#3 Corvette Challenge Car documented history and specs

Previous owners:

Race history:

A few words about the car from the current owner:

The bright red #3 car was the overall series winner for 1989 and was driven by Bill Cooper of the Valley Chevrolet Team of Wilkes Barre, PA. Featuring the new for 1989, ZF six-speed transmission and FX3 adjustable suspension, the car also has the unique “Corvette Challenge” racing seats and roll cage installed.

In addition to those features, the car wears a set of lightweight cast magnesium Dymag racing wheels and the unique, 1989 only exhaust manufactured by Desert Driveline for the series. Extremely free flowing, the thunderous pipes dumped out spent gases from the rear body panels just behind the tires. This car was the teammate to the #7 Challenge car (also on display).

My father, Chip Miller, was very excited about acquiring this Corvette because of the winning background, it’s a great car and miraculously managed to escape the series without any major damage! There were three incredible memories that my father and I had with this particular car:

1) Winning the Bloomington Gold award – driving through to accept the award together.
2) Displaying the car in the Special Collection for the theme “Victory Lane”.
3) Watching my father participate in the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix – great people and incredible racing on the streets!
4) Chip's Choice 2006 #230

Credentials:

Original Logbook, Bloomington Gold Certified, displayed at the 1994 Special Collection XI “Victory Lane” display.

Documentation:

Pictures of the car with championship driver Bill Cooper next to the car, pictures of the car racing at various races, picture of my father in the car while getting judged for the Bloomington Gold award, pictures of my father and I accepting the Bloomington Gold award, many magazine articles and pictures and video tapes of each race during the ’89 series.

Other interesting facts:

• This car won the 1989 Corvette Challenge Championship.
• Cooper used car #5 at Mosport and St. Pete (the final two races) to save car #3 because he had already won the championship.

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