'62 Corvette Gulf Rock Fossil Oil Race Car Originally Bought From The Yenko Dealership Also Equally Raced By Times Dick Thompson, The Famous Corvette Racing Dentist, Sold For 1.65 I I K One Thousand Inwards 2015

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In xiv races, the Gulf Oil ’62 Corvette finished get-go inwards variety 12 times including wins at Daytona inwards add-on to Sebring inwards add-on to captured the 1962 A-Production Championship.

Following the stop of the 1962 season, the Corvette returned to Yenko Chevrolet inwards add-on to was purchased yesteryear times Tony Denman, who continued to receive the car. It returned to Daytona for the 250-mile race, besides every flake the iii Hours of Daytona, placing 6th inwards add-on to 22nd overall, respectively, which translated to a 2d inwards variety on both occasions.

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In 1963 was converted to street specifications inwards add-on to sold at the stop of the flavor inwards add-on to as well as therefore the Corvette was driven every flake a street car, repainted green, inwards add-on to as well as therefore red, inwards add-on to as well as therefore passed through solely 4 owners before beingness purchased yesteryear times a Corvette expert, who works life the machine beingness used every flake a daily driver yesteryear times a college student who was completely unaware of its racing history.

Although a break of the car’s racing components were missing, Ernst was able to track downwards the missing parts through Denman, who had kept the components inwards his parents’ garage before selling them inwards 1979. Ernst was able to buy the missing parts back inwards May 1985, reuniting the Corvette amongst its principal re-create engine block, cylinder heads, exhaust manifold, Yenko heavy-duty suspension, Stewart Warner gauges, inwards add-on to curl bar, amongst other principal re-create components.