{"id":493304,"date":"2013-09-01T05:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=15751"},"modified":"2024-03-06T02:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T02:14:53","slug":"product-reviews-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/product-reviews-september-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"[Book Review] Corvette Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PR201309-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-534511 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PR201309-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PR201309-p1.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PR201309-p1-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PR201309-p1-92x100.jpg 92w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PR201309-p1-293x319.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a>Corvette Racing<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">By David Kimble<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As you readers may know, author Kimble is one of our industry\u2019s finest cutaway artists, as well as being a well-published journalist. Happily, both of those skill sets are on display in this superbly executed large-format book. As the title of this 60th anniversary celebration suggests, Kimble traces the history of the Corvette\u2019s competition career from its earliest six-cylinder days right up through 2012 when the brand\u2019s name was applied to the Grand-Am\u2019s Daytona Prototype class.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Broken down into ten eras coinciding with the car\u2019s evolutionary development, the story covers both racing and street applications of Corvette technology, enhanced by liberal use of the author\u2019s aforementioned illustrations, as well as excellent photography from GM\u2019s archive and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">All the major figures in Corvette competition history are discussed, from the legendary Zora Arkus-Duntov through Betty Skelton, John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham to John Greenwood and Gary Pratt, naming only a few. The seminal variations on the Corvette theme are also not forgotten: SS, Sting Ray, Grand Sport, Mako Shark, Z06, L88, LT-1, ZL-1\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This book could have used a good copy editor and spellchecker, but none of that really detracts from the finished product. Available for <b>US$60\/\u00a340<\/b> from better bookstores or direct from publisher Motorbooks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorbooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.motorbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corvette Racing By David Kimble As you readers may know, author Kimble is one of our industry\u2019s finest cutaway artists, as well as being a well-published journalist. Happily, both of those skill sets are on display in this superbly executed large-format book. 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