Doc's 1957 Corvette Archive

1957 Corvette SS

 Sports Illustrated March 25, 1957 Detroit's Secret Weapon by Kenneth Rudeen

Above caption: Aerodynamically shaped to offer low wind resistance, the Corvette SS is Lift, Powerful and Tractable. Body is Magnesium alloy. The plastic bubble canopy will be off during the race.

Above caption: Dusk at Sebring, the critical time of half-light, when drivers must adjust to darkness. is fozen here in a photograph by Richard Meek, who also recorded in color some other episodes from last year's race shown on the next three pages.

Above caption: A gray Flying Boxcar, weatherworn reminder of Sebring's military past, looms over Stirling Moss's Astom Martin as he persues a Maserati.

Above caption: The great Juan Manual Fangio (right) and Co-driver Eugenio Castellotti meet the press after their 1956 Sebring victory.

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