Simeone Museum hosts Corvette Racing Weekend
10-18-2016, 10:48 AM
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Simeone Museum hosts Corvette Racing Weekend
October 21-22 2016: Simeone Museum hosts Corvette Racing Weekend with Ed Wellburn, Doug Fehan, Tommy Milner with Special Guest Richard Prince, Official Corvette Racing Photographer
A dinner party for Doug, Tommy and Ed will be held on Friday October 21. On the following day, the three will discuss developments of the current Corvette and the race team.
This is a very special event for all Corvette enthusiasts and a rare chance to see the team behind both the design of the car and its competition success.
Friday, October 21, 2016
6:30 Reception
7:00 Dinner
7:45-9:00 2015 LeMans Experience and Q&A with Doug, Tommy and Special Guest Ed Welburn
9:00 Autograph Session
Saturday, October 22, 2016
10:30-11:15 Photo History of Corvette Racing with Richard Prince and Doug Fehan
11:15-12:00 My Career Highlights at GM and Q&A with Ed Welburn
12-12:30 Grand Sport Demo
12:40-1:30 Auction of Corvette Racing Memorabilia
1:45-2:45 2016 IMSA Championship and Q&A with Tommy and Doug
2:45-3:30 Autograph Session
Click on link below for tickets:
http://www.simeonemuseum.org/museum-...end-doug-fehan
10-24-2016, 04:27 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Front page news indeed...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...eum-oct-21-22/
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...eum-oct-21-22/
10-25-2016, 02:37 PM
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I went both this year and last year. What a great event!
Overall, I'd say attendance for the dinner was easily 2x last year's and attendance for the Saturday event was also probably 2x larger, despite heavy rain in the AM.
Ed Welburn is a very inspirational dude. I won't do justice to his story in this space, google him to know how special it was to have him at the event. He drove his Z06 to the event [and I'm glad I didn't blitz around him as I followed him for the last mile or so to the event, he was going a little slow, probably unsure of the route.]
Doug & Tommy were as entertaining as ever. I don't know what we'll do when Corvette racing has a bad year... 2015 was all about the Lemans win, 2016 had the Daytona 1-2, the 100th win for the program, and the overall series wins (driver, constructor, etc.)
Another new add this year was Richard Prince joining the conversation. He's been the photographer for Corvette Racing from the beginning.
http://rprincephoto.photoshelter.com...00lpBZETegyY8/
National Corvette Museum also sent representatives to run a table with some clothing, and a Corvette auction [Hint - It'd be great if NCM became an authorized reseller of the full Corvette Racing Team offerings...]
Overall, I'd say attendance for the dinner was easily 2x last year's and attendance for the Saturday event was also probably 2x larger, despite heavy rain in the AM.
Ed Welburn is a very inspirational dude. I won't do justice to his story in this space, google him to know how special it was to have him at the event. He drove his Z06 to the event [and I'm glad I didn't blitz around him as I followed him for the last mile or so to the event, he was going a little slow, probably unsure of the route.]
Doug & Tommy were as entertaining as ever. I don't know what we'll do when Corvette racing has a bad year... 2015 was all about the Lemans win, 2016 had the Daytona 1-2, the 100th win for the program, and the overall series wins (driver, constructor, etc.)
Another new add this year was Richard Prince joining the conversation. He's been the photographer for Corvette Racing from the beginning.
http://rprincephoto.photoshelter.com...00lpBZETegyY8/
National Corvette Museum also sent representatives to run a table with some clothing, and a Corvette auction [Hint - It'd be great if NCM became an authorized reseller of the full Corvette Racing Team offerings...]
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10-26-2016, 12:47 PM
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Here is the official Simeone report:
2016 Corvette Racing Weekend – October 21-22
Event Recap:
The 2016 Corvette Racing Weekend featured Corvette Racing Program Manager Doug Fehan, 2-time Le Mans winning driver Tommy Milner, and Ed Welburn, designer of the new Corvette as well as many other great GM cars and recently retired head of all global design of General Motors 13 studios. They joined Dr. Simeone to celebrate Corvette Racing.
The event kick-off started Friday evening with a Corvette Racing Dinner Party and recap of the 2016 Corvette Racing season. Saturday featured an auction of Corvette Racing memorabilia benefitting the Simeone Foundation, discussions with the guests sharing their stories about the history of Corvette Racing and their own careers, followed by a driving demonstration of the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport #GS002, and concluded with an autograph session with Doug Fehan, Tommy Milner, and Ed Welburn. Photos by Andrew Taylor
Photo Album: http://www.simeonemuseum.org/media/p...-october-21-22
2016 Corvette Racing Weekend – October 21-22
Event Recap:
The 2016 Corvette Racing Weekend featured Corvette Racing Program Manager Doug Fehan, 2-time Le Mans winning driver Tommy Milner, and Ed Welburn, designer of the new Corvette as well as many other great GM cars and recently retired head of all global design of General Motors 13 studios. They joined Dr. Simeone to celebrate Corvette Racing.
The event kick-off started Friday evening with a Corvette Racing Dinner Party and recap of the 2016 Corvette Racing season. Saturday featured an auction of Corvette Racing memorabilia benefitting the Simeone Foundation, discussions with the guests sharing their stories about the history of Corvette Racing and their own careers, followed by a driving demonstration of the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport #GS002, and concluded with an autograph session with Doug Fehan, Tommy Milner, and Ed Welburn. Photos by Andrew Taylor
Photo Album: http://www.simeonemuseum.org/media/p...-october-21-22