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History
About a third of US households had access to the Internet in mid-1999, a time when it was considered to have become a mainstream means of communication. At the time, CorvetteForum.com already was six months old, having been established as a means for Corvette enthusiasts to keep in touch with one another in the early days of 1999. While other early Corvette sites believed subscription fees would be the way to maintain an Internet presence, the site’s founder believed a more viable approach would be to maintain a site free to users, supported by advertisers.

The premise proved valid and CorvetteForum, purchased by Internet Brands in 2007, now is the largest and most active site for Corvette enthusiasts in the world with 513,000 registered users and almost 52 million posts.

Today
CorvetteForum is a multifaceted media hub dedicated to America's Sports Car, aka the Chevrolet Corvette. With over 12M monthly page views, CorvetteForum divides its experience into two main arenas: user forums and editorial.

The forums serve as a gathering place for Corvette enthusiasts to ask technical questions, discuss the latest news, share information, and speculate about the future of their favorite brand. The conversations are the heart of the community, but the friendships formed through this mutual interest extend well beyond as our members frequently host meet-ups, charity drives, and more.

The editorial section publishes breaking news, automotive features and original content created by our award-winning staff of editors and freelance automotive journalists who represent decades of combined experience and expertise.

Ethical Standards
CorvetteForum editors and contributors strive to maintain the highest possible standard of journalistic ethics with a focus on objective news reporting, fact-checking (and formal corrections when needed), and original content creation, which includes citing of sources, proper photo and source accreditation and disclosure of sponsored posts or connections with advertisers or manufactures. This includes free or discounted products or services. From car detailing products to car parts to media drives, the content team also maintains objectivity when creating sponsored content. Our ad sales department can sell ads; the content team only recommends products or services that we genuinely endorse and have experience using.

On the forum side, an elite team of Corvette enthusiasts serve as forum administrators and moderators. Their job is to fairly enforce the official forum rules while maintaining a sense of community. The Internet can be a cold, cruel place, but our admins and mods work tirelessly to organize content accurately, prevent hostilities and spam, and remove toxic personalities who violate rules.

Meet The Team

savewave

Administrator

Jim is the lead administrator at Corvetteforum and has been active on the site since 1999. He got his first Corvette 40 years ago and would continue to own a Corvette even if they were slow and ugly because of the association it provides with others in the "Corvette Family." Fortunately, Corvettes are neither slow nor ugly. When he’s not on the Forum or driving a Corvette, he enjoys wildlife photography.

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ShanMan14

Administrator

ShanMan14 has been with Corvetteforum forum more years than most millennials own skinny pants. A lifelong hockey fan, the moniker was contrived as an ode to NHL Hockey Hall of Famer, Brendan Shanahan. Kids, let this serve as a reminder that the online persona you choose in the moment, make stick with you longer than you think. What does this have to do with Corvettes? Nothing!

ShanMan14 was once the proud owner of a 1998 sparkling pewter C5 that eventually wound up on its side, totaled after a nasty run-in with some black ice. Occasionally you'll see his pewter beauty as his avatar. His passion for Corvettes never waned and after nearly two decades, is proud and privileged to still be part of the best Corvette discussion site on the internet.

While not as much a prolific poster as he once was, rest assured the duty and dedication remains. If you receive an email from our support team, it was probably him. If you see rainbows and unicorns, it was probably him too.

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Jesse

Administrator

Jesse joined the Forum in April 2002. In 2003, with the permission of then owner, Troy Roberts, he started the Annual Fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In 2006, others assisted him with the fundraiser and to date our members and vendors have donated approximately $1.4 million to help children diagnosed with cancer and other catastrophic conditions.

In 2004, he was appointed to the position of Moderator and in 2006, to the position of Administrator.

His passion for Corvettes started at an early age when his father bought a 1967 C2 and took him for a ride. He purchased his first Corvette a black coupe in 1996, and since then he has owned a 1996 Collector's Edition Convertible, a 1999 Silver Convertible, a 2007 Silver Convertible, a 2008 Silver Coupe and a 2014 Blade Silver Z51 Coupe.

When not on the forum, Jesse enjoys spending time with his family and his hobbies include playing golf and target shooting.

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Vettebuyer6369

Adminstrator

Vettebuyer6369 has been a contributor to the Corvette Forum since 2000. He gets his screen ID from buying 17 Corvettes since 1976, although it appears he’s found the 2 he likes! He was a Senior Instructor for the Bloomington Gold Workshops for many years and was very active on various show circuits. He currently attends most major auctions and auto events around the country.

These days he spends most of his free time teaching University courses and free-lance writing.

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Vetteman Jack

Administrator / MO Events Coordinator

Vetteman Jack has been a forum member since March 2001, a Moderator from 2016-2020 and an Administrator since March 2020. An active participant in a number of the forum sections, he is on his 10th Corvette, a 2014 Stingray, having previously owned two C3s, four C4s, and three C5s. The Corvette bug bit him as a teenager and he finally bought his first one at the age of 30. He is a founding member of the National Corvette Museum (30 year member). Having had a very successful Navy career as well as a career working for state government, he is currently enjoying retirement. In his spare time, he enjoys car shows, modding his Corvette, and spending time with his grandchildren.

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Zymurgy

Moderator

Zymurgy joined Corvette Forum in February of 2006, shortly before taking delivery of his Monterey Red 2006 Corvette. Before that he owned a Nassau Blue 1998 C5. Zymurgy became a Moderator in 2013 as he was waiting for his 2014 Laguna Blue C7 to be produced. In September of 2020 he picked up his Elkhart Lake Blue C8 Corvette. His interests in Corvettes date back to his childhood years as evidenced by the photo.

In his free time, he enjoys landscape photography and travels extensively, having travelled to all 7 continents.

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H P Bushrod

Moderator

H P Bushrod has been contributor to CorvetteForum since 2002. He's been a Corvette fan since he was a kid, and was really hooked when the C4 came out in 1983. It was the Corvette generation that turned him from admirer to owner. He's owned a 1985 Coupe, 1993 40th Anniversary Coupe, 1988 35th Anniversary Coupe, a 1982 White on Red C3, and currently, a 1987 red convertible with red interior and black top. He's active in supporting Corvette and other car shows throughout the year and charitable events.

In his free time, he's usually helping friends work on cars, gunsmithing, and target shooting.

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Grumpy

Moderator

Grumpy has been a member since August of 2001, when he purchased a 2002 Pewter Coupe. He has owned a 2007 Black C6 coupe. He has supported St. Jude's For Children since the inception. He is also the only (self-proclaimed) MONARTOR at CF and spends the majority of his time trying to herd the cats in the Politics, Religion & Controversy forum. He has survived through 3 major surgeries and managed to return from the end on the internet.

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DebRedZR1

Moderator / Regional Events Coordinator

Deb has been a member of CorvetteForum since 2005 and has loved Corvettes for as long as she can remember. She has owned several Corvettes, all red. Her Current is a 2019 ZR1 fondly named Big Azz Wing. In addition to being a Moderator, she is the Regional Events Coordinator, setting up Car events/Cars and Coffee across the country. Other interests include travel and track events.

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Patches

Moderator

Ed / Patches has been a CorvetteForum member since September, 2001 and a moderator since mid-2019. He has contributed technical and anecdotal information for most of those years based on first-hand experience working on his and friends’ C5s and his own 2014 C7. He has owned two 2002 C5s and a 2014 C7 and currently still owns his first C5 and the C7.

A mechanical engineer by training, he spent most of his career in the medical device industry developing and producing medical devices for several companies that ranged from start-ups to mega-corps. He retired recently and is devoting more time to his main passions of Corvettes and family.

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Zjoe6

Moderator

Joe joined the forum in August 2015 shortly after buying his first Corvette, a super-clean 2004 Torch Red Z06. The first thing he remembers learning about was the skip shift eliminator. Now two C7s later, he drives a 2019 Black Grand Sport and loves planning long drives out in the country. He has always loved sports cars, especially corvettes. He feels very fortunate to be driving one today. His other interests are mountain biking, hiking, electric guitars, and listening to music. Joe has been a moderator at Corvette Forum since August 2019.

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johnodrake

Moderator

A CorvetteForum member since December 2004 and a Moderator since 2010, johnodrake enjoys all things fast. He has owned and enjoyed seven previous Corvettes and is waiting for His Number 8, a C8. He lives in Lakewood Ranch Florida with his wonderful wife, Carole.

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JVP

"Ask Tadge" Coordinator / Tech Contributor

Jason has owned a Corvette since the mid-90s. He's commuted, run errands, taken long trips, and terrorized the local race track in every Corvette he's owned. Jason has been with the forums since March of 1999. Through a special relationship with folks at General Motors and the Corvette Engineering team, he's been able to bring "Ask Tadge" to CorvetteForum. This feature is exclusive to CorvetteForum users and provides them the opportunity to submit Corvette-related questions directly to the Chief Engineer and receive thorough and detailed answers.

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Steven Bell

Contributor

Steven has been involved with CorvetteForum since 2014 and has been working with Internet Brands since 2007 as an Administrator for AcuraZine. He has been a radio disc jockey in Kansas City since 1978 (41 years) and is currently on the air at KCFX/Kansas City (101 The Fox) as well as the Public Address Announcer for the ECHL AA hockey team in town (Kansas City Mavericks). He is the only voice of hockey in Kansas City since 1990 (29 years).

Steven is the President of the Corvette Club of Kansas City, Missouri. Hobbies include Naval Aviation, ice hockey and of course, his 2014 C7 Carbon Fiber Edition Z51 Stingray.

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Tommy Mabson

Editor

Tommy Mabson is a Senior Editor in sunny Southern California. He has fantasized, wrenched, and done deep dives on various cars of ill repute for far too long. Dog lover, sneaker collector, and nostalgia aficionado.

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Michael S. Palmer

Editor

Michael S. Palmer has been a professional writer and content creator for over a decade, covering cinema and technology and the automotive industry. Today he helps lead original content creation for sites like CorvetteForum, Ford Truck Enthusiasts, ClubLexus, AudiWorld, MustangForums, YotaTech, and JaguarForums. He’s also a proud member of the Writer’s Guild of America West and the proud owner of a 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302, 2013 Cadillac ATS-4 3.6, 1992 Buick Roadmaster Wagon & 1987 Mercury Cougar XR-7. Follow him on Instagram @michael.s.palmer

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Derin Richardson

Editor

Derin Richardson is a seasoned editor who's worked in print and digital media since 2008. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at California State University, Fullerton, and is an avid fan of American muscle. He oversees content for The Mustang Source, Mustang Forums, Dodge Forum, MBWorld, JK-Forum and 5Series.

As the grandson of a former L.A. Fire Department mechanic, he's grown up around cars and trucks most of his life. Some of his fondest memories are the times he helped wrench on his grandfather's 1941 Ford Pickup, which he endearingly nicknamed "High Yeller."

He currently drives a Red Hot 2018 Chevrolet Camaro SS but appreciates anything with four wheels and a little rumble.

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Pouria Savadkouei

Editor

Pouria is an automotive designer, journalist, and life-long car enthusiast. He is an automotive content editor at Internet Brands. He has been passionate about the art of the automobile for as long as he has been able to speak.

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Cameron Aubernon

Writer

Cameron Aubernon launched her automotive writing career in the early 2010s through the long-running The Truth About Cars. From there, she's written for Yahoo Autos, Automotive News, RideApart, Hagerty, Street Trucks, and C10 Builders Guide. Aubernon can be found all through the IB Auto Group family outside of CorvetteForum, including ChevroletForum, LS1Tech, and TeamSpeed.

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Sherry Bryan

Writer

Longtime automotive journalist S.J. Bryan has been covering the automotive industry for over five years and is an editor with Ford Truck Enthusiasts and regular contributor to F-150 Online, Harley-Davidson Forums, and The Mustang Source, among other popular auto sites.

Bryan first discovered her passion for all things automotive while riding in her parent's 1968 Ford Mustang. The automotive expert cut her teeth growing up riding on Harleys, and her first car was a Chevy Nova. Despite her lead foot, Bryan has yet to receive a speeding ticket.

The award-winning former playwright was first published at age 18. She has worked extensively as a writer and editor for a number of lifestyle and pop culture publications. The diehard gearhead is a big fan of American muscle cars, sixth-gen Ford trucks, and Oxford commas.

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Brett Foote

Writer

Brett Foote has been covering the automotive industry for over five years and is a longtime contributor to Internet Brands’ Auto Group sites, including Chevrolet Forum, Rennlist, and Ford Truck Enthusiasts, among other popular sites.

He has been an automotive enthusiast since the day he came into this world and rode home from the hospital in a first-gen Mustang, and he's been wrenching on them nearly as long.

In addition to his expertise writing about cars, trucks, motorcycles, and every other type of automobile, Brett had spent several years running parts for local auto dealerships.

You can follow along with his builds and various automotive shenanigans on Instagram: @bfoote.

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Daud Gonzalez

Writer

Daud is a Southern California car enthusiast who loves motorsport to the core. He’s spent many years diving deep into modifying, building, and racing cars since purchasing a 2011 BMW 335i Sedan back around 2015. Since then, he’s built, alongside many close friends, several cars for motorsport, including several road race and drifting builds. Few experiences can replicate the full-body immersion that driving a car at the limit on a race track provides. Until that gets boring (which currently seems like never), he will remain dedicated to enjoying motorsports! He hopes one day to have a C5 or C6 Z06 as a road racing weapon… “those are truly wonderful cars at 150+ mph!”

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Manish Kharinta

Writer

Manish Kharinta is an automotive and lifestyle journalist who contributes to Internet Brands' Auto Group sites like Ford Truck Enthusiasts, Corvette Forum, Honda-Tech, Team Speed and MBWorld among several others. You can also find his work on other online properties like Futurecar.com, HotCars.com, TheTalko.com and TheRichest.com. Manish aims to share his perspective on entertainment, travel, automotive design, technological innovations and lifestyle with his engaging content.

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Joe Kucinski

Writer

Joe has been obsessed with cars since he got my very first Matchbox toy in the ‘70s. He has owned dozens of vehicles in just about every configuration imaginable. Most don’t remain stock for very long. He enjoys modifying, breaking, and fixing up vehicles, before moving on to the next dream ride. In 2003, he found a new obsession in track days, that led to him obtaining a SCCA competition license in 2015. In 2019, he became a certified driving instructor for the National Auto Sport Association, which gave him the privilege of driving some of the best cars in the world on the racetrack. He’s done 2,000-mile road trips in two-seat sports cars and had to be winched off the side of a mountaintop in a Jeep. Writing allows him to share this passion with others.

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Michele Lupini

Writer

Once a handy engine and chassis tuner, and a combative racer and rally driver, Michele took up the pen to express his passion for cars, racing and motoring over 30 years ago. He published South Africa’s go-to enthusiast motor magazines Cars in Action and Bakkie — some say against all odds — for a quarter century. In that time, Michele had a hand in nurturing many of today’s SA motoring media leaders. Today Michele keeps himself busy with a variety of motoring media duties.

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Patrick Morgan

Writer

Patrick Morgan is a lead instructor and marketing director for Team Stradale, a full SCCA competition licensing school. Born into motorsports through family involvement in IndyCar, Patrick’s fate in the industry was unavoidable. As an instructor, Patrick is able to share his love of competitive driving with others. As an author and photographer, he enjoys sharing automotive enthusiasm with the world. As a racer, is able to share hope through a partnership with Curing Kids Cancer.

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Patrick Rall

Writer

Before he was old enough to walk, his dad was taking him to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500. He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when Patrick was young, but by the time he was 16, he was ready to build him his first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. He spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with his dad by my side. While they live in different areas of the country, his dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when Patrick was 16 while he races other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

Although Patrick went to college for accounting, his time in his dad’s shop growing up allowed himthe knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point he worked in the office of a dealership group. While he was working in the accounting world, he continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, he began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

Ten years ago, he left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and he is living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life. He loves covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. He was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with his past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world providing him with a unique perspective of the industry.

His experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows him to push performance cars to their limit, while his role as a horse stable manager gives him vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

Being based on Detroit, he never misses the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

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Derek Shiekhi

Writer

Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.

After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.

While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.

Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. In addition to writing for a variety of Internet Brands sites, including JK-Forum.com and Ford-Trucks.com, Derek also contributes to other outlets. He started There Will Be Cars on Instagram and Facebook to get even more automotive content out to fellow enthusiasts.

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Cam VanDerHorst

Writer

Cam VanDerHorst is a lifelong car enthusiast and has loved Corvettes since childhood. He joined the CorvetteForum team in October 2016, but it wasn't until early 2020 that he purchased his first Corvette, a yellow 1986 coupe. You can follow his restoration journey here of CorvetteForum. When he's not working on his Corvette, you can find him riding motorcycles, playing music, and performing stand-up comedy. He lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio with his wife, two cats, and five chickens. Some say that his mullet is the source of his powers.

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Jake Stumph

Former Content Contributor

Jake Stumph is the Content Editor who runs the Corvette Forum editorial team, and several other Internet Brands Automotive websites. He enjoys track days, drifting, and autocross, at least, when his cars are running right.

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Austin Lott

Former Content Contributor

Austin Lott loves writing about cool cars and hearing the stories behind them. Though he's partial to Japanese imports, he'll give anything cool a shot.

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Bryan Wood

Former Content Contributor

Bryan Wood is a longtime car and motorcycle enthusiast who writes for Harley-Davidson Forums and Corvette Forum, among other auto sites. Plus, he runs his own blog, Pilez & Driverz.

Bryan comes from three generations of racers and builders and also works for Haynes/Clymer/Chilton making repair manuals. He races cars and bikes, and more of his non-Harley motorcycle exploits can be read about at RideApart.com where he is the weekend editor.

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Ian Wright

Writer

Ian Wright is a regular contributor to CorvetteForum, Jaguar Forums and 6SpeedOnline, among other auto sites. His obsession with cars started young and has left him stranded miles off-road in Land Rovers, being lost far from home in hot hatches, going sideways in rallycross cars, being propelled forward in supercars and, more sensibly, standing in fields staring at classic cars. His first job was as a mechanic and then trained as a driving instructor before going into media production. The automotive itch never left though and he realized writing about cars is his true calling. However, that doesn’t stop him from also hosting the Both Hand Drive podcast.

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About Internet Brands

Internet Brands was founded in 1998 as CarsDirect.com. Numerous industry awards and a place on Time Magazine's "50 Best" websites list followed. In 2006, the company changed its name to Internet Brands to reflect its accelerating diversification. Today Internet Brands owns and operates hundreds of brands in the Health, Home, Shopping and Travel verticals - but Automotive remains at its core. Properties like CorvetteForum.com, HDForums.com and Ford-Trucks.com perform in the top five of their respective brands, and Internet Brands Automotive Group is consistently recognized as one of Comscore's Top 6 overall automotive companies. You can learn more about the Internet Brands Automotive Group at https://www.internetbrandsauto.com.