2013 Reunion - Race Group 5A - Car #3 (1963 Corvette Grand Sport)

2013 Reunion - Race Group 5A - Car #3 (1963 Corvette Grand Sport) | Aug. 17, 2013

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Event: Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion
Track: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Date: August 17, 2013
Time: 1004hrs
Race Group 5A
Drive: Bruce Canepa
Car #3: 1963 Corvette Grand Sport
Video Production: Vision Wells
Camera(s): ContourPLUS2 & ContourROAM2

Пікірлер: 48

@thomasallen9789 10 жыл бұрын

Wow, over 50 years old and still such a rocket

@jamesdoughty1522 4 жыл бұрын

That car is an ANIMAL!! The skill needed to drive the Grand Sport at these speeds must be incredible!

@mr.bombastic1173 5 жыл бұрын

I saw that grand sport at the revs institute about a month ago while doing a tour. Amazing machine

@rw895 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I thought this was the start of a Steve McQueen movie. Lol No ABS, No traction control, No auto blip. Just raw violence.

@deborahchesser7375 4 жыл бұрын

TRK RDY Vette perfect description, VIOLENT, but what a good beating it would be LOL.

@joeryan6947 9 жыл бұрын

This !963 Corvette Grand Sport can be seen at the Rev's Museum in Naples Florida. I am honored to be a Docent at the Museum. Come see this car and over a hundred more from 21896 to 1995. Rated as one of the top 5 museums in the world.

@mr.bombastic1173 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was there about a month ago. Great car and a true legend.

@ChooseFreeWill 7 жыл бұрын

nice view of the corkscrew

@turboslag 10 жыл бұрын

Now THATS a car vid!! And I'm not religious but OMFG this has to be one of the bad ass, horniest cars E V E R made! Massive thankyou for uploading this!

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

550 Hp and 1800 lbs

@TheJagjr4450 6 жыл бұрын

Truly the culmination of ZORA's dream for the Vette... unfortunately the Nassau Speed week publicity shed too much light given half of the GM Engineers were suspiciously in Nassau on "vacation" during the races when GM had a ban on support of all automotive racing.

@rotorblade9508 Жыл бұрын

such a pleasure to watch this glorious car. I’ll be racing the c2 GS too next week … ahh …but sim racing assetto corsa :)

@stanbunner8351 9 жыл бұрын

Grand Sport Corvette chassis #004 livery #3. Yes I did enjoy this video.

@robax 9 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed that very much!

@studio-flash 4 жыл бұрын

The Corvette grand sport ..what a car..what an engine. Isn't this the car that finally beat the cobras?

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

Finally? no this was the car that almost Killed the cobra, if Chevy wouldn't have shut down factory racing the Cobra wouldn't have been nearly as successful. Shelby is actually quoted saying that if corporate hadn't shut down duntov he would have been in trouble, cause the cobras couldn't keep up with the GS anywhere gotta remember the 390 and 427 cobras were still 3 years away when this was being built and the 289 and 260 cobras were just outgunned completely

@briansmith8361 3 жыл бұрын

Cars such as this make me proud to be an American!

@beyond_the_infinite2098 4 жыл бұрын

Great drive and the spin was exciting !

@frankfperron7037 Жыл бұрын

Always good to see a classic race car on the track instead of gathering dust in a museum. I understand that the driver is taking it easy, but he could be using more of the road and not early apexing. Shallow corner entry was the cause of the spin.

@dadatschool 3 жыл бұрын

Folks don’t realize that the Grand Sports were not modified production cars. They were purpose built factory race cars that didn’t share much of anything with the production cars; even the fiberglass body panels were on the order of 1/2 as thick to reduce weight. Only 5 of the 100 planned were built before GM brass pulled the plug and thankfully all 5 are still with us today. Their Le Mans story is pretty epic...

@kennyaustin2253 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video showing how fast a cobra is.

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

and how much faster the Grand sport is haha

@rowgun5212 4 жыл бұрын

That Vette has an angry, raging tiger under the hood and needs a driver of Jim Clarck's calibre to do it justice.

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

Goddamn he started letting it eat after that spin out

@Porsche9174Ever 10 жыл бұрын

Nice video! This is one of the original cars (#004) right?

@robertadams2657 Жыл бұрын

Yes, chassis #4, my father, Robert "Bob" Adams owned this car from, I think 1966 until he sold it around 1986 or 87.

@stoneeh 8 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of angry power..

@angeldanielgaritachea2192 3 жыл бұрын

Carrera epica

@AngryDuckSoup 6 жыл бұрын

Owning a C-3 with about the same power and a lot more weight I can imagine how terrifying that thing is to drive!

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah 1800 HP and 550 hp would be insane, if it's a real grand sport. the standard C2 weighed about the same

@angeldanielgaritachea2192 3 жыл бұрын

El motor está bien chingon

@GlassTopRX7 5 жыл бұрын

That thing is lot quicker than I thought it would be.

@NiagaraSam 5 жыл бұрын

What Rear Gear Ratio is the Grand Sport using on the Track....???? With a 4 Speed....

@NiagaraSam 5 жыл бұрын

Any Wheel Lift when reaching 120 MPH, before the Corners.....????

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

This driver beat a Aston Martin V12 Vantage in terms of lap time or a Porsche Cayman R

@JayZoop 2 жыл бұрын

Because of the lag in the motor, you need accelerate quicker out of those turns.

@BE109 10 жыл бұрын

Whats under the hood of this vette?

@BirdsAtDaybreak 10 жыл бұрын

Sounds good, eh! This car is #4 of 5 built, all surviving. I'm pretty sure it sports (pardon the pun, lol!), a 377 c.i. all aluminium small block .. from Wikipedia (under Chevrolet Corvette (C2) Sub Heading 'Grand Sport') .. "The Corvette Grand Sports were raced with several different engines, but the most serious factory engine actually used was a 377 cubic inch displacement, all-aluminum, small block with four Weber side-draft carburetors, rated 550 hp (410 kW) at 6400 rpm." Plus here's some more from the Wikipedia entry (thanks Wikipedia contributors! Maybe some of you are checking out this cool video!) .. "Body panels were made of thinner fibreglass to reduce weight and the inner body structure 'birdcage' was aluminium rather than steel. The ladder-type frame utilised large seamless steel tubular side members connected front and rear with cross members of about the same diameter tubes. Another crossmember was just aft of the transmission and a fourth one at the rear kick-up anchored the integral roll cage. The frame was slightly stiffer than the 1963 Corvette production frame and was 94 pounds lighter. A number of other lightweight components were utilised to reduce overall weight to about 800 pounds less that the production coupe.[18] Initially the Grand Sport project was known simply as "The Lightweight".[19] ..." Beyond (most) of our wildest dreams ... But you can own a little baby Hot Wheels one, just like I do !!! Check 'em out on Ebay. Corvettes 4 Ever !!!

@gregoryfranklin3315 6 жыл бұрын

BE109 377ci

@TheJagjr4450 6 жыл бұрын

yea with 58 IDA side draft Webbers... the car is like PORN... I could drool over it all day.

@chuckiebill7422 5 жыл бұрын

there is that sound again , the zora arkus-duntov sound ....close to the shelby sound but no cigar ( just kidding ) i love them all god damn it ...if if wasn't for zora there would not have been any game on for shelby ..except henry's obsession to out motor that poor old italian by the name of enzo , a perfect 3 wide coming out of a turn all together = stingray + cobra + 308 GT4 bahahah ya see? it's all good

@zacht9447 4 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is these almost killed the Cobra in the crib, Shelby's quoted saying that they were demolishing his cobra's, More power, better aero, and stiffer gotta remember the 390 and 427 cobras were still 3 years away when this was being built and the 289 and 260 cobras were just outgunned completely

@P2.L1 3 жыл бұрын

8:14

@375GTB 4 жыл бұрын

A great pity GM did not build 100 of these for the FIA GT Championship of the era. Ferrari would only lay down 39 GTO's Winning 1963 and 1964 GT... Whether ether car could have won Le Mans is Moot Ford designed the GT-40 to do BOTH! Took 3 years and $Millions On of the great might have beens... I was lucky to see Roger drive one a Sebring. 1964 Racing with the Prototypes and Cobra Coupes.. Then the 427 Penske SunocoTarga Roadster of 1966 STILL a force to be reckoned with.... Wheelies out of The Hairpin! Drafting Mk.II Fords and the 330P3 190+ mph... J.C.

@deborahchesser7375 4 жыл бұрын

I definitely think those cars would have proven more than competitive against Ford and Ferrari, and they were just as beautiful.

@frankdvorchak7927 3 жыл бұрын

My brother joe Dvorchak built John Greenwood race cars bfg cars

@fleetwoodray 4 жыл бұрын

Only thing disappointing about this vid is that there are some really dumb ass pedestrians who don't know when to get out of the way. You hear a loud ass racing car moving toward you, get out of the way!