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Originally Posted by BT SNAKE
What if Chevrolet had said yes to Zora Arkus-Duntov and built 1100 Grand sports ?
Yeah , I know, If the pilgrims would've had skunk on thanksgiving it would have been a different story too. 
Think about it. An 1800LB Corvette would have done some race history damage if Chevy hadn't pulled the plug on him. Personally if they did let it be built it would have done very well because I think Zora was at the cutting edge of engineering back then. I also think he had way more at his disposal than Shelby did. If the GS had lived it would have evolved beautifully. |
In 12/64, the GS vettes were shown the way home at Nassau. Ken Miles in the Turd easily outclassed the GS vettes. They were fast cars, but not as fast as you think.
Actually, the story I know is that Miles intentionally sand bagged it in qualifying, placing himself in 2nd, between 2 GS vettes. After the start, he went off like a rocket, and there's a picture of him after the first lap, way ahead of the rest of the pack, including the GS vettes. If it wasn't for mechanical failure, he easily would have won the race. The writing was on the wall for the GS vettes, and unless they made some remarkable improvements to stay competative, I don't think they would have amounted to as much as other people think they would have.