Can I drive a Corvette at the Corvette Museum?
Can I drive a Corvette at the Corvette Museum?
Museum Offers Rides in Historic Corvettes. The Corvette Experience consists of three 20-minute on-track sessions alternating with three classroom sessions. Drivers will be behind the wheel of a 2017 Corvette Stingray Z51 for laps around the 3.15 mile road course, built for speed.
Where can I drive my Corvette on a track?
Tracks
| Motorsports Park/Raceway | Course/Circuit |
|---|---|
| Laguna Seca (Mazda Raceway) 1021 Monterey-Salinas Highway, Salinas, California 93908 | |
| Thunderhill Raceway Park 5250 Hwy 162, Willows, California 95988 | Thunderhill, 3 mile |
| Thunderhill, 5 mile | |
| Bondurant Racing School 20000 S. Maricopa Road, Gate #3, Chandler, Arizona 85226 |
Where is the Corvette test track?
NCM Motorsports Park
Track time takes place at the NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and for $299, anyone 18 and older can rip around the track for four lead-follow style laps around the 3.2-mile course.
What is a touring lap?
TOURING LAPS Drive your own car in a lead/follow format for 4 laps on the 3.2-mile road course above highway speeds! Individuals and car clubs of all makes and models are welcome.
How old do you have to be to drive a Corvette at the Corvette Museum?
18 years or older
Important to Know Must be 18 years or older and have a valid drivers’ license to participate in the Corvette Experience.
Can I test drive a Corvette?
If you want to test-drive it before you buy (as any smart buyer should), you have two options. You could go to your nearest Chevy dealer and convince them to let you drive one around the block, or you can go to the Corvette Museum and take it on track.
How much did the Corvette sinkhole cost?
Officials at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, say it will cost $3.2 million to fill in the sinkhole that opened beneath the museum’s Skydome area in February.
What is the track at the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park?
The track at the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park was designed with challenging features that are reminiscent of the famous La Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The West track consists of a twin circuit arrangement of a two mile / 13 turn west course and a one mile / 10 turn East course which can be combined into multiple configurations.
How big is the corvette Motorsports Park in Florida?
With over 1.5 miles of frontage on Interstate 65 and located across from the National Corvette Museum (NCM) and the Corvette Assembly Plant, the Motorsports Park is one of the most centrally located and easily accessible driving facilities in the country. The Park is situated on 419 acres.
What makes NCM Motorsports Park so special?
Track designer Steve Crawford (Thunder Hill, Ridge Motorsports Park) was hired to design the road course with input from Corvette Racing, resulting in a multiple, reconfigurable, track layout with features from Le Mans, making the NCM Motorsports Park the track that every motorsports enthusiast would want to drive.
Who is the new CEO of the National Corvette Museum?
Brawner joins the National Corvette Museum, effective today, from Nashville, TN where she served as the longtime Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. Brawner will assume full CEO duties effective today, September 1, 2021.
