Winning Corvette

[Lizard Racing]

October 13, 1962 saw Riverside Raceway stage a 3-hour race for sports cars. Notable among the entrants were three brand new '63 Corvettes.  They were part of the initial batch of 'Vettes with the Z06 option package.  They were so new, they were not yet recognized for SCCA production racing.  The organizers created an "Experimental Production" class to allow the new cars to run. There was also a new California hot rod called Cobra entered.  Winner of the race was Doug Hooper driving one of Mickey Thompson's Corvettes.

The kit is one of the old AMT annuals I already had built as something else.  The numbers were printed on white decal paper with black font background to get the white numbers. The emblems are from the excellent Vintage Racing Miniatures. Wheels and tires are from the parts box.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Renegade]

Very cool blast from the past.

[spencer1984]

Nicely done, that turned out great!

[Peter Lombardo]

Very nice... different subject that you don't see every day.

[Snake45]

Very nice! 

[afx]

Great build George.  That new California Hot Rod you mention would have one its very first race had it not broken a wheel hub.

[bbowser]

Nice replica build!  Split windows rule.

[El Caballo]

Neat, nobody would do that with a new vette nowadays.

[espo]

Great looking replica.  

[donb]

14 hours ago, bbowser said:

Nice replica build!  Split windows rule.

X2

[o-man]

great looking vette

[65slotcar]

a nice   build and great replica of the original  race car.   good  history  on the car ...but yah   the   260ci  cobra drivin  by Bill Krause  had a bad start and it took 9 laps  to pass the corvette.   built up a half lap lead when the left rear hub broke. 

[ChrisR]

Great replica!

[vintagercr]

How cool is that!