C5-r
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From: Ideals are peaceful...History is violent...St.Charles, MO.
2020 Corvette of the Year Finalist (appearance mods)
C5 of Year Winner (appearance mods) 2019
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'12 thru'22
The C5-R is something I never get tired of looking at or talking about, and this particular one in the photos is legendary. The Rolex 24 hours at Daytona in 2001 saw this car win the overall victory, outlasting the much faster LMP prototypes. Ron Fellows, Chris Kniefel, Franck Freon, and Johnny O'Connell hustled this car to victory lane in some of the worst weather in history of the race. Truly epic achievement what they accomplished and why I pay homage to it with my avatar.
Instructor
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Gorgeous car! Always been a fan of the looks of factory GT racers. I couldn't help but notice however, that the placard says "CR-5"??? Of all places to have a typo, the GM Heritage Center?! Is there some validity to this nomenclature? Someone enlighten me.
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From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '25
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A beautiful car - GM had a real winner there.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Edmonton Alberta, Canada
How dare you post pics of a Corvette with a wing and body kit...lol. I have a C5R body kit on my Corvette since new. I love it and probably would not have a Corvette C5 without, get nothing but sincere compliments from people. Thanks for posting 
Greetings, Rob
Greetings, Rob
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Little Rock Arkansas
Very nice!
The National Corvette Museum in their race car section has the homologation road car for the C5-R. FIA rules required them to be built to satisfy FIA homologation. It's apparently one of only two, finished in silver, and it's effectively a C5-R built to be street-driven.
The National Corvette Museum in their race car section has the homologation road car for the C5-R. FIA rules required them to be built to satisfy FIA homologation. It's apparently one of only two, finished in silver, and it's effectively a C5-R built to be street-driven.