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Most winning Corvette racecar ever heads to auction

Posted by Newbie Bloggers on Sunday, 26 August 2012

1968 Chevy L88 Crovette
RM Auctions in Monterey, Calif., will sell the most winning Corvette ever for more than an estimated $1 million next month.

The 1968 Chevy L88 Corvette won checkered flags at multiple SCCA championships for owners Owens/Corning in the late '60s and early '70s.

Piloted by racer Tony DeLorenzo, son of GM executive John, and Jerry Thompson, this Corvette's 7-liter (427 cubic inch) big block V8 produces 685 horsepower and is mated to a Muncie M-22 "Rockcrusher" transmission. It's storied history includes taking the 1969 and 1972 SCCA National "A" Production Championships, 1968 and 1970 SCCA National "A" Production Runner-Up.

RM Auctions estimates this Corvette will sell for somewhere between $950,000 and $1.3 million.
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