How the 1955 Le Mans Disaster Nearly Prevented the Corvette L88

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In today’s world, we can look back through Chevrolet’s history and appreciate the legendary C2 and C3 L88 Corvettes. We can admire the 427 V8 that was chucking out “435 HP,” although in reality it was pushing from 540 to 580 HP.