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08-09-2017, 02:32 PM
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Nope. While Carlisle is huge in the Corvette world, not so much automotive news world.
If they unveil it at a non-international auto show event, I'd think maybe the IMSA race at Petite LeMans (Road Atlanta early October). Taking a wilder guess, I wouldn't be surprised if Team Corvette stayed at Road Atlanta after the race and did a press preview/unveil. That's what they did with the C7 ZO6. Pro driver laps of a track with lap times to compare with other high performance cars, and chance for magazine writers to drive the car. Also enough lead time for magazines to coordinate print copies with North American auto show roll out.
If you live near RA, I'd be on the lookout for new ZR1s driving the backroads in week after Petite LeMans.
If they unveil it at a non-international auto show event, I'd think maybe the IMSA race at Petite LeMans (Road Atlanta early October). Taking a wilder guess, I wouldn't be surprised if Team Corvette stayed at Road Atlanta after the race and did a press preview/unveil. That's what they did with the C7 ZO6. Pro driver laps of a track with lap times to compare with other high performance cars, and chance for magazine writers to drive the car. Also enough lead time for magazines to coordinate print copies with North American auto show roll out.
If you live near RA, I'd be on the lookout for new ZR1s driving the backroads in week after Petite LeMans.
08-09-2017, 02:32 PM
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Team Owner
Doubt it very much.
08-09-2017, 03:14 PM
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No. It will be at a major auto event like the North American International Auto Show in Detroit during the last week of January.
08-09-2017, 08:26 PM
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Zymurgy is correct about the ZR1's upcoming reveal at NAIAS, and going backwards, the C7 Z06 was also revealed at NAIAS (not at Road Atlanta).
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08-09-2017, 08:29 PM
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^^^ So was the C7....you'll see it in January.
08-16-2017, 05:09 PM
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They ought to reveal it at Bowling Green during the solar eclipse. Would certainly be unique setting.
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08-16-2017, 07:54 PM
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^ Not happening.
08-18-2017, 12:01 AM
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Possibly.
