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Archive for July 24th, 2006

24 Jul

Corvette Racing: ZR-1 #92

Corvettes have often been associated with racing, and ZR-1 #92 is an example of the racing heritage on display at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. This particular car (#92) was modified for endurance racing, and competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona where it finished fourth in its class in 1991. In the same [...]

24 Jul

A Corvette Ancestor: the Glasspar

On a recent trip to Washington DC I decided to take some free time and visit the Smithsonian. If you have ever been there yourself, you know that there are a number of buildings; the museum is much too large to fit in one! I had been to the Air and Space museum (one of [...]

24 Jul

Five Generations

Update: Yes, there are now six generations of Corvettes. The C6 made its debut as a 2004 model, and has received high marks all around. However, I have elected to leave this page as I originally wrote it back in 2002.
The first Corvette rolled off of the assembly lines back in 1953. It was [...]

24 Jul

The license plate

The license plate on my car reads LANYAP. And it has nothing to do with Local Area Networks (LAN) or talking (YAP). What it does have to do with is growing up in south Louisiana. The French / Cajun influence is very strong in that area of the state, and so there are lots of [...]