The future of Corvette

[veeten]

I find that... interesting. SRT Viper GTS-R takes 3rd at Daytona, Corvette finishes in the latter half of the top 10 and later a sinkhole happens at the Corvette Museum.

Ominous signs, indeed.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Oh tickle my ..... Rich . That Porsche is going to trounce the 458 this year again ..... and your just too proud to admit it ..... and you know it .......

Also the Aston is going to batter that Fiat too ..... Ferrari runner up AGAIN !!!

Didnt Ferrari win the wec last year? Lol

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by The Badger

Ok ..... In laymans terms ..... WTF are sink holes ? I mean I understand what they are but not how they come to be .

Is it old mining tunnels collapsing or what ?

Eastern Kentucky is all limestone. There are huge caves everywhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoth_cave

We build stuff on it and it occasionally collapses, albeit very rarely. Parts of Florida have sinkholes for the same reason.

[rich07]

Originally Posted by TF110

Didnt Ferrari win the wec last year? Lol

Oh I believe they did.....

[Nick Woodbury]

Trying not to stray off topic here, but sink holes nonetheless.

Louisiana sinkholes are becoming a bit of a crisis now, here is an example.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7cOSzEKvrQ terrifying

[nkoske]

Originally Posted by Nick Woodbury

Trying not to stray off topic here, but sink holes nonetheless.

Louisiana sinkholes are becoming a bit of a crisis now, here is an example.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7cOSzEKvrQ terrifying

I've lived in Cali and Wa state so a moving earth is something that's not new to me(been in two quakes > 6.8). But, sinkholes, man they're freaking creepy.

[David]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

Eastern Kentucky is all limestone. There are huge caves everywhere: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamoth_cave

Not to put too fine a point on it but Bowling Green is in Western Kentucky.....



If you say something like that again, we'll haul you all in....

[vincegail]

I probably have missed this completely, but why were there no Corvettes at the Silverstone WEC race?

[Deleted]

Originally Posted by vincegail

I probably have missed this completely, but why were there no Corvettes at the Silverstone WEC race?

Factory team doesn't care of WEC + Larbre got ****ed when ACO refused to have them enter C7.R into AM (even though they have now removed the year old chassis rule). Leconte and co had also been unhappy with C6.Rs balance of performance values

[David]

By the way, congratulations to the Corvette Team with the first C7.R win, a double podium at Long Beach!

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Chiana

Factory team doesn't care of WEC + Larbre got ****ed when ACO refused to have them enter C7.R into AM (even though they have now removed the year old chassis rule). Leconte and co had also been unhappy with C6.Rs balance of performance values

I think theyd like to do wec, but theres not much incentive. Maybe in a couple years or more when they open up the gt regs we will see Vettes Vipers BMWs etc.

[hondafan37]

The Corvette C6R GTE will be in International GT Open. The car is the Corvette used for Gavin, Milner and Westbrook in Le Mans 2013.
http://www.endurance-info.com/fr/nur...h-racing-team/

[MitchZ06]

V8 Racing used one last year too iirc. The SRT car apparently is going to be getting a 7.0L V8....

[CyberMotor]

Before and after photos from CNN of the Corvettes recovered from the sinkhole cave-in at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/26/travel...eum11aVODphoto

[nobster]

Originally Posted by CyberMotor

Before and after photos from CNN of the Corvettes recovered from the sinkhole cave-in at the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/26/travel...eum11aVODphoto

Too bad, did not know this had happened, no injuries ?

[GT6]

some of those cars look really bad, knew about the sink hole but thought it would be just bodywork damage

[Hendrix]

Originally Posted by nobster

no injuries ?

Nope, thankfully this happened when the museum was closed.

[nobster]

Originally Posted by Hendrix

Nope, thankfully this happened when the museum was closed.

How on earth are they going to repare the museum ground?

[CyberMotor]

Originally Posted by nobster

How on earth are they going to repare the museum ground?

I don't think there is going to be any repairing done, IMO. Kentucky is honeycombed with natural caves. I'm not sure that I would want to walk back into that building knowing that the center of it had caved in!

We actually toured the museum in the summer of 2012 and we shot a ton of photos. I actually was able to make a small contribution to the museum. I have a photo of Andy Pilgrim taking the new Corvette out for its first practice when Corvette had just returned to sports car racing. It was the first drive!

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http://www.dailysportscar.com/?p=29247

Not a mention of ACO's Michelin test track BoP sessions, but Corvette is doing pre-LM testing at Road America.

Less surprisingly only three chassis built so had Larbre actually managed to lobby C7.R into GTE-AM earlier this year they would have had to run the test mule or request P&M to build another chassis

[TF110]

I hope we see one next year in GTE AM. Maybe its possible if Vette takes a LM win this year. Im hoping for one.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by nobster

How on earth are they going to repare the museum ground?

Originally Posted by CyberMotor

I don't think there is going to be any repairing done, IMO. Kentucky is honeycombed with natural caves. I'm not sure that I would want to walk back into that building knowing that the center of it had caved in!

We actually toured the museum in the summer of 2012 and we shot a ton of photos. I actually was able to make a small contribution to the museum. I have a photo of Andy Pilgrim taking the new Corvette out for its first practice when Corvette had just returned to sports car racing. It was the first drive!

My understanding is that they will use earth. They are working on it now and the museum is still open. I heard they will use a system of caissons and piles to re-support at a deeper depth (errr... more deeper?), in-fill with soil, and reconstruct the SOG as if it were an elevated slab.

[TF110]

Corvette write up on motorsport.com. Driver quotes to go with it. Talk about the low downforce package they tested at Road America and the general feel of the car.

[CyberMotor]

Originally Posted by TF110

Corvette write up on motorsport.com. Driver quotes to go with it. Talk about the low downforce package they tested at Road America and the general feel of the car.

I think the 2014 C7.R picks up where the 2008 Corvette GT1 left off. Compare the look of the photo in the article to the 2008. The ridges along the top of the fenders, especially...

[Deleted]

http://www.corvetteracing.com/histor.../lemans2.shtml
This also is the first race at Le Mans for a Corvette with a direct-injection engine since the final GT1 race for the C6.R in 2009. Corvette Racing engineers expect a 3 percent gain in fuel economy over the C6.R which could mean one less pit stop over the course of 24 Hours - a potentially huge advantage.

I don't think that advantage really materializes because ACO has just given Corvette -5 liter BoP penalty (in relation to C6.R ZR1) for having that direct injection, just as the case is with 458...

Moral of the story: don't bother?