Original upload date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 07:48:56 GMT
Legendary Zora Arkus Duntov handpicked top Corvette racers Dave MacDonald and Dick Thompson to shakedown the all new 1963 Corvette Stingray. Zora assembled the media for this three-day event (June 29
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- July 1, 1962) held at the GM Proving Grounds in Michigan. Footage of this historic shakedown was used in a GM promotional video titled Biography of a Sports Car. It was distributed around the globe as part of GM's '63 sales campaign.
The video you're viewing is an edited version of a GM copy that Zora Duntov personally gave to Sherry MacDonald at a 1992 banquet dinner in Palm Springs California.
Two months later GM presented the first four Z06's off the line to renowned Corvette racers Dave MacDonald, Bob Bondurant, Doug Hooper & Jerry Grant - it was decided MacDonald would receive VIN#684, the very first. All four Stingrays would debut at Riverside International Raceway on Oct 13, 1962. Also debuting that day was Carroll Shelby’s iconic Ford Cobra.
