Category Archives: Corvette Performance

Tom Norkiewicz Shows GM Desert Proving Grounds in Yuma, AZ

This video is amazing!  Watch as GM engineer Tom Norkiewicz puts the C6 Corvette through its paces at the GM Desert Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona.  Are you up to drifting at 130 mph? Norkiewicz has 22 years experience, mostly at …

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Chevrolet Performance Vehicles Parts Catalog Now Available Free

Chevrolet Performance announced its 2012 catalog of high-performance parts and accessories for Chevrolet cars and trucks, as well as crate engines and engine parts.  This 356 catalog can be obtained free! Featuring the new COPO Camaro concept vehicle on the …

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Motor Trend Tests Show-Stoppers, Corvette Z06 Tops List

Competition was fierce when Motor Trend decided to test a slew of vehicles on how quickly they could come to a screeching halt after traveling at 60 mph. The team figured the cars that came to a complete stop in …

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Callaway Corvette Powered Silverado Sport Truck

What would it be like to apply the Callaway Corvette philosophy to a Silverado 1500 with a 6.2 Liter (376 Cubic Inch) V8?  What would Callaway‘s powerful engineering do to a Silverado Crew Cab? To find out for myself, I applied my …

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Z06 Centennial Edition Epic Lap

Have a need for speed? This short video reveals an epic lap behind the wheel of Chevrolet’s Centennial Edition Corvette Z06 on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. What does driver Randy Pobst have to say about its… Handling –"Like Corvettes have …

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Corvette ZR1 Sets New Record at Nurburgring

Currently, Nissan GT-R has been bragging about their newly improved record time on the Nurburgring: 7 minutes 24.22 seconds.  That is mighty fast, and good for them!  That was even a better time than the 2009 Corvette ZR1 back in 2008. In …

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Chevy Trucks Flex Corvette Muscle!

You have probably already read about Corvette-inspired, supercharged Silverados, Tahoes, and Suburbans here before!  Prolific freelance writer Larry Edsall updates us all today with his article on what Callaway Corvette enthusiasts are now doing to our Chevy Trucks. Long known for deriving …

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Inside the Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant

The Bowling Green Assembly Plant, home to the Corvette, was featured in an episode of National Geographic Channel‘s "Ultimate Factories" series.  The emphasis in the episode is on the production of the Z06. It shows Wil Cooksey as the Plant …

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Corvette Wins IntelliChoice’s ’2011 Best Overall Values of Year’ Performance Award

Stellar performance – one of the qualities a Corvette is known for! Just this past month, IntelliChoice, the market leader in automotive ownership cost and car value analysis, re-instilled this Corvette fact at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) 2011 …

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Ron Fellows Corvette Driving School

Corvettes are virtually omnipresent at the Ron Fellows Driving School, west of Las Vegas, Nevada.  The Driving School itself owns many, but many of the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch members, or those who come for company business, drive Vettes, too! While …

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