1963 Corvette Grand Sport
In the early ’60s, the Corvette had already proven itself on the market. It was time to establish itself on the race track. Back then, the Shelby Cobra by Ford was dominant at the track and the Corvette team wanted to beat it. So, Zora and his team prepared 5 Grand Sport Corvettes with modified bodies, unique suspension, fully loaded race engines, and other specially built components (via Motor Trend).
The Grand Sport Corvette had over 550 HP and was capable of brutal performance. The Corvette team had big plans and entered the Grand Sport Corvettes in several races with mixed success when the decision from the top of General Motors stopped all racing activity. For some reason, GM decided to stop investing in all forms of racing in early 1963, which killed the fantastic Grand Sport program before it could prove its worth, making the Corvette Grand Sport one of the greatest “what if” stories of the racing world. All five cars survived and are accounted for.