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CORVETTE TODAY #200 - A Milestone Episode...200 shows!
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Jul 11, 2025
We celebrate the 200th episode of CORVETTE TODAY - the ONLY current podcast dedicated to Corvette! Your host, Steve Garrett, talks about the beginnings of CORVETTE TODAY, how he started the show, some of the guests that have appeared on the show and some of the highlights that have happened since CORVETTE TODAY started in April of 2020. Please enjoy this retrospect of CORVETTE TODAY as we celebrate show #200!
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[Music]
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Welcome to Corvette Today, the show that
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talks about everything Corvette with
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your host Steve Garrett, lifetime member
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of the National Corvette Museum,
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president of the Corvette Club of Kansas
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City, Missouri, and radio disc jockey at
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the number one radio station in Kansas
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City for over 45 years.
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Here's Steve Garrett.
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Thanks for listening and watching
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Corvette Today, the show that talks
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about everything Corvette and the only
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current podcast dedicated to Corvette.
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I'm your host, Steve Garrett. I
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appreciate you tuning in. Corvette Today
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are, my friends. It's episode number
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200. It's a monumentous event in my
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book. And also, we're approaching year
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number five of Corvette Today. I thought
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I would take this episode and look back
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over the past 200 episodes and talk to
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you about how Corvette Today got started
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and the background and the whole
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beginning. It started back right at
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COVID. I'm sure just like many of you, I
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got furoughed from my day job during
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COVID. And then I'm thinking to myself,
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okay, what do I do? You know, I'm a disc
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jockey in the radio here in Kansas City.
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I've been on the air for 46 and a half
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years. I'm on the number one radio
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station in Kansas City, which is a
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classic rock station. It's called 101
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the Fox, KCFX Kansas City. This is also
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the number one classic rock radio
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station in the United States. I'm the
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longest tenure disc jockey on the radio
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here in Kansas City and also being the
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president of the Corvette club. When I
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got furoughed, it's like, okay, what do
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I do now? My daughter, Lexi, in her
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infinite wisdom, she said, "Dad, do a
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podcast. Podcasts are really popular
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right now. You're a radio guy. You know,
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audio like the back of your hand." She
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said, "Do something that you know and
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love, something you know a lot about,
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something you're passionate about, like
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Corvettes. do a Corvette podcast. And I
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thought to myself, you know what? Maybe
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that has some legs. So, the first thing
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I did was is I looked up and Googled
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Corvette podcast. This was at the end of
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March in 2020. Believe it or not, my
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friends, there was no current podcasts
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in March of 2020 on Corvettes. The most
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current or the most recent podcast was
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back four or five years ago.
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Interestingly enough, in January of
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2020, I had open heart surgery. So when
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I went back to work in March of 2020 at
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the beginning, we were talking about
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getting furoughed and everything and
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that's how it all came about. So after I
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Googled Corvette Podcast, I started
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thinking about this. Maybe that's my
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opening. So I did a little bit of
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research and started putting things
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together. And as you know, Corvette
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today is structured like a radio show.
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There's three segments. There is a
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commercial break in between each of the
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three segments. That's how I got started
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in midappril of 2020. It took me two or
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three weeks to kind of put this all
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together in my head and stuff like that.
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My friend Jeremy Wellbborne from the
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Southwest Oklahoma Corvette Club, he's
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the president, was guest number one.
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Then I went on to Mike Ferman, the
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number one Corvette salesperson in the
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world. He's on multiple episodes.
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Corvette Today, number two, number 60,
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number 174, and then number 190. As a
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matter of fact, that second episode with
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Mike in it is today still one of the
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largest listened to shows of Corvette
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Today history. Then after that, I went
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to Keith Cornet from corvette
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blogger.com and it just went on and on
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and on. So I started getting guests for
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every single week. But I had an idea.
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First, I wanted to get a title for the
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show that didn't expire. The name didn't
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expire. That's why I chose Corvette
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today. So, I called Keith in
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midepptember of 2020 and I said, "Keith,
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you know, the show is called Corvette
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Today. You do a daily blog on Corvettes
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called Corvette Blogger." I said, "You
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know what? What if we did a news and
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headline show and see how it goes? And
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if it goes pretty well, maybe we'll do
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it like once a month." Well, we started
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our first news and headline show on
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Corvette Today on September 7th of 2020.
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That show was so popular and was so
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wellreceived, I called Keith back and
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said, "Dude, once a month ain't going to
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hack it. We're going to have to do this
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every other week." So, we've been doing
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our news and headline shows every other
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week since September 7th of 2020. So,
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it's a really big anniversary, not only
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for Corvette Today, but also for our
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news and headline show. And to this day,
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Corvette Today is the only current
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podcast on Corvette, almost five years
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later and 200 episodes. I also started a
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YouTube channel in March of 2020. What I
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do is I take the audio from the podcast
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and I marry pictures and video to create
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the YouTube version of Corvette Today.
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So whether you'd like to watch it on
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get the exact same content on either
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corvettetoday.com. You can access
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everything there. You can join our
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Facebook group. We also have an email
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that goes out twice per week talking
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about what's on Corvette Today. Then on
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Thursdays, I do a midweek reminder about
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hey, don't forget about Corvette Today,
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here's what's on this week. Plus, I also
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do a here's what's coming up next week
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on Corvette Today. So, that's the story
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of Corvette Today. We're going to take a
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quick break and when we come back on
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I'm your host, Steve Garrett. This is
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episode number 200 of Corvette Today and
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almost 5 years into the show. In this
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second segment, we're going to talk
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about some of the guests that have been
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on Corvette Today over 200 episodes.
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First off, I'm just going through this
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at random. Rick Malone, the lead
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instructor at Spring Mountain at the Ron
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Fellows Corvette Performance Driving
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School, has been on the show. He's been
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on multiple times on episode number nine
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and also episode number 128. Also, the
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late Reeves Callaway has been on the
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show. Reeves was a huge fan of Corvette
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Today. He's been on episode number 10
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and number 148. As a matter of fact,
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ever?" He said, "Absolutely. The best
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Callaway Cars interview I have ever done
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has been on Corvette Today." I was
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honored. Also, since Reeves passing last
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year in the summer of 2023, his son
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Peter, who is now taken over, has been
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on Corvette Today as well. That was a
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really, really fun episode to talk about
11:42
the future of Callaway cars. Also, my
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friend John Kraman, the TV host of the
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Mikum Auctions, has been on multiple
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appearances of Corvette Today. John,
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welcome back to Corvette Today, my
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friend.
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Hey, Steve. Thank you so much, man. You
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know, I've been really been looking
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forward to this. You are really the tip
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of the spear in the Corvette world with
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your podcast. First of all, you do such
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a great job with it and the reach that
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it has and the influence that it has is
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extreme. I just wanted you to know that
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as a Corvette enthusiast, I've owned
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three Corvettes. The entire Corvette
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community is just so proud to have you
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as an asset. And I mean that from the
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bottom of my heart, my friend.
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And we can't forget about the Corvette
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team. First of all, the brand manager
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for Corvette, Harlon Charles, has made
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multiple appearances on Corvette Today.
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He's been on episode number 16 and also
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number 84 and some other ones as well.
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We've actually had a Corvette Today
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Extra with Harlon Charles talking about
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the C8 Z06. Buddy, thank you so much for
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being back on Corvette Today.
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Congratulations on the -ray. Can't wait
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to see it at an upcoming show and get it
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out on the streets with everybody else.
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Thanks. And once again, you do a great
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job on your podcast and really
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appreciate you having me be a part of
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them. Also, Corvette chief engineer Josh
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Holder has been on multiple episodes of
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Corvette Today, and the executive chief
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engineer Taj Jar was also on episode
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number 32. The former plant director at
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Bowling Green Assembly, Kai Spandandy,
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has been on the show. Also, the exterior
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design director, the current exterior
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design director, Kirk Benyan, has been
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on the show. And also, the former
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exterior design director, Tom Peters,
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has also made appearances on Corvette
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Today. Some of my favorites have been
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with Jim Mero, the retired Corvette test
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driver. Jim has been on multiple
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episodes, number 18, number 42, and
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number 78. And speaking of Jim Mero, we
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can't forget about Corvette Racing.
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We've had lots of people on from
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Corvette Racing. The photographer for
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team Corvette, Richard Prince, has been
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on the show twice. Also, the former
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director of Corvette Racing, who started
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everything in 1999, Doug Feehan, has
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chief for Corvette Racing, Dan Binks.
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Also, we've had a lot of people from the
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Today. The former curator, Derek Moore,
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has been on multiple appearances of
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Corvette Today. Also, the current
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president and CEO of the National
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Corvette Museum, Sharon Bronner, has
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been on the show as well. The new
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marketing director, Ryan Ikler, just
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made a recent appearance on Corvette
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Today. Also, marketing manager Mariah
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here on Corvette Today this year. My
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buddy Adam Bokeh, the director of the
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Corvette Today. Also, the former
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Corvette Today. And I can't forget about
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my buddy Kevin McCay, the famous
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Corvette Hunter, has also appeared on
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15:10
60 years. That was done last March of
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restored car number one. They were done
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absolutely spectacular, seeing those
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three Cunningham Corvettes completely
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15:35
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I'm your host Steve Garrett. We're
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talking about the 200th episode of
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Corvette Today and almost 5 years of
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existence. In this final segment of
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Corvette Today, we're going to talk
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about some of the big highlights that
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have happened over the last four and
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three/4er years during Corvette Today's
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existence. First having the three
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horsemen on the show, Harlon Charles,
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Josh Holder, and Taj Jar was a first.
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They were on the show in early May of
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2023. And this was really a first for
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not only Corvette today, but for the
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existence of Corvette. We had Harlon
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Charles, the brand manager, Josh Holder,
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the chief engineer, and Taj Jar, the
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executive chief engineer, on the show at
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the same time. And again, that was a
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first. This has never happened in the
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70-year history of Corvette. So, make
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sure you watch it and listen to it. The
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video is of all four of us talking. So,
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instead of doing just pictures and video
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to match the audio, we actually did a
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live video of that show. And again,
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that's episode number 160 that came out
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on May 8th of 2023. Also, we had Dave
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Kindig on the show. Dave is the host of
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and Rides on Motor Trend TV. He's
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with Kind Digit Design. And thanks to my
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buddy Ken Lingfelter, who's been on the
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show multiple times as well. Ken
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connected me with Dave Kindig and that
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was a really fun episode having Dave on
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the show. In March of 2023, I was at
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Amelia Island at the Concursors when all
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three of the Cunningham Corvettes that
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raced at 1960 at Lama were debuted again
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together with Kevin McCay from Corvette
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Repair in Long Island. So on Saturday, I
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went to the Concourse event there at
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Amelia Island. And I'm walking through
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the cars and seeing all these beautiful
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multi-million dollar cars. And there's a
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guy that has one of the Cunningham
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Corvettes from the C8 generation. Are
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you familiar with those? They made only
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60 of these. And this was car number
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three. So I'm looking at it and I had my
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Corvette today polo shirt on. It had the
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logo and my name on the shirt. And the
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guy that owns the car came over and
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started talking to me. I told him,
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"Congratulations on these cars. These
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are $160,000 cars and they're pretty
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darn cool. So all of a sudden he
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recognized me and he said, "You're Steve
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Garrett from Corvette Today." I said,
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"Yeah, I am." He said, "I love your
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show. I listen to it. I'm a faithful
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listener. Have been listening for
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years." And then he did something that
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really, really surprised me. He said,
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"Steve, would you sign my Corvette?" And
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I said, "Oh my gosh." I said, "I don't
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want to devalue or deface your car,
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especially a C8 and a Cunningham
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Corvette." He said, "No, no, actually,
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this will add value to my car." So,
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after 5 minutes or so of him trying to
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talk me into it, I finally said, "Okay,
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I will sign your Corvette." And I signed
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it around the surround of the frunk in
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the front trunk of the car. If you're
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watching the YouTube video, you're
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seeing the picture of my signature on
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his car. That was pretty cool. And we
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also had a Corvette Today exclusive. You
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know who Mike Ferman is. Mike is the
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number one Corvette salesperson in the
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world. Mike has been on the show four
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different times. I think we got to
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highlight the sale and delivery of
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Corvette number 5000 and Corvette number
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6000 on our show here on Corvette Today.
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Plus, Mike was honored to be able to
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purchase the 2024 Corvette C806 number
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one, VIN number 001, and we debuted that
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and we announced that on Corvette today.
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That was really exciting. Mike has got a
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big announcement. Mike, this is a
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Corvette today exclusive. First of all,
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thanks for announcing it on Corvette
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today. Tell everybody about the huge
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announcement.
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Well, I have to tell you, it still blows
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me away. I had asked many months ago.
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It's one of those things I never thought
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I would get, and I'm still blown away by
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it. But I was able to take delivery on
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October 10th of VIN number 0001,
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a 2024 Corvette Z06 convertible. If
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anybody knows anything about Corvettes,
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they're built sequentially. Any serial
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number one of anything is really rare,
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but to get it in a Corvette is just
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super cool. I'm blown away. I really
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happy with it. It's a Riptide Blue.
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Obviously, it was the first Riptide Blue
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Z06 built. It has the tension and
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twilight blue dipped interior. I'm just
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thrilled to death to own it and it's in
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my garage since a little over a month
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ago. Five, six weeks ago, I got it.
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Also, it was pretty exciting to have the
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guys from Australia at Carbon Revolution
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who make the carbon fiber wheels for the
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Z06 on the show. We had a guy from
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Australia on with a guy from Detroit
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simultaneously here on Corvette today.
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Also, we had episodes dedicated to
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Women's History Month, which is
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traditionally March of every year. Last
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year, we had an episode on the first
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woman of first, Betty Skelton. We
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highlighted her during the month of
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March last year for Women's History
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Month. And again, thanks to everyone who
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attends my seminars at the Corvettes of
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Carile show every August in Carlilele,
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Pennsylvania. Thanks to Lance Miller of
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Carile Events for giving me the platform
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and the opportunity to talk about
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Corvette today at Corvettes at Carile.
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And thanks to everyone who recognizes me
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and stops and says hello, whether I'm at
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the NCM Michelin Bash or Corvettes at
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Carile or any of the Corvette events
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that I attend during the year. I
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sincerely appreciate you and your
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loyalty and dedication to my show,
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Corvette Today. And finally, last but
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not least, thanks to you, the faithful
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listeners and the faithful viewers on
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YouTube that make Corvette Today a
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weekly thing and a lifestyle thing that
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you have to have. I sincerely appreciate
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you. Couldn't do it without you. This is
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episode number 200. Hopefully, we'll
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have 200 more. The start of year number
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five comes up in the middle of April of
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this year. I hope you'll join me in year
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number five of Corvette Today. Thanks
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again for listening and watching
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Corvette Today. And be sure to tell your
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family, friends, and other Corvette
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