Don Runkle may not be a household name right now in the world of Corvette, but he sure was when the C4 was launching!

Don sits down with your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, to talk about his career.

Runkle was the Chief Engineer for Chevrolet, he worked with Zora Arkus Duntov, he's been at the head of many companies, including Delphi.

Don tells the story of how Corvette engineers got the OK for the C4 Corvette along with the story of how we didn't have a 1983 Corvette! He also tells the story of what happened when Corvette was supposed to go to 6 cylinders or diesel.

Plus, Don was nominated for the Corvette Hall of Fame thi year!

Don was one of the key figures in Corvette history that kept the Corvette flame burning bright! You'll truly enjoy this episode of CORVETTE TODAY!

CORVETTE TODAY #215 - CORVETTE NEWS & HEADLINES, LATE MAY 2024

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Next week is Memorial Day week and CORVETTE TODAY keeps bringing you all the latest news and headlines in the world of Corvette!

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Keith Cornett from CorvetteBlogger is back with your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett to bring you these updates and more...

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1. The National Corvette Museum was named a 2024 Blue Star Museum
2. Chevrolet launches an update to it's "Build & Buy" configurator
3. ZR1 prototypes are spotted back in Colorado
4. Ken Griffey Jr. will drive the Corvette E-Ray pace car at the Indianapolis 500
5. Special Vehicle Engineering announces a special run of 1,000 horsepower Yenko/Twin Turbo C8 Corvettes

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As we look forward to our holiday weekend, we can also look forward to next week's CORVETTE TODAY News & Headlines show! This show launches at midnight Eastern Time on Monday, May 27th.

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The very first guest of CORVETTE TODAY in mid-April 2020 is back on the show after more than 200 episodes!

Jeremy Welborn returns to CORVETTE TODAY to talk with your host, Steve Garrett, about updates to Spring Mountain.

So much is going on there-from expansion of the track to kart racing!

Spring Mountain is already the largest track in North America. With these improvements in the work, it will make it larger than the Nurburgring!

Check out all of the updates and improvements and book some time at the Ron Fellows Corvette Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain.

CLARIFICATION: YOU MUST COMPLETE THE COURSE IN ONE YEAR FROM THE TIME YOU TAKE DELIVERY OF YOUR NEW CORVETTE!