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Carrera Digital 124 Slot Cars - Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport - Mecom Racing Team Sebring 12h 1964 - No. 2 (23748) Mar 1st 2013, 18:27 Category: Toys & Games Vendor: Item Weight: 1.5 pounds Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) ASIN: B003IT5QGS Item model number: 2002 Product Description : Comes only with rear lighting Back in 1962, Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov initiated a program to produce a lightweight version based on a prototype that mirrored the new 1963 Corvette. Concerned about Ford and what they were doing with the Shelby Cobra, Duntov's program included plans to build 125 Grand Sport Corvettes to make them eligible for international Grand Touring races. After the GM executives learned of the secret project, the program was stopped, and only five cars were built. All five cars have survived and are in private collections. They are among the most coveted and valuable Corvettes ever built, not because of what they accomplished, but because of what might have been. The cars were driven by famed contemporary race drivers such as Roger Penske, A.J. Foyt, Jim Hall, and Dick Guldstrand among others. The Grand Sports, however, were never fully developed; poor aerodynamics caused high speed handling problems that were alleviated by a number of modifications but never completely solved. Dick Thompson was the first driver to win a race in the Grand Sport. He won a 1963 Sports Car Club of America race at Watkins Glen on August 24, 1963 driving Grand Sport 004.

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