Official C8 Corvette Driving School at Spring Mountain To Start Classes this April
The Corvette Owner’s School at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School will officially kick off its new program for the mid-engine 2020 Corvette with the first classes to start in April. And once again, Chevrolet is offering huge savings on the enhanced two-day program for just $1,000.
This announcement comes from Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club, home of the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School.
“We are thrilled to be able to continue our relationship with Chevrolet and Ron Fellows here at our world-class facility. There has been an incredible buzz around the 8th generation Corvette, and what better way to kick off 2020 and our twelfth year of the school, with the all-new mid-engine Corvette,” said John Morris, CEO and co-owner of Spring Mountain.
The new C8 Corvette program features a two-day curriculum designed to provide drivers of all experience levels the skills and techniques of performance driving. You will experience both classroom and on-track driving instruction in a manner that builds upon your skills and increases your confidence with each session. You will come away from the Spring Mountain experience more knowledgeable and confident in the incredible capabilities of the 2020 Corvette.
Located just 55 miles from downtown Las Vegas, the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School offers some of the most fun you can have in a Corvette. Tuition for the two-day class is only $1,000 and includes a one-night stay in one of Spring Mountain’s luxurious condominiums. Enjoy access to the clubhouse for meals and drinks with breakfast and lunch prepared by Spring Mountain’s onsite chef.
“Our entire team here at Spring Mountain are incredibly excited about the 8th generation Corvette and cannot wait to get the new Owners School program started. I know that everyone responsible for the day-to-day operations of our school are really looking forward to providing our outstanding service and a great overall experience showcasing the next-level engineering of the new mid-engine Corvette,” said Ron Fellows, charter member of Corvette Racing and co-founder of his school at Spring Mountain.
To book your C8 Corvette Owners School, Call 800 391-6891 or view online at www.CorvetteOwnersSchool.com
Check out this photo gallery from Spring Mountain featuring the 2020 Corvette Stingray Z51 Coupes on the track!
Source: Corvette Blogger
2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Nurburgring Lap Time Is 7:28.30: Report
There’s plenty of video evidence of the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8’s presence at the Nürburgring, so it’s no surprise that that at least one of the C8’s numerous laps was a timed, balls-to-the-wall affair. Surprisingly, Chevy never revealed any lap times from any of the mid-engined car’s track sessions, but now there’s a report claiming that a lap time is pretty much on par with that set by a Lamborghini Huracan LP610-4.
According to Muscle Cars & Trucks, the C8 set a lap of the Nürburgring in 7:28.3. The aforementioned Lamborghini recorded a lap of 7:28 flat when tested by Germany’s Sport Auto, and over the course of a 12.9-mile, 154-corner lap, that’s well within the margin of driver error.
One has to be slightly skeptical of this claimed time, and not just because MC&T doesn’t disclose the source of its information—although the site has proven to be right in multiple claims surrounding GM products this year. The C8’s time is only some 11 seconds quicker than that set by a C7 Z51 in poor conditions, and with the gains made to the Corvette’s transmission and 6.2-liter V-8 in the C8 generation, it feels like that margin should be much bigger. Admittedly, almost everyone who has driven the C8 near its limits so far seems to say that the car’s suspension setup is a work in progress and that there’s a ton of untapped potential in the chassis. This means that quicker times may yet be possible even without increasing the Corvette’s power output.
But since the C8 is at least semi-believably as quick around the ‘Ring as an entry-level Lamborghini, we can only fantasize about what times the faster, seemingly inevitable Z06 and ZR1 will achieve. We know that one of the two will drop the cam-in-block, cross-plane crank 6.2 for a C8.R-derived V-8 with a lightweight flat-plane crank and dual overhead camshafts, which will offer greater horsepower per liter—and potentially a broader rev range.
This engine is rumored to make as much as 600 horsepower and 620 pound-feet of torque, though there’s no telling whether it’ll arrive on the scene for the Z06 or the ZR1 (or its equivalent), which will reportedly gain an electrified front axle and twin turbochargers for a total output of 900 horsepower. The mere concept of a Corvette with McLaren P1-level performance is enough to make anyone wave the Stars & Stripes.
The Drive contacted General Motors for a statement on the C8’s alleged lap time, and we will update when we receive comment.
Source; James Gilboy- The Drive
Grand Marshall, Hans deBot, leads the Mooresville Christmas Parade.
Mooresville Christmas Parade
There was a chill in the air at the 70th annual Mooresville Christmas parade, with patrons bundled up as the participants walked, rolled, danced and drove down Main Street. Kicking off at 3:30 p.m., hundreds of residents from Mooresville and Iredell County lined the streets to watch grand marshal Hans deBot lead the parade, followed by floats, marching bands, dance troupes and popular characters like Elsa from “Frozen,” Winnie the Pooh, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and of course, Santa himself.
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