C3 and newer Corvettes built for Racing With Turns

Let's see some C3 and newer Corvettes used for road courses, rallies, and solo II type events. I have always had a fondness for racing with turns and momma's 81 Corvette has me reminiscing and dreaming at the same time. This car appears to have been ordered in Canada for someone to build a race car of some kind. I intend to get it back on the track with either myself or mamma driving. And as soon as I get the title work done and new VIN tags back on it, it will be driving on the street as well. Someone took the original VIN tags off the A pillar and Door jamb. The build plate on the door jamb matches the car and the VIN on the frame matches the car. So, I'm not sure why the tags are missing. But I don't want us getting pulled over with the VIN tags missing. They didn't inspect the car to title it, so I have plates for it. This is a web photo that is a classic example of what Corvettes were meant to be.

 

My ol' girl [nicknamed "the mistress"]

1970 Roadster .125" over 454 [482"] dry sump, roller cam, ZL1 heads
Quite low HP at 612 but 659 ft/lbs torque.
Gutted out lightweight at 1170kg [2574 lbs]
The highest terminal speed I got on a road course was 278 kph [172 mph]
It has insane braking power

 

Awesome pics. I see both cars have hoods that vent air and fender vents that anre open. On my 80 I had in Germany the front would get very light at higher speeds until I got the air flow under control. I had the vents open with an oil and trans cooler in them and a cowl hood to let air out. I wound up using brake ducts to take air from the chin spoiler and vent it out through the wheels. The top louvers were not something I wanted to tackle with the fiberglass. You have to love a proper road course car.

 

Mine bled off air from the grille via a slot in the cowl hood .
The radiator got fed air from the air dam under all this ducting





The rear was a parachute that was full of vents [there was a row of holes under the rear spoiler]

 

Right away I thought about Greenwood Corvettes.

 

Some shots from the SVRA event at COTA over the years.

 

Earl Pearson’s Super Production/Trans Am vette:

 

My ‘69 race car.

 

That is a beautiful car! I am toying with thoughts of wide fenders, side pipes and some other handling upgrades if it turns out the car has previously been modified. If it is an original 52,000 mile car I'll probably leave it stock and let momma drive it.

 

leMans

 

These two (and the first one I posted) are from the '77 24 hours of Daytona.