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"  We are familiar with the yellow, thundering factory Corvettes that are so quick and successful at Le Mans. There was a time, however, when Chevrolet was banned from racing. Luckily, it had friends. One of them was Briggs Cunningham, the American sportsman who not only built his own race cars, but also won sailing&amp;#039;s America&amp;#039;s Cup. Cunningham, who had long flown the American flag at Le Mans, did it again in 1960 with Corvettes. He entered a trio of fuelie `Vettes. Cunningham was a friend with Corvette godfather Zora Arkus-Duntov, who worked with long-time Cunningham tech guru Alfred Momo to prep the cars. The team stripped the Corvettes, bolted on the hardtops and reworked the 4.6-liter Chevy small-blocks for the 24-hour classic. Cunningham Corvettes number 1 and 2 DNF&amp;#039;d, but the third car, driven by legendary John Fitch and Bob Grossman, came in 8th and won the 5.0-liter GT class. When the cars were retuned to the U.S., Cunningham had them converted back to street machines and sold. Two have since been converted back to Le Mans specs, but the number 1 car has been missing for decades. Not anymore. A Corvette enthusiast assured himself of a place in the marque&amp;#039;s history when he doggedly traced the missing racer for years and found it. Ignored and dusty in a Florida warehouse, it was recovered. The revered `Vette will be shown as found next to the 1960 Le Mans class winner at Corvettes at Carlisle in Carlisle, PA on August 24-26. After that, it will be restored to race trim. Carlisle would be worthy of a road trip that weekend and you can get more information here. Related posts:   Video: Why Corvette Wins \u2013 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Video: Meet the Corvette Drivers \u2013 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Corvette: Don&amp;#039;t Mess With Jake \u2013 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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