The L-88 Corvette

The one and only Corvette site dedicated to all L-88 Corvettes



Although the L-88 Corvettes were only available for 3 short years, and only a total of 216 Corvettes
were built with the L-88 option package, the L-88 created an image of power and prestige that would
live on with the Corvette for decades. This is the best place in the world for L-88 Corvette info.

The one and only L-88 Corvette book: Corvette Racing Legends, is Half-Off now!
Holiday Blow Out Pricing for the 2010 New Year going on for only a few weeks!

Corvette Racing Legends is a 424 hardbound book which emphasizes the development
and success of the big block L-88 Chevrolet Corvette.

Corvette Racing Legends contains over 500 color and black and white photos,
most of which have never been published before.

There are no photos from modern or current vintage racing events within this book.

These rare photos have been obtained from the archives of collectors and enthusiasts who
photographed these fantastic L-88 Corvettes at the tracks when these Corvettes originally raced.

Original photos from tracks such as Daytona, Sebring, Le Mans, Watkins Glen,
Riverside, Road Atlanta and others will be found here.

 

All of the photos contained within Corvette Racing Legends are
original photos from the '50s, '60s, and '70s!!

 

L-88 Corvette Racing Legends is Half-Priced now and is being shipped out daily.

You can now share your enjoyment and enthusiasm for Corvettes with your family with this "coffee table" Corvette book that is loaded with oversize photos that tell the story of Corvette and of America from the 50s through the 70s!

 

14 years of research has gone into this Corvette book and all of it
was done by an NCRS (National Corvette Restorers Society) member
who has had hands on experience with 427 Corvettes since 1976!

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All books are personally autographed by the author.

 

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Vintage Motorsport Magazine

Vintage Racecar Journal Magazine

Corvette Quarterly Magazine



The L-88 option package for the Corvette was the result of years of developmental work which resulted in a factory racing option package that could be ordered from Chevrolet in a brand new Corvette. The L-88 option was only available for three brief model years from 1967 through 1969. The L-88 Corvette was so potent, that it could not only allow the new owner or driver to win a race in local competition, but it also could propel a properly prepared Corvette to stunning finishing positions in world class International races, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona. These racing victories with the L-88 option package, made the Corvette an overnight hit. The L-88 nomenclature became synonymous with Corvettes and with champions. Although only 216 L-88 Corvettes rolled of the St. Louis Corvette Plant assembly line during these three model years, several of them were driven directly from the factory to garages for immediate race preparations. Most of the race prepared L-88 Corvettes that raced on tracks in the United States and Europe are featured in this book, and so are the predecessors that led up to the creation of the L-88 factory racing option. These are the Corvettes that started the legend.

Zora Arkus-Duntov was incharge of the L-88 Corvette. It was intended for racing purposes, but only a few
of the 216 L-88s produced actually raced on road racing courses or drag strips. The remainder of these
L-88s were licensed on the street and enjoyed by their past and present owners.

Eventhough Corvette Racing Legends is being distributed now, new "Street L-88 Corvette" book
is being developed to further document these street driven L-88 Corvettes. These models all came
from the performance department that Zora Arkus-Duntov supervised. If you would like to be
updated on the status of this book, please follow the link below to join our email list.


Photos of Several restored and beautifully preserved "un-restored"
L88 Corvettes can be seen in all of the links below
Please take a look at all of them, they flow from one to the next
so you don't have to come back to this page to see the next
L-88 Corvette photos that I have posted on this L88 website:

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1968 L88 Corvettes

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All books are personally autographed by the author.

 

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I want to thank the photographers and organizations
who contributed photographs to this Corvette Racing book
Please visit their sites :

Pete Luongo Photo
John Wilson - Vintage Motorsport Photography
Corvette Photo Page 1
Corvette Photo Page 2
Fred Lewis Racing Photos
Corvette Legends
Greenwood Corvettes
International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen
Vintage-SportsCar-Photos.com Allen Kuhn
Dave Friedman Photo Archives
Sports Racing Ltd.
Antique Photo Store
Pete Lyons Photos
LAT Photography
Ludvigsen Library
GM Media Archives
Campbell Ewald Advertising
 
Top professional drivers and talented amateurs drove these Corvettes to victories in some of the world’s most challenging races. All the drivers who drove Corvettes in the high profile races are shown and discussed in this Corvette racing book. Zora Arkus Duntov, John Fitch, Dale Duncan, Walt Hansgen, Max Goldman, Ray Crawford, Dr. Dick Thompson, Piero Taruffi, Paul O'Shea, Pete Lovely, Gaston Andrey, Skip Hudson, Frank Cairns, Bob Bondurant, Andy Porterfield, Bob Kongelbak, Bob Dickson, Briggs Cunningham, William Kimberly, Fred Gamble, Lou Lilley, Bob Grossman, Fred Windridge, Dave McDonald, Jerry Grant, Doug Hooper, Dick Guldstrand, Junior Johnson, Rex White, Billy Krause, Dick Lang, Bob Johnson, Don Yenko, A.J. Foyt, Johnny Allen, Jeff Stevens, Ralph Salyer, Tony Denman, Robert Brown, Ed Cantrell, Delmo Johnson, Dave Morgan, Jim Hurtubise, Roy Kumnick, Ed Lowther, Duncan Black, Don Campbell, Scott Briley, Joe Playan, Roger Penske, Augie Pabst, Jim Hall, John Cannon, Joe Freitas, Hap Sharp, Jack Saunders, George Wintersteen, Alan Sevadjian, Ed Sevadjian, Peter Goetz, Ed Diehl, Ben Moore,  Herb Caplan, Gary Gove, Dave Heinz, Robert Ryan Brown, Joe Welch, Tony DeLorenzo,  John Hill, Rex Ramsey, Scooter Patrick, Davey Jordan, Ed Leslie, Jerry Thompson, Pedro Rodriguez, Bill Morrison, Sylvain Garant, Jean Michel Giorgi, Henri Greder, Umberto Maglioli, Dave Dooley, Gerry Gregory, Jim Harrell, Robert Esseks, Frank Dominianni, Or Costanzo, Gib Hustader, Ron Weaver, William Morrison, Anthony DeLorenzo, Allan Barker, John Paul, Henry Greder, Reine Wisell, Cliff Gottlob, John Mahler, John Greenwood, Richard Hoffman, David Dooley, Jim Greendyke, Bill Schumacher, Bill Petree, Jean Claude Aubriet, Joseph Bourdon, Jean Pierre Rouget, Fred Kepler, Robert Luebbe, Michael Summers, Dick Smothers, Bob Baechle, Marie Claude Beaumont, Charlie Kemp, Micheal Oleyar, Tony Adamowicz, John Cordts, Oscar Koveleski, Wilbur Pickett, Jerry Hansen, Anthony DeLorenzo, Dave Cormany, Gary Sullivan, Maurice Mo Carter, Ron Grable, Denny Long, Bob McClure, Dana English, Steve Durst, Mike Brockman, J Marshall Robbins, Johnny Rutherford, Vince Muzzin, Carl Shafer, Rick Mancuso, Bernard Darniche, Burt Greenwood, John Cargill, Buzz Fyhrie, Paul DePirro, Greg Pickett, James Mancuso, Eliiot Forbe Robinson, and other drivers and enthusiasts such as Grady Davis from the Gulf Oil Company, John Mecom, James Garner and his AIR L88 Corvettes, Doug Bergen and his L88 Corvettes and even more ZL1 Corvettes.
All the major racing tracks are captured in beautiful color and black and white photography, Sebring, Watkins Glen, Daytona, Riverside, Road America at Elkhart Lake, Le Mans, Road Atlanta, and many more SCCA, IMSA, and FIA races are included.  Rare and previously unprinted SCCA ARRC Runoffs, 24 hour races at Daytona and Le Mans, 12 hour races held in Sebring Florida, 6 hour races at Watkins Glen, and more!
The other Corvette books on the market do not have the John Greenwood coverage that Corvette Racing Legends contains. Dozens of BFG ZL1 Corvette photos that have never been published before and in this book for your viewing pleasure.
Owens Corning Corvettes of Tony DeLorenzo and Jerry Thompson are historically documented by dozens of never before published color and black and white photos, which will not be found anywhere else.
Even Don Yenko and his Sunray DX racing L88 Corvettes are included. Yenko's Corvette racing led to his COPO Camaros.