Chevy recalls a century of motorsports excellence (Autoblog)
Filed under: Motorsports, Classics, Chevrolet
General Motors is celebrating the Chevrolet Centennial this year – and
treating us to some nice historical footage, like this three-minute video
celebrating the Bowtie brand’s motorsports heritage. While Chevy’s racing
involvement in recent years has been mostly focused on NASCAR and its Corvette
Le Mans program, the marque enjoys a wealth of history in almost every racing
series.
Among the treats in this promotional piece are a few seconds of Bruce Larson’s
USA-1 Camaro Funny Car and Jim Hall’s famous Chaparral 2 sports car, vintage
NASCAR action from the era in which the term “stock car” still meant
something, and there’s a mention of Juan Manuel Fangio’s stint as a Chevy
driver in 1940. Of course, patron saint of Chevy Racing, Dale Earnhardt makes
an appearance, as well.
Although the video teases us with some cool old footage, it also relies on
still photography and the “Ken Burns effect” – a lot. It would be great to see
some more racing clips and less static shots of cars like the 1978
Indianapolis 500 Corvette Pace Car. In fact, we’d love to see GM commission a
longer documentary about Chevrolet’s racing history, …
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