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A classic Chevrolet Corvette on exhibit at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky, where Zora Arkus-Duntov's ashes are interred by his own request
History & Heritage

Zora Duntov buried at the Corvette Museum: why it matters

Patrick Walsh · · 9 min
1960s GM automotive design studio interior with a mid-engine Corvette concept prototype on a clay model stand surrounded by designers and engineers
History & Heritage

Corvette mid-engine history: Zora Arkus-Duntov's fifty-year campaign

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
1960s Chevrolet Corvette C2 race car powersliding through a corner at Sebring International Raceway with motion blur and racing number on door
History & Heritage

Corvette Racing Heritage

Patrick Walsh · · 11 min
CERV I single-seat open-wheel Chevrolet engineering research vehicle at a 1960s GM proving ground with a period engineer examining the mid-engine layout
History & Heritage

CERV I: Zora Arkus-Duntov's Corvette test bed explained

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
1963 Corvette Grand Sport lightweight racing prototype with distinctive narrow bodywork and race numbers at Nassau Speed Week with period crowd watching
History & Heritage

Corvette Grand Sport 1963: the story behind the five cars built

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1964 CERV II Corvette all-wheel-drive mid-engine prototype with enclosed silver bodywork at GM Milford Proving Grounds in documentary photography style
History & Heritage

CERV II: Chevrolet's 1964 all-wheel drive mid-engine Corvette prototype

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
Vintage 1950s Le Mans racing scene showing sports cars at speed on the Mulsanne straight, evoking the competitive world where Zora Arkus-Duntov raced before joining GM
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Zora Arkus-Duntov's racing career: the driver behind the Corvette

Patrick Walsh · · 10 min
The 1957 Chevrolet Corvette SS purpose-built race car with magnesium body on the starting grid at Sebring surrounded by mechanics in period overalls
History & Heritage

Corvette SS at the 1957 Sebring: the race car that shaped what came next

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette and a 1963 C2 Sting Ray coupe at a GM design facility, representing the evolution Zora Arkus-Duntov drove over his 22 years shaping the car
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Zora Arkus-Duntov biography: the engineer who made the Corvette matter

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
Harley Earl and Zora Arkus-Duntov standing together beside the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Motorama show car at the GM Technical Center studio
History & Heritage

Father of the Corvette: myth vs. reality

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
1957 Chevrolet Corvette with fuel-injected 283 V8 on a proving ground, representing the performance peak cut short by the AMA racing ban
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The GM AMA racing ban and the 1957 Corvette

Patrick Walsh · · 7 min
A 1956 Chevrolet Corvette at speed on Daytona Beach, recreating the atmosphere of Zora Arkus-Duntov's famous 150 mph two-way flying mile speed record run
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Zora and the 1956 Corvette: the year it became a real sports car

Tom Ramirez · · 8 min
Five 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport lightweight racing coupes lined up at a race circuit, the entire production run of Zora Arkus-Duntov's Le Mans challenger
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The five Grand Sport Corvettes Zora built before GM said stop

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
Unsold 1954 Corvettes in Polo White lined up on a 1950s Chevrolet dealership lot with dust on windshields and faded showroom bunting
History & Heritage

The year the Corvette almost didn't survive

Tom Ramirez · · 7 min
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray coupe rear view in studio lighting, showing the controversial vertical spine that divided the rear window for only one model year
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Why the split window Corvette was removed after one year

Wayne Coburn · · 7 min
White and blue racing Chevrolet Corvette at the 12 Hours of Sebring with mechanics in period overalls working in the pit lane
History & Heritage

Corvette racing history: Sebring and Le Mans

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
Extreme close-up macro detail of a Duntov solid-lifter camshaft from a 1956 Chevrolet small-block V8 showing cam lobes and lifters under dramatic studio lighting
History & Heritage

Duntov Cam Corvette Camshaft: What It Was and Why It Matters

Wayne Coburn · · 8 min
A 1975 C3 Corvette beside a 1984 C4 Corvette representing the generational handoff from Zora Arkus-Duntov to Dave McLellan as Corvette chief engineer
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Zora Duntov's retirement and the McClellan succession

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min