What happens when you get a couple thousand LS and LT engines together for an annual meetup of America’s favorite sports car? SMOKE!

At this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise it was hard to ignore the dominance of Corvettes at the event, like the new Z06 on display at the Chevy booth.

Seeing the evolution of the Corvette in photos is one thing, but seeing the transformation from one generation to the next play out in an animation is a completely different story.

I hadn’t thought much about past cars that have been pitted against the Corvette over the years until I stumbled on a recent Driving.ca report titled “Seven Generations of the Corvette Against the World.”

While this week’s Corvette of the Week is not the official Sledgehammer (car #51), people commonly mistake “BoostedmaxPSI’s” 1988 Callaway Twin Turbo Corvette #57 for the famous Sledgehammer.

Here’s a Corvette of the Week that exemplifies why Corvette fans are among the most passionate group of people on Earth. New forum member “JVH” from Georgia recently picked up this two-tone 1985 C4 in the classic light- and dark-bronze shades. Although JVH has owned this ‘Vette only a few months, he’s been involved in a love affair with this exact car for 18 years.

Chevrolet has launched an interactive page on its U.K. website that enables users to gain some hands-on experience about the 60-year history of the ‘Vette.