The previous two installments of this column were focused on the C5 and C6 Z06 models to lay out the history of the "performance" model Corvette. Back in the pre-computer days, performance engines and ...

But at the end of the day, a street-legal C5 Corvette ran a 9.83-second quarter-mile to win the C5 Performance Tuner Shootout Oct. 7-9 at the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois.

It's not often you come across an old tuner car that still looks great. This one is an exception. It's a C5-generation Corvette with a "GTR" body designed by Michigan-based company Specter Werkes in ...