Standalone contests are deliberate at two particular US-themed occasions – the American SpeedFest at Manufacturers Hatch in June and the second working of the US AutoShow fixture at Oulton Park in August – whereas Corvettes are additionally set to have a powerful presence on the Thundersports grid on the rebranded Silverstone Competition on the finish of August.
The races shall be open to the preliminary C1, C2 and C3 Corvette fashions. Dash races for the vehicles shall be held at Manufacturers and Oulton, whereas the Silverstone race shall be a mini-enduro.
The Corvette contests shall be organised by the staff behind the profitable Bernie’s V8s & Historic Outlaws sequence – who additionally plan to create a enjoyable ambiance within the paddock – and so they have been amazed by the quantity of curiosity generated.
“We’re such Corvette fanatics – we’ve been racing Corvettes for a very long time,” defined Simeon Chodosh, who is about to affix father Bernie and brother Adam racing Corvettes on the identical grid for the primary time.
“My dad began racing a Corvette, that my brother and I’ve been sharing, about 35 years in the past. We at all times thought we’d placed on this seventieth anniversary race and see what occurs.”
Jean-Charles Votta’s Corvette C2 is about to race
After getting assist from MotorSport Imaginative and prescient Racing to organise the grids on the US-themed occasions, an internet site was constructed and an enquiry kind created for these with Corvettes fascinated with participating.
Up to now, 45 drivers have expressed curiosity in competing, the bulk being these with C2s and C3s. The listing contains vehicles from throughout Europe and past, with the organisers serving to house owners to move their Corvettes to the UK.
“We all know the ability of social media however we by no means anticipated something of this magnitude – you’d be laborious pushed to discover a full grid of early Corvettes even in America,” added Chodosh.
“The response we acquired from all around the globe was simply unimaginable. We had the primary automotive from America enroll final week and there are many vehicles from Europe.
“It is a history-creating second – there’s not going to be one other large anniversary for Corvettes like this and it’s by no means been performed earlier than on this nation.
“The Traditional Corvette Membership goes to deliver as much as 250 Corvettes at Manufacturers Hatch and we’ve been talking to GM Heritage.”
Chodosh added that they opted to restrict the races to the older Corvettes to offer “shut battles” that may not happen if extra fashionable vehicles had been additionally eligible.