Relive Part 2 of “Zora As We Knew Him” at Daytona, where Corvette enthusiasts, racers and historians gathered to celebrate Zora Arkus-Duntov’s enduring impact on Corvette engineering, racing success and the spirit that shaped America’s sports car.
Relive Part 1 of “Zora As We Knew Him” at Daytona, where Corvette fans and historians gathered to celebrate Zora Arkus-Duntov’s impact on Corvette performance, engineering and racing legacy with stories, camaraderie and unforgettable moments.
To read the CARS Magazine February 1973 article about John Greenwood’s BF Goodrich 427 ZL-1 Corvette race car, CLICK HERE! This week’s announcement from Chevrolet...
John Greenwood is a legend in the world of Corvettes. Through the ’70s, while production Corvettes struggled to maintain as much performance as possible, John and his brother Burt built a series of stunning C3 Corvette race cars. Arguably, the most famous of the Greenwood Brothers Corvettes was their famous “Batmobile” very wide-body Corvette that was more aerodynamic, and produced lots of down-force on the car’s huge racing slicks. Greenwood needed as much traction as he could get to better work his ZL-1 427 engines, rumored to be making upwards of 700-hp, perhaps more!
In the history of endurance racing, some entries have notably stood out in sheer importance, and the car being made available here will satisfy the most discerning criteria. We are proud to present to you the 1974 Greenwood Corvette chassis number 002, the ‘Spirit of Sebring ’75,’ the first and most famous of only six Greenwood wide-body race machines ever built.
Moreover, this particular car, powered by the legendary Chevrolet L88 big-block race motor, was John Greenwood’s personal favorite and the only one to be raced as a Greenwood ‘team’ entry (the other five examples were built for customers). Helped by direct GM support for its then-latest IMSA aero-restyling effort, the list of accolades it holds among the Greenwood cars is impressive—most pole positions, most race wins, and most ‘fast lap’ records, plus the overall all-time highest official speed ever recorded by any car at Daytona: 236 MPH. ‘Sebring ’75’ is also the most original of the surviving cars, and was never badly damaged nor in a serious accident.
For a limited time, we are offering 12, 11-inches by 17-inches art prints of the late John Greenwood’s racecars, as illustrated in my Illustrated Corvette Series, Vette Magazine monthly column. The Illustrated Corvette series has been in every issue of Vette Magazine since the spring of 1997, with over 220 installments. In the 18 years the column has been running, I have written and illustrated stories about John and Burt Greenwood’s cars five times. We offer two versions of each story: one with the story copy and one without. Then I created two single image layouts for a total of 12 prints.
Each 11 x 17 print is signed and numbered by me, K. Scott Teeters and is shrink-wrapped on a piece of 12 x 18 piece of corrugated cardboard so that the prints stats flat and clean.
For a limited time, we are offering all 12 prints for the astonishingly low price of just $120, with FREE SHIPPING.
The Corvette community lost another legend last week. On July 7, 2015 John Greenwood died. During the 1970s John and his brother Burt arguably made more of an impact of Corvette racing than anyone in their time.
Their most stunning legacy was the development of the Corvette wide-body, also known as the “Batmobile.” The wide-body kit was the last of what was unofficially known as “Duntov’s Racer Kit” series of Chevrolet engineered parts for road racing Corvettes.
Dateline: 12.30.11 A look back at a VERY BUSY year for the Corvette Community The other day I was telling my wife, Karen, that the...
