{"id":369602,"date":"2011-12-07T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=38439"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:13:13","slug":"duntovs-secret-corvette-gulf-oil-race-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/duntovs-secret-corvette-gulf-oil-race-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Duntov&#8217;s Secret &#8211; Corvette Gulf Oil Race Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>By Edward Lenahan<\/p>\n<p>This 1961 Chevrolet Corvette factory race car, soon to be auctioned at Mecum\u2019s January 24-29, 2012 Kissimmee Florida event, possesses a host of rare options and a provenance worthy of the velvet rope treatment at any of the world\u2019s finest auto museums or vintage races.\u00a0 Gulf Oil sponsored and driven to an SCCA B-Production national championship by the likes of Dr. Dick \u201cThe Flying Dentist\u201d Thompson and Don Yenko, it stands as one the most successful and important production-based Corvette race cars ever constructed.\u00a0 All the more impressive considering it was never supposed to exist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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