{"id":6116,"date":"2019-06-06T11:19:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T13:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=6116"},"modified":"2023-02-22T13:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:07:18","slug":"chevrolet-corvette-c3-72-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chevrolet-corvette-c3-72-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevrolet Corvette (C3) #72 &#8211; Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/chevrolet_corvette_72_01.jpg\" alt=\"Corvette #72\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1972 Chevrolet Corvette (C3)<\/strong>\nPilots: A. Cudini, B. Darniche, J. Greenwood\nTeam: <em>John Greenwood Racing<\/em>\nRace: DNF (GTS 5.0+ class) at Le Mans in <strong>1972<\/strong>\nSpark - S5075 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Published 06\/06\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">John Greenwood bought two new (C3) Corvettes in early 1972, sporting the \u201cbig block\u201d 6997 cm\u00b3 (427 ci) V8. He debuted the cars at the Six Hours of Daytona, in February, but one DNF and the other was disqualified. The following month they were at the Sebring 12 Hours, and one car managed a 24th place. With the (small) result improvement, he was more confident to tackle the <em>24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. So for the 1972 race, he had two cars in the fray, cars <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/lemans-history.com\/imagens\/1972\/72lm72.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#72<\/a> and <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/lemans-history.com\/imagens\/1972\/72lm28.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#28<\/a>. However, neither finished. Unfortunately on lap 53 piston failure took out car #28, and on lap 82 a cylinder head joint failed and Corvette #72 was out too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/chevrolet_corvette_72_02.jpg\" alt=\"Corvette #72\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Americans do like their flag.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is my third C3 Vette, and each one is from a different brand. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chevrolet-corvette-c3-stingray-76-altaya\/\" target=\"_blank\">Altaya #76<\/a> is obviously the worse, though it\u2019s not a terrible model. But has the coolest livery. The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/corvette-c3-1-vitesse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vitesse #1<\/a> is quite better, but still has some shortcomings. So with no surprises here, this Spark is the best of the trio. A very well detailed model, with a great livery &#8211; nothing less than a true gem of a model.  Honestly, this Corvette #72 is one of those models good for every vintage race car collector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/zgroup\/vettes_04.jpg\" alt=\"Corvette #72\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Spark is the winner, hands down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1972 Chevrolet Corvette (C3) Pilots: A. Cudini, B. Darniche, J. Greenwood Team: John Greenwood Racing Race: DNF (GTS 5.0+ class) at Le Mans in 1972 Spark &#8211; S5075 (resin) Published 06\/06\/19 John Greenwood bought two new (C3) Corvettes in early 1972, sporting the \u201cbig block\u201d 6997 cm\u00b3 (427 ci) V8. He debuted the cars at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/chevrolet-corvette-c3-72-spark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chevrolet Corvette (C3) #72 &#8211; Spark&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6116","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6116"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15328,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6116\/revisions\/15328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}