Biography of a Sports Car - Dave MacDonald & Dick Thompson test new 1963 Stingray

Legendary Zora Arkus Duntov handpicked top Corvette racers Dave MacDonald and Dick Thompson to shakedown the all new 1963 Corvette Stingray. Zora assembled the media for this three-day event (June 29 - July 1, 1962) held at the GM Proving Grounds in Michigan. Footage of this historic shakedown was used in a GM promotional video titled Biography of a Sports Car. It was distributed around the globe as part of GM's '63 sales campaign. The video you're viewing is an edited version of a GM copy that Zora Duntov personally gave to Sherry MacDonald at a 1992 banquet dinner in Palm Springs California. Two months later GM presented the first four Z06's off the line to renowned Corvette racers Dave MacDonald, Bob Bondurant, Doug Hooper & Jerry Grant - it was decided MacDonald would receive VIN#684, the very first. All four Stingrays would debut at Riverside International Raceway on Oct 13, 1962. Also debuting that day was Carroll Shelby’s iconic Ford Cobra.