Chevrolet Corvette C2 "Sting Ray" group GT (1963)

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Homologation number: GT 80 (327), GT 150 (327), 187 (396), 523 (427)
Homologation start: 8/10/1962, 14/1/1964, 2/2/1965, 1/2/1966

Chevrolet Small Block gen. I 327 L84

Analytical specifications and drawings

V8 (90^o) cylinder
5354cc capacity
OHV with 2 valves per cylinder
Natural aspiration with GM-Rochester mechanical fuel injection
Power output, 360 HP @ 6000 rpm, 1964: 375 HP
Torque, 352 ft lbs (476 Nm) @ 4000

Grand Sport
Chevrolet Small Block 377. Click here
105.537 x 88.39 mm
6186 cc
550 hp (410 kW) @ 6400 rpm
aluminium alloy block and head
steel crankshaft with 5 main bearings 67.3 mm diameter, big end bearing diameter 53.34 mm
steel connecting rod distance center to center 144.78 mm
side camshaft with overhead vavles (OHV) located between the two banks, 2 valves/cyl - 8 valves total
aspiration, natural with 4 x Weber side-draft carburetors

Borg-Warner T10, 4 speed gearbox
final drive, 3.70/1, RPO G81 rear axle with limited slip rear differential
Wheel alignment
fuel tank, 36gal

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Results in WSCC

1963Season races for GT 1.0+

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Cons uma	Ross feld	Le Man	Wies baden	d' Auve rgne	Freiburg	Tourist Trophy	Ollon	Inter Europa	TdF	Bridgeh
Team	3h	12h		500km	1000km	Hill climb	Hill climb	24h	rally		Hill climb		Hill climb			500km
Ed Cantrell	#1, dnf
Mickey Thompson	#3, dnf							#2, in entry list
Mickey Thompson	#4, eng ine
Mickey Thompson	#3T, spare car
Mickey Thompson	#4T, spare car
Dixie Motor	#5, 6th	#6, 17th
Dixie Motor	#6, dnf
Alan Green	#7, dnf	#7, OTL						#1, in entry list
Dick Lang	#8, dns
Grady Davis, 30837S102227	#10, dnf	#1, gear box						#1, in entry list								#11, dnf
Grady Davis, 30837S102244	#11, 3rd	#2, 25th
Johnson Chevrolet Co	#12, dns	#3, 16th
Ralph Salyer	#9, dnf	#4, eng ine
Nickey Chevrolet Co	#17, dnf	#5, eng ine
Siegfried Zwimpfer													#120, 37th
Allan Wylie/ Gerry Georgi																#16, 13th
Jack Moore																#81, 13th
Total points 13	13
Statistics
Starts/finishes 23/8	12/2	7/3											1/1			3/2
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Mickey Thompson
Doug Hooper	3, 3T
Bill Krause	4, 4T							2
Dixie Motor
Johnny Allen	5	6
Jef Stevens	6	6
Alan Green
Jerry Grant	7	7						1
Don Campbell		7						1
Grady Davis
Dick Thompson	11	1, 2						2
Ed Lowther		2
Duncan Black		2
M. R. J. Wyllie		2
Don Yenko	10	1, 2														11
Ralph Salyer
Ralph Salyer	9	4
Roy Kumnick		4
Johnson Chevrolet Co
Delmo Johnson	12	3
Dave Morgan		3
Nickey Chevrolet Co
Bob Johnson	17
A. J. Foyt		5
Jim Hurtubise		5

1964Season races for GT 2.0+

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Targa Florio	Spa	Consuma	Nurb	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Freiburg	Tourist Trophy	Sierra Montagna	TdF	Brigde Hampton	Paris
Team	2000km	12h		500km	Hill climb	1000km	Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb		Hill climb		500km	1000km
Sports Car Service	#3, 21st
John D. Lewis	#4, gear box
Lee MacGillivray	#6, dns
Kenneth G. Hablow, 308375S103070	#7, acci dent													#63, dnf
Nickey Chevrolet Co	#9, 22nd	#9, 16th
Mecom Racing Team, 003 (Grand Sport) Group P		#2, 23rd
Johnson Chevrolet Co, 004 (Grand Sport) Group P		#3, 32nd
McKean Chevrolet Inc, 005 (Grand Sport) Group P		#4, 18th
George Robertson/ Dick Boo		#6, clutch
Corvette Service		#7, in entry list
Corvette Service		#8, in entry list
James Graser							#67, dns
Ernst Krasovic							#68, dnf
Karl Foitek										#69, dns		#178, dns
Star Chevrolet														#61, 16th
Stan Sherman														#64, dnf
Hi-Speed Power Equipment														#69, 14th
Statistics
Starts/finishes 18/7	5/2	5/4					2/0			1/0		1/0		4/1
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Sports Car Service
Conrad Kraus	3
Jack Moore	3
John D. Lewis
G. C. Spencer	4
Cale Yarborough	4
Lee MacGillivray
A. W. Joslin	6
Kenneth G. Hablow
Tom Rizzo	7
Fred Darling	7
John Caley														63
Allan Wylie														63
Nickey Chevrolet Co
Skip Hudson	9	9
Jerry Grant	9	9
Mecom Racing Team
A. J. Foyt		2
John Cannon		2
Johnson Chevrolet Co
Delmo Johnson		3
Dave Morgan		3
McKean Chevrolet Inc
Roger Penske		4
Jim Hall		4
Corvette Service
Tony Settember		7
Frank Monich		7
Don Yenko		8
Doug Hooper		8
Karl Foitek
Edwin Haessig										69		178
Star Chevrolet
Skip Sofield														61
Tom McNeill														61
Hi-Speed Power Equipment
Frank Dominianni														69

1965Season races for GT 2.0+

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Tourist trophy	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Mugelo	Rossfeld	Le Man	Reims	Bolzano Mendola	CdE	Ollon	Bridgeh
Team	2000km	12h	1000km			500km	1000km		Hill climb	24h	12h	Hill climb		Hill climb	500km
Duval Chevrolet, Ltd	#0, dns
John D. Lewis/ Art Huttinger	#4, dnf
John B. Addison	#9, dns
Kenneth Hablow, 308375S103070	#28, dnf	#6, lost wheel													#4, dnf
Ridgeway Racing, Inc, 003 (Grand Sport) Group P		#1, 36th
George Wintersteen/ Peter Goetz/ Ed Diehl, 005 (Grand Sport) Group P		#2, 14th
George Robertson/ Dick Boo		#5, 33rd
Jack Wybenga/ Harry Jackson		#7, spare car
Basilea														#143, in entry list
Statistics
Starts/finishes 9/3	4/0	4/3													1/0
Drivers	Team entries and car number
Duval Chevrolet, Ltd
Grant Clark	0
Dan Shaw	0
Dave Greenblatt	0
John B. Addison
Fred Salvo	9
Richard W. Brown	9
Kenneth Hablow
John Bushell	28	6
Don Yenko	28	6
Kenneth Duclos															4
Ridgeway Racing, Inc
Delmo Johnson		1
Dave Morgan		1
Basilea
Rene Saegesser														143

1966Season
Group 3 classification is noted in brackets
427ci engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Le Man	Mugelo	CdE	Hock	Montagna	Nurb	Zeltweg
Team	24h	12h	1000km		1000km	1000km	24h				Hill climb	500km	500km
Roger Penske, 194376S10556	#6, 12th (1st)	#9, 9th (1st)
Roger Penske, 001 (Grand Sport) Group 6		#10, acci dent
Cannon Auto	#67, 20th (4th)
Harold C. Whims/ Don Yenko/ Dave Morgan		#8, 11th (2nd)
Denis Veyrat							#14, in entry list
Guido Wermelinger											#249, in entry list
Kurt Rost											#250, in entry list
Statistics
Starts/finishes 5/4	2/2	3/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
Roger Penske
Dick Guldstrand	6	10
Ben Moore	6	9
George Wintersteen	6	9
Dick Thompson		10
Cannon Auto
George Cornelius	67
Dick Boo	67
Bob Brown	67

1967Season
Group 3 classification is noted in brackets
427ci engine

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Monza	Spa	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	Hock	Mugelo	Brands Hatch	CdE	Zeltweg	Ollon	Nurb
Team	24h	12h	1000km	1000km	720km	1000km	24h	304km	529km	6h	300km	500km	Hill climb	500km
Jim White Chevrolet Inc, 004 (Grand Sport) Group 6	#8, dnf
Roger Penske, 194376S10556		#4, 26th (9th)
Sunray DX Oil Co (443ci)		#8, 10th (2nd)
Or. Costanzo/ Gene Guy/ David McClain		#9, acci dent
Wilton T. Jowett/ Robert Mouat/ Claude Cardwell		#69, eng ine
Dana Chevrolet Inc, 194377S113787							#9, eng ine
Total points 1		1
Statistics
Starts/finishes 6/2	1/0	4/2					1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Jim White Chevrolet Inc
Tony Denman	8
Bob Brown	8
Roger Penske
Joe Welch		4
George Wintersteen		4
Sunray DX Oil Co
Don Yenko		8
Dave Morgan		8
Dana Chevrolet Inc
Bob Bondurant							9
Dick Guldstrand							9

1968Season
Group 3 classification is noted in brackets

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Brands Hatch	Monza	Targa Florio	Nurb	Spa	Watkis Glen	Zeltweg	Le Man
Team	24h	12h	6h	1000km		1000km	1000km	6h	500km	24h
D-K Racing (327)	#19, dns
Corvette Racing Associates (427)	#28, 22nd
DX Sunray Oil Co (443)	#31, 10th (3rd)
Vince Gimondo/ John Tremblay/ Billy Dingman (327)	#96, dns
Slaton Chevrolet (427)		#7, 27th
William H. Laughlin (327)		#80, 19th
Bud Gates/ Bill Fuller		in entry list
Statistics
Starts/finishes 6/4	4/2	2/2
Driver	Team entries and car number
D-K Racing
Dale Keenan	19
Dan Torpy	19
James Sutter	19
Corvette Racing Associates
Ed Ross	28
Craig Pelouze	28
DX Sunray Oil Co
Jerry Grant	31
Dave Morgan	31
Slaton Chevrolet
Or Costanzo		7
William Harris		7
Dave Heinz		7
William H. Laughlin
Dan Torpy		80
Dale Keenan		80

1969Season
Group 3 classification is noted in brackets

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Dayt	Sebring	Brands Hatch	Monza	Targa Florio	Spa	Nurb	Le Man	Watkins Glen	Zeltweg
Team	24h	12h	6h	1000km		1000km	1000km	24h	6h	1000km
Zorian Productions, Ltd (327)	#96, 16th (10th)
Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/1	1/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Zorian Productions, Ltd
Smokey Drolet	96
John Tremblay	96
Vince Gimondo	96
John Belperche	96

1972Season
Group 4 classification is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number/ result
	Buenos Ayres	Dayt	Sebring	Brands Hatch	Monza	Spa	Targa Florio	Nurb	Le Man	Zeltweg	Watkins Glen
Team	1000km	6h	12h	1000km	1000km	1000km		1000km	24h	1000km	6h
Phil Currin/ Robert Whitaker		#99, 21st (14th)
Warren Shiber (327)		#51, dnf
Statistics
Starts/finishes 2/1		2/1
Driver	Team entries and car number
Warren Shiber
Bobby Spirgel		51
Arthur Mollin		51

1979Season

Car entry	Car number/ result
	Daytona	Mugello	Dijon	Silver stone	Nurb	Pergusa	Watkins Glen	Brands Hatch	Valle lunga
Team	24h	6h	6h	6h	1000km	6h	6h	6h	6h
Kassel Auto Parts (350ci)							#37, OTL
Statistics
Starts/finishes 1/0							1/0
Driver	Team entries and car number
Kassel Auto Parts
Paul Schulte							37
John Cleveland							37

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