Is it possible to sum up a century of Chevrolet racing
greatness? It wasn’t easy. Especially with an international motorsports
heritage as storied as ours. So, after much thought. We finally whittled down
an encyclopedia’s worth of success to the top 10 defining moments in Chevrolet
racing history. The hard, fast proof that Chevy Runs Deep. Let’s start this
week with #10!
#10
Zora’s Wild Ride
To publicize the ’56 Chevy’s new V8,
Zora-Arkus Duntov, father of the Corvette, agreed to race an as-yet-unrevealed
preproduction model in the annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Assaulting the
treacherous course in full camouflage without a roll bar, he not only won his
class, he set a new record and catapulted Chevy into the postwar performance
spotlight.
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