At a ceremony on Saturday, September 2, 2023, the Corvette Corridor of Fame inducted its class of 2023. These inducted embrace:
Fanatic class inductee – John Amgwert, Founding Member of the Nationwide Corvette Restorers Society
In 1974, John Amgwert turned one of many founders of the Nationwide Corvette Restorers Society. Amgwert’s ardour for Corvette translated right into a 25-year stint because the editor-in-chief of The Corvette Restorer journal – a go-to useful resource for Corvette historical past. Amgwert’s efforts with the NCRS to type a technical library finally resulted in what would turn out to be the Nationwide Corvette Museum. Amgwert’s ardour for and dedication to searching for out the reality about key automobiles in Corvette historical past continues to at the present time.
Racing class inductee – Dan Binks, Retired Crew Chief of Corvette Racing
Dan Binks is a racing crew chief, fabricator, and do-it-all competitor. For almost 20 years beginning in 2002, Binks was a significant member of the Corvette racing workforce. Throughout his tenure, the Corvette squad scored over 100 race victories, together with six class wins on the 24 Hours of Le Mans, three on the 24 Hours of Daytona and 11 on the 12 Hours of Sebring. Whereas Binks retired from the Corvette workforce in 2020, he didn’t decelerate. In his Brighton, Michigan store, he prepares the automobiles he as soon as raced professionally for classic occasions, restores race automobiles, and builds engines.
GM-Chevrolet class inductee – David Wickman, Retired GM Automobile Efficiency Supervisor of Milford Proving Grounds
Born in Detroit, Michigan, David Wickman grew up dreaming of being an engineer for GM sometime, and on January 5, 1978, his dream got here true. His ability, work ethic, and dedication led to Wickman being assigned to work because the Check Engineer for the launch of the C4 Corvette. Wickman would go on to handle Corvette growth actions on the Milford Proving Grounds because the Lead Growth Engineer for the C5 Z06, C6, and C7 platforms. In that function, Wickman was liable for overseeing whole car growth integration and validation from prototype by manufacturing.
Extra details about the museum and its upcoming occasions will be discovered HERE.
