The Real Wheel Deal Michaelis’s No. 49 Corvette is one of the - TopicsExpress



          

The Real Wheel Deal Michaelis’s No. 49 Corvette is one of the three John Greenwood BFGoodrich team cars that terrorized FIA endurance races in the early 1970s, roaring through Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona. At various different outings, it was driven by the likes of John Greenwood, Bob Johnson, Dick Smothers and Don Yenko. The car grabbed its first major win in 1972 at Watkins Glen, with Greenwood and Smothers taking turns behind the wheel for the six-hour race. The engine currently in the car is an authentic Traco-built all-aluminum ZL-1 427 with more than 750hp. The car was restored in 2008 by Corvette Repair of Valley Stream, New York, which is owned by noted Corvette expert Kevin Mackay. It received a Best in Class at The Quail in 2008, was invited as a center display car for the Corvette Racing Legends event at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles, received the Amelia Award at the 2009 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance and was selected for Bloomington Gold Grand Finale in 2009. The car was also awarded the American Heritage Award in 2009, the highest award for non-street Corvettes by the National Corvette Restorers Society and was on display at the National Corvette Museum in 2009.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:43:52 +0000

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