Corvette Goes Undefeated in 2004

Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell win season-closing race at Laguna Seca

The Chevrolet Corvette C5-R closed out an historic era on Saturday night with a GTS victory at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, a circuit in which the championship-winning team had never won. Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell took the class victory in their #3 Compuware Corvette C5-R, seconds ahead of teammates Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette. The successful endurance sports car racing program closed out the Corvette C5 era with a notable 35th victory in 55 races. Corvette won every single American Le Mans Series event in 2004 as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. “It’s a very special year when you can go undefeated,” said Doug Duchardt, GM Racing director. “It’s great for the team to finally win at Laguna Seca and this was an amazing effort from the beginning until the end. We’re going to work very hard in the off season to continue with the Corvette C6-R in 2005.”


Doug Fehan to Appear on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain

Corvette Racing Program Manager Doug Fehan will appear on SPEED TV’s Wind Tunnel program tonight. The show airs live at 10:00 p.m. EDT.


Original Corvette Dealer Brochure Sale

Add to the documentation of your 1983 to 2004 Corvette with a Corvette dealer brochure – on sale and reduced to only $5.00 each on the 1983-2002 brochures. Brochures on the 2003 Corvette are marked at $10 each and $24.95 for the 2004 brochure. Dealer brochures are only available on 1983-2004 Corvettes and exclude 1984, 1985 and 1997 model years. Pick up the complete multi-year collection excluding the 1984, 1985 and 1997 Corvette for only $50 – regularly $140. Shop online at http://www.corvettemuseum.com/store or call (800) 53-VETTE to place your order. No member discount applies. Call for additional shipping charges outside the continental USA.

Reproduction window stickers and build sheets are also available on Corvettes built at the GM Corvette Assembly Plant since 1981. Find out more by clicking here: https://www.corvettemuseum.com/library-archives/build_sheets/index.shtml


C5-R Performance Tour Update

Ron Fellows will be meeting the C5-R Performance Tour group at GM World HQ on Friday, October 29 and will join the group for dinner at the Hard Rock. Ron will also be a part of the group activities on Saturday and will be joining the group for dinner at the GM Heritage Museum Saturday evening. A complete schedule of activities planned for the C5-R Performance Tour participants is available on our website at: https://www.corvettemuseum.com/registration/c5rperformance/

Contact our Events Department at: events@corvettemuseum.com or contact Roc Linkov, Events Manager at: roc@corvettemuseum.com for space availability.


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Submitted by Bobbie Jo Lee, National Corvette Museum Communications, who can be reached at bobbiejo@corvettemuseum.com or visited on the web at http://www.corvettemuseum.com.


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