{"id":573728,"date":"2010-05-20T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/gm-prepping-for-50th-anniversary-of-corvette-at-lemans-with-one\/"},"modified":"2010-05-20T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T00:00:00","slug":"gm-prepping-for-50th-anniversary-of-corvette-at-lemans-with-one-off-z06","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/573728","title":{"rendered":"GM prepping for 50th anniversary of Corvette at LeMans with one-off Z06"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorsports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorsports<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/coupes\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coupe<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Performance<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/chevrolet\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chevrolet<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/racing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Racing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-corvette-celebrates-50-years-at-le-mans\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/corvettelemans50.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Corvette celebrates 50 years at Le Mans &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/corvettelemanslogo.jpg\" \/>At next month&#8217;s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/corvette\">Chevrolet Corvette<\/a> will celebrate its gold anniversary, having run the French race for the first time fifty years ago. <\/p>\n<p>The first party to mark the milestone will be this weekend at the will be marked by having the current Corvette racing team joined by &#8216;Vettes and &#8216;Vette drivers from the last fifty years at the six-hour ALMS race at Laguna Seca Raceway. Follow the jump for the full release on Corvette&#8217;s activities for this weekend, and have a look at a dressed up one-off Z06 built to commemorate the pedigree.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-corvette-celebrates-50-years-at-le-mans\/low\/\">The Corvette celebrates 50 years at Le Mans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-corvette-celebrates-50-years-at-le-mans\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/a_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/the-corvette-celebrates-50-years-at-le-mans\/low\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/x10arch038_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n[Source: Chevrolet]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/gm-prepping-for-50th-anniversary-of-corvette-at-lemans-with-one\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>GM prepping for 50th anniversary of Corvette at LeMans with one-off Z06<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/20\/gm-prepping-for-50th-anniversary-of-corvette-at-lemans-with-one\/\">GM prepping for 50th anniversary of Corvette at LeMans with one-off Z06<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 20 May 2010 19:00:00 EST.  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