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Corvette Racing Series: Episode 1

March 19, 2010
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A couple of weeks ago we showed you a nicely produced propaganda piece from Corvette Racing that was more or less developed to justify their existence to the naysayers. Today, we have the first of 12 videos following the team through the 2010 racing season. This one is equally well produced and actually has a [...]

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Track Ready: 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition

March 10, 2010

The Corvette Z06 has long been regarded as the best Corvette to take to the track. To commemorate the Corvette’s 50th anniversary of racing in the 24 Hours of LeMans, Chevy is giving the Z06 an even sharper edge with the Carbon Limited Edition. The concept was to take what makes the Z06 great-lightness and [...]

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Corvette Racing appeals to the faithful while justifying selves to naysayers

March 4, 2010
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When the GM bailout by the US and Ontario governments took place, there were a good number of non essential marketing efforts that were discontinued. Obviously this included a good chunk of The General’s playtime motorsport activities. Truth be told, other than generating marketing dollars, many forms of racing contribute little or nothing towards product [...]

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Corvette Racing visits Sebring to shake down new ride

March 2, 2010
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Late Winter is a wonderful time for racing enthusiasts in cold climates. The roundy round guys and girls are already racing in the warmer parts of the south, which gives us something to watch on TV rather than shoveling the driveway and teams that start later in the season are out testing new cars.
Corvette Racing [...]

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Shutter Speed: Dewar, Cooke, and Jackie

February 2, 2010

My new position as the chief and only photographer for the Canadian Baby Photographers in the Ottawa area was going well, but it had some serious challenges. Since I worked on a commission basis of my work sold, I needed to have good images and a great salesman to sell my work. The problem was the [...]

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Superformance teams with The General to recreate Corvette Grand Sport legend

November 12, 2009

For those who aren’t aware, Superformance has been churning out top quality Cobra replicas out of a facility in South Africa for years now. While they are sold sans drivetrain, you would be wrong to call these kit cars. The Superformance factory is considered one of the finest fiberglass manufacturing facilities in the world and [...]

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Watercar Python: Quick moves on water and land

October 26, 2009

Back in the middle Sixties, the Germans brought us the Amphicar. It was a quaint looking little car boat combo powered by a Triumph Herald engine putting out a whopping 38 horsepower. This made for top speeds of 7 knots on water and 70 mph on land. It sat 4 people and more or less [...]

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The Pink Lady, Donna May Mims passes

October 10, 2009

One of the pioneering women of racing, Donna Mae Mims has passed away as 82 years of age following a series of strokes. Mims became known as the Pink Lady, thanks to her penchant for driving pink race cars. No novelty act, the Pink Lady was one of the top amateur racers in America through [...]

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Trans Am returns to Mosport: Mike Skeen race report

May 20, 2009

There are few race tracks left that still have the same spirit that they had back in the early days of Trans Am and of those, Mosport is arguably the most authentic. Our local track has a way of dishing out the lowest lows and the most rewarding highs and Victoria Day weekend 2009 was [...]

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Corvette Forum breakfast meet

April 25, 2009

Young Riley & I were out shooting pictures of the 2010 Lincoln MKZ at Whitby harbour this morning and on our way home we noticed a lot full of Corvettes. Of course we had to drop by for a quick visit. It turns out that it was a breakfast meet-up of the Corvette Forum. Even [...]

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