Just announced today. Reeves Callaway will be inducted into the National Corvette Museum Hall of Fame, Labor Day weekend of 2008
Joining an amazing list of people who have positively influenced the Corvette over the years, we could think of mobody more deserving of this high honor than Reeves Callaway, for the
Powerfully Engineered Corvettes he has created over the years
Please join me in congratulating Reeves Callaway for his induction into the NCM Corvette Hall of Fame
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2008 Hall of Fame Inductees
Our 2008 Hall of Fame inductees were selected last week as part of our 4th quarter NCM Board of Directors meeting. Corvette racers, Allan and Donald Barker; Corvette tuner and engineering specialist, Reeves Callaway and early Corvette developer, Maurice Olley will be inducted into the Corvette Hall of Fame as part of our 14th Anniversary Corvette Celebration over Labor Day weekend.
*Allan & Don Barker – A brother racing team that competed from 1957 through 1972, compiling five Sports Car Club of America National Championships – four of which behind the wheel of B Production Corvettes. Allan Barker’s racing championships were achieved with the assistance of his brother Don acting as chief mechanic.
* Reeves Callaway – Founder of Callaway Cars, racer and tuner/car constructor, whose engineering achievements in the Corvette performance arena began with the factory RPO B2K Twin Turbo Corvettes (1987-1991).Achievements continued with the development of the world-record holding 254mph "Sledgehammer", C4 Aerobody package, LT-1 and LT-5 SuperNatural™ Corvettes, C12 Callaway Supercars, C5/C6 power group packages, and the current C6 Supercharged Corvettes/C16 Supercars.
* Maurice Olley – Working along side Harley Earl and Bob McLean, Olley developed the chassis and suspension of the first-generation Corvette. Acting as head of Chevrolet Research and Development, he headed the engineering team that worked to perfect the early Corvettes and hired Zora Arkus-Duntov to continue the improvements.
Inductees are selected based on nomination information and materials provided to us by our membership base. The Corvette Hall of Fame was created by the National Corvette Museum Board of Directors in 1998, with the purpose to confer the highest honor and recognition upon the most influential individuals in the history of the Corvette. The award recognizes those people who have made significant contributions to their respective fields, each having reached the highest level of accomplishment. Inductees must also possess the highest standards of integrity and character to positively reflect and enhance the prestige of the Corvette and the National Corvette Museum. Our 2008 Corvette Hall of Fame inductees will be featured in our March/April issue of “America’s Sports Car” magazine. View all of our Corvette Hall of Fame Inductees online at: http://www.corvettemuseum.com/library-archives/hof/index.shtml
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{NEWS}Reeves Callaway, to be inducted into the NCM Hall of Fame
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