• CNN Seeking Corvette Stories
• Parking Lot Banner Spots Still Available
• 427 Raffle Winner Drawn
• Meet the Team in Monterey
• Corvette Store Feature Item
• Motorsports Park Ground Breaking TOMORROW
• Upcoming Car Shows

The first Chevy Corvettes went into production 60 years ago this month. The two-seater sports car has long been a subject of desire for auto enthusiasts, and has been immortalized in pop culture from music (Prince's "Little Red Corvette," The Beach Boys' "Shut Down") to movies ("Corvette Summer") to television ("Route 66").

Are you the proud owner of a Corvette? CNN wants to hear about your car and the story behind it. Did you save up for years to buy it? Lovingly restore a vintage model? Maybe you rode in one belonging to a family member or friend as a kid? What memories have you made in your 'vette?

Share a photo of you with your car and tell them what makes your Corvette special to you online here.

Each August the Museum changes out the banners in the parking lot. The banners are available for a donation of $350 to car clubs and related organizations.

We are now accepting reservations for banners that will be hung August 2013 and come down mid-August 2014. Banners can have your club logo and up to 4 lines of text on the colored background of your choice.

To save your spot you must submit payment with our banner reservation form.

Spots are first come, first serve or thru the end of July (whichever comes first).

Learn more about the banner program and download the form online here.

The National Corvette Museum and Western States Corvette Council invite you to an evening banquet during the Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Meet the team that created the all-new Corvette Stingray and celebrate 60 years of Corvette on Saturday, August 17. The dinner is at 6:30pm at the Embassy Suites in Monterey Bay, Seaside, California. Tickets are $55.

Learn more and register online here.

Numbered Flint Brick. Own a piece of Corvette history! Thanks to GM, the Museum obtained the bricks from the very first Corvette assembly plant in Flint, MI to offer as a fundraiser. The first 40 orders of these bricks receive a FREE 1953 Corvette Parts Catalog brochure!

Regular Price: $25.00 SALE: $10.00

Tomorrow at 9:30am we break ground on the NCM Motorsports Park. For the first time, we are going to attempt a live stream of the event! You will be able to watch it online here. We will also film the event and put it on our You Tube channel here.

  Steve Brogan first got involved with Corvette when the C6 chassis hit the market.  Seeing as his kids were growing up, he decided it was time to get a muscle car.  He spent many Sundays at his local Chevy dealership and planned to buy his first Corvette in 2010, but when GM began to struggle in 2008, he panicked and ordered a Corvette immediately.  He emailed the plant, beyond excited, and asked if he could watch his car being built.  They directed him to the National Corvette Museum.  Steve and his wife booked the Buyers Tour and on April 28, 2009, after much anticipation, found out production would begin on the new car in just a couple of days!  They picked up their kids from school and drove from Ontario to Bowling Green, a 10 hour drive, to get here to watch production on his new Jetstream Blue Corvette.  Steve says, “It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever done, I got to eat lunch and go on break with the people that were making my car.”  He saw the marriage of the body and chassis, and after that shift was over, the plant was closed for two weeks (at this point, GM was operating two weeks on, two weeks off).  He flew down two weeks later to watch the rest of the car being built.  Steve knows this car will be in his family for a minimum of 25-30 years.

Steve is a lifetime member of the National Corvette Museum and was present for the very first Museum in Motion tour.  He considers himself a big part of the family here at NCM.  “I believe in the museum and have watched it grow.”  With his oldest child about to start college, Steve tries to make it to the NCM once a year for various functions.  He is already booked for the Museum’s 20th Anniversary celebration and opening of the Motorsports Park.

The enthusiasm in every Corvette owner is why Steve says being part of the One Acre Club was a “no-brainer” and “one of the best things I’ve ever done.” 

Steve has already ordered custom plates for a Laguna Blue 2014 Corvette!

Leslie Gardner is a National Corvette Museum Lifetime Member and a member of our Duntov Society. She participates in autocross and drag racing, and conducts pro-racing timing and scoring for many major races. She currently serves on two non-profit boards and is a volunteer docent at the Peterson Automotive Museum as well as a NCM board member.

Leslie sees the One Acre Club members as Founding members of the Motorsports Park and loves the idea of leaving a legacy and supporting the museum.  “Contributing in any amount is a great way to give to the future home track of the Corvette Racing Team and a track that Corvette Clubs and enthusiasts can use.  Donations to the Motorsports Park can be from Corvette Clubs, individuals and businesses. Just think ... Major donors could have the autocross, skid pad or other areas of the track named after them. How great is that? What a way to leave a legacy!”

Kent Hussey fell in love with the Corvette as a youngster watching Route 66 in the early 60’s.  It wasn’t until 1969 after Grad school that he bought his first Corvette, a ’63 Daytona blue convertible.  He quickly moved up to a ’68 small block coupe but had to trade down to a ’69 Z28 when insurance rates skyrocketed.  For the next 30 years, his focus was on his family and career so cars took a back seat until 1993 when he and two of his brothers bought a 1965 convertible. The car was a NCCC champion and they took it road racing with HSR throughout the Southeast for a few years.  Over the past 8-9 years, Kent says he has been “severely infected with the Corvette bug” and has acquired a collection of 11 cars from a ’61 270 HP in fawn beige to a 2009 black/black Z06. His collection also includes a Tommy Morrison R9G driven by Andy Pilgrim on the 1990-1991 Escort World Challenge.

His wife Melissa is just as in love with Corvettes as Kent is and enjoys attending car shows, races, and almost anything car related with her husband.  For father’s day, she took him to order his 2014 Corvette from their dealership in Atlanta- cyber gray with Kalahari tan interior! 

Kent and Melissa view the Corvette as a piece of American history and appreciate the museum’s preservation of its heritage. “What makes the Corvette so unique, however, is its race heritage dating from 1956 up to today.  It’s a true high performance car that is meant to be driven to be enjoyed.  Driving on a safe racecourse is the only way to experience its capabilities. Having the Motorsports Park as part of the complex is an enhancement that will make the complex unique.”  Kent believes all Corvette owners deserve to have a chance to share the passion and excitement racing Corvettes has given him.  

July 6-7: Corvettes at Idlewild, Ligonier, PA

July 12-14: 2013 Corvette Weekend, Grants Pass, OR (NCM Attending)

July 12-13: Arthritis Auto Show, Columbus, OH (NCM Attending)

July 13: Corvettes at the Summit, Canton, MI

July 13-14: Ohio Corvette Club Alliance 10th Annual Corvette Show, Lancaster, OH (NCM Attending)

July 13: 34th Annual In-VETTE-tational, Reading, PA

July 13: Good Times Corvettes Corvette Show, Denver, CO

July 13: Poker Run, Tustin, CA

July 14: Shenango Valley Show, Hubbard, OH (NCM Attending)

July 14: 13th Annual "Summer in Hyde Park, Some are Not" Corvette Cruise and Family Picnic, Santa Fe, NM

July 14: Club Corvette of CT 21st Annual Corvette Show, Guilford, CT

July 18-20: Black Hills Corvette Classic, Spearfish, SD (NCM Attending)

July 20: Keeneland Concours d'Elegance, Lexington, KY

July 21: Southern Ohio Corvette Club's Classic Car Show, Chillicothe, OH

July 22-27: Yellowstone/Teton Tour, Northern UT & WY

July 23-27: VetteFest 2013, Nampa, ID (NCM Attending)

July 25-27: National Corvette Homecoming, Bowling Green, KY (NCM Attending)

July 26-27: Mystic Lake Casino Show, Prior Lake, MN (NCM Attending)

July 27-28: DMV Corvette Expo, Cheltenham, MD

July 27: CCKC Midsummer Corvette Show, Kansas City

July 28: Corvettes at Corsa, Berea, OH (NCM Attending)