The Cunningham Corvettes were equipped with high-performance features, including a 283-cubic-inch fuel-injected V8, sintered-metallic brake linings, and quick-ratio steering.
Driven by Briggs Cunningham and William Kimberley, the #1 car was the first of the Cunningham entries to retire from the race, skidding off the track due to heavy rain on the 32nd lap. After the race, the car’s engine was returned to Chevrolet, and Bill Frick handled the sale of the car. It was later converted for drag racing and eventually ended up in a junkyard until it was rediscovered in 2012.

 

Penske’s new team, which consisted of only six employees at the time, entered the Corvette into its inaugural race, the first 24-hour version of the Daytona Continental. Wearing factory red paint, the car sustained heavy front-end damage during the night portion of the endurance race, knocking out its headlights. Despite the setback, co-driver Dick Guldstrand famously followed the taillights of a competitor to continue racing. Driven by Guldstrand and George Wintersteen, the Corvette went on to finish first in the GT class and eleventh overall.
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Following its success at Daytona, the Corvette was repainted in the now-iconic Sunoco blue livery at the request of Penske’s sponsor. Later that year, the team entered the car in the 12 Hours of Sebring with drivers Wintersteen and Ben Moore. It won its class again and finished ninth overall, tying the record for the highest finish ever for a Corvette.

 

The 1968 L88 Sunray Oil DX2 Racer was a celebrated and successful C3 Corvette, built and campaigned by legendary racer Don Yenko and his Sunray DX team. Its history is notable for both its achievements on the track and its unusual origin story.
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Before the 1968 Daytona 24-Hour race, Yenko’s specially ordered factory L88 Corvette failed to arrive on time. To ensure his team could compete, he pulled a Rally Red street-spec L71 hardtop convertible from his dealership’s showroom floor and converted it into a high-performance L88 racer. Despite these last-minute efforts, the car, driven by Yenko and Peter Revson, performed admirably at Daytona, securing a second-place finish in its class. The older 1967 Sunray DX L88, driven by Dave Morgan and Jerry Grant, took first in class.

 

The 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88, adorned in the red, white, and blue livery of Sunray-DX, is one of the most celebrated race cars in Corvette history, with its legend cemented during a highly successful 1968 season. The car’s story begins with the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Sunray-DX petroleum company, which launched a motorsports campaign in the mid-1960s to promote its products. For its Corvette program, the company partnered with legendary racer and performance Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko.

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The factory-ordered L88 Corvette intended for the 1968 racing season was not completed in time for the 24 Hours of Daytona. Unfazed, Yenko famously pulled a Rally Red 435/427 convertible from his showroom floor and converted it into a full-fledged L88 race car for the endurance event. This particular car became known as the “showroom car”. At Daytona, the new C3-body Sunray-DX L88, driven by Don Yenko and Peter Revson, placed second in the GT class, behind the team’s own 1967 L88.

 

The 1962 Dodge Dart station wagon parked like a guard to the garage hails from Oklahoma. The mighty Mopar’s story starts with a discussion at the counter of a parts store. A military member who went in to get brakes for some kind of early-to-mid 1960s Mopar product got to chatting with the clerk about drag racing a car, and wouldn’t you know it, the clerk had just the machine available. Once the clerk was done with his shift, a deal was done, and thus was born the Nichols & Atkinson Dart. While much of the car’s history sits between vague and unknown, what can be proven was that this Dart historically ran a 426 Wedge with cross-ram and dual quads. Nobody is certain how long the car raced, or when it went int1962 Dodge Dart
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The 1962 Dodge Dart station wagon parked like a guard to the garage hails from Oklahoma. The mighty Mopar’s story starts with a discussion at the counter of a parts store. A military member who went in to get brakes for some kind of early-to-mid 1960s Mopar product got to chatting with the clerk about drag racing a car, and wouldn’t you know it, the clerk had just the machine available. Once the clerk was done with his shift, a deal was done, and thus was born the Nichols & Atkinson Dart. While much of the car’s history sits between vague and unknown, what can be proven was that this Dart historically ran a 426 Wedge with cross-ram and dual quads. Nobody is certain how long the car raced, or when it went into dry storage in the Dayton, Ohio area. The original Wedge was removed recently, and the Dart currently sits as a roller, awaiting a 440/727 combination.
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o dry storage in the Dayton, Ohio area. The original Wedge was removed recently, and the Dart currently sits as a roller, awaiting a 440/727 combination.