Corvettes at Carlisle was truly a stars and stripes weekend with the event showing an 11% increase overall and an all-time high for car registration for the show, which was launched in 1982. The annual event attracted new car buyers and vintage lovers alike. As well, GM product specialists and engineers were on hand and test drives of the 2011 GM product line, including the Corvette Grand Sport, were offered throughout the weekend.
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Displays and donations throughout the event raised almost $5,000 for Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit organization committed to helping those who have selflessly given to their country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries. One of the displays was an American flag recreated with Corvettes.
Fans of the Corvette know that 2010 marks a special occasion; the 50th anniversary of Corvette’s first victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. The founder of Corvettes at Carlisle, Carlisle Events and the Chip Miller Charitable Foundation helped orchestrate a once-in-a-lifetime gathering of the original 1960 Briggs Cunningham #3 Corvette, its driver John Fitch, along with the one-off 2011 GM Tribute Corvette.
Signing autographs and meeting with fans, Fitch, age 93, was a crowd favorite as the faithful came out in numbers to see the legendary driver. In addition to his distinguished racing career, Fitch is a decorated WW ll pilot and former POW. He is also the inventor of the “Fitch Inertial Barrier,” those yellow, sand-filled plastic barrels that line America’s highways and have saved countless lives in dozens of countries around the world.
The 2011 edition of Corvette at Carlisle will be held August 26-28, 2011 and in anticipation of another record-shattering event, registration is already open. For more information, visit the
Carlisle Events web site.
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