Before Corvette earned its first Le Mans class victory, Briggs Swift Cunningham spent decades chasing a dream. Discover the remarkable life of the racer, sailor, patriot, and entrepreneur whose quest for victory took him from America’s Cup yachts to the world’s greatest endurance race.
The 427 big-block L88 Corvette was never meant for the street. With brutal big-block power, racing hardware, and thunderous open headers, it became one of the most feared Corvettes ever built. L88 Corvettes dominated road racing from 1968 to 1973.
Before the Corvette Grand Sport racers shocked the sports-car world in 1963, Dave MacDonald drove a strange and lightweight Corvette-based race car known as the MacDonald-Simpson 1961 Corvette Special. With a dramatically shortened wheelbase and purpose-built racing body, the car blurred the line between production Corvette and prototype racer—making it one of the most intriguing early Corvette competition machines.
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Before Corvette Racing became a global endurance-racing powerhouse, one determined American sportsman dared to challenge Europe’s best at Le Mans. In 1960, Briggs Cunningham brought three Corvettes to France and helped create the foundation of Corvette’s legendary racing legacy.
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