What is the JAKE
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What is the JAKE
What is the meaning of the Jake?? Where and when was it developed and why is it important to corvette? Is it a skull with corvette insignia eyes and 4 teeth? Don't really get it but I see it used alot.
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The Jake came out of Corvette Racing probably in '05 when the C6Rs came out. The Jake was supposed to signify the skull and crossbones of a pirate's flag meaning "take no prisoners". Given the success of Corvette Racing (maybe not lately) they did run over the GT1 class for many years and "took no prisoners". Believe Corvette Racing has trademarked the JAKE.
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The Jake came out of Corvette Racing probably in '05 when the C6Rs came out. The Jake was supposed to signify the skull and crossbones of a pirate's flag meaning "take no prisoners". Given the success of Corvette Racing (maybe not lately) they did run over the GT1 class for many years and "took no prisoners". Believe Corvette Racing has trademarked the JAKE.
That is about it. A little more history, it actually got its start in 2004 at Lemans.
Instead of me trying to tell it, here is a link that will tell you all about Jake.
http://jalopnik.com/5249746/the-hist...racings-mascot
Many believe that Jake is a C6 only item, but if you talk to Corvette drivers that are true Corvette Racing fans they will tell you it does not represent C6 Corvette's only but anybody that supports Corvette Racing.
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Thanks TR6speed - that was an interesting read. And a nice pic of the tat on the slim.
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Remember the move the "Punisher" ? and the skull used in that movie ? Take No Prisoners
Jake was offshoot of that as a mascot of Corvette Racing
http://badboyvettes.com/about
Original Drawing on a beer soaked napkin
http://badboyvettes.com/
Jake was offshoot of that as a mascot of Corvette Racing
http://badboyvettes.com/about
We were at Le Mans in 2004 and we met the Corvette Racing team. We noticed that the team had unofficially embraced skull icons as a symbol of the take-no-prisoners mentality of those intense 24 hours. "TAKE NO PRISONERS" was actually scrawled on the wall of the Corvette pit.
We thought that the team should have its very own skull icon and we sketched our idea over beers on a cocktail napkin.
The C6.R "Mascot" made its debut on C6.R's b pillars the next year at the 2005 Le Mans race. They've been on the C6.R's ever since. What can we say except that we're extremely happy & proud to have our design on the coolest racecars in the world.
We thought that the team should have its very own skull icon and we sketched our idea over beers on a cocktail napkin.
The C6.R "Mascot" made its debut on C6.R's b pillars the next year at the 2005 Le Mans race. They've been on the C6.R's ever since. What can we say except that we're extremely happy & proud to have our design on the coolest racecars in the world.
http://badboyvettes.com/
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Here is a complete write-up with pics I did a while back which was featured/recognized by BadBoyVettes.com. Enjoy!
Jake Origin and History
Jake Origin and History
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