Corvette Stingray (concept car)

The Corvette Stingray Racer, built under the project number XP-87, is a sports racing car and concept car that debuted in 1959. It was developed in the General Motors styling studios at the behest of styling vice president Bill Mitchell from a sketch by the designer Pete Brock, with further development by Larry Shinoda. It reused the tubular steel space frame chassis and 92 inch wheelbase of the 1957 Corvette SS, carried a body of fiberglass with aluminum reinforcing, and weighed about 2,154 pounds dry. Entered privately by Mitchell, it made its racing debut in April 1959 at the Marlboro Motor Raceway in Maryland and won an SCCA National Championship in 1960 with Dr. Dick Thompson driving. Its lines strongly influenced the styling of the second generation Corvette Sting Ray of 1963.