Chevrolet Chief Engineer Ed Cole parlays Duntov’s challenge and rushes a 1956 Corvette into the 12-hour race at Sebring … and wins!
The celebrated Corvette SS Prototype fails the next year at Sebring while the lesser heralded production Corvettes finish 1-2.
GM brass discovers and kills Zora’s secret lightweight Corvette in 1963.
But the C3 Corvette cleans up in 1969 as Carroll Shelby calls it quits and heads off on Safari to hunt big game in Africa.
Intrepid privateers, Bob Bondurant, 1967 and John Greenwood, 1969 and others came up short at the 24 hours of Le Mans.
Until the professional GM Corvette Racing Team wins in 2001.
Link to video: https://youtu.be/b_wHIW1-k2M
Zora tests the limits with his 1959 and 1963 CERV Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicles.
Adapted from Victory by Design, a telecast that has become available.
Alain DeCadenet, Co-writer & Narrator, Robert Ecker, Executive Producer, Martin Stockham, Producer, Tony Mylam, Writer & Director, Francis Moloney, Editor, Lesley Sawl, Production manager, Martyn Brake, On-board camera, David Crute, Tracking camera, Matt Wyer, Steady cam, Guy Dewdney, Camera car grip, Enzo Cannatella, Sound mixer
Photo credits: BRE Collection, Bill Stowe, Bob Dunsmore, Fred Lewis, Greenwood Archives
Created and scripted by RCRC, edited by Maxine Motley
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