable success on race circuits around the world. As a street car it had the perfect blend of high power and good looks.
Helping the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion to celebrate the Corvette and the 50th anniversary of the exceptional Stingray model will be various luminaries, including Corvette Racing team driver Tommy Milner, who will take part in Saturday’s popular Picnic in the Park discussions along with three-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, comparing the past of long-distance sports car racing with the present.
Full Story: America's iconic Corvette takes center stage in Monterey | News | Motorsport.com
