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CORVETTE TODAY #224 - A Preview of the National Corvette Museum's Anniversary Celebration & Caravan
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Jul 12, 2025
The National Corvette Museum is celebrating its 30th Anniversary! Corvettes from all over North American will converge on Bowling Green, Kentucky to celebrate this milestone. To give you a preview of the Anniversary Celebration and Caravan, your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett talks with Maci Johnson, Events Specialist at the NCM and gives you a full preview of the event! If you haven't made plans to attend yet, this show will definitely get you going. Get a full overview of the National Corvette Museum's 30th Anniversary celebration and Caravan on this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.
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Now, this is going to be a huge event at
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here to preview this event is Macy
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Johnson, event specialist at the
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National Corvette Museum. Macy, welcome
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back to Corvette today, my friend.
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Thank you so much. We are looking
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forward to this event. It will be here
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before we know it.
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It absolutely will. Now, this is an
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anniversary celebration. It's very
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special because it's the 30th
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anniversary of the National Corvette
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Museum. Plus, it's a caravan year too,
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isn't it?
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That is correct. So, this event takes
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place every 5 years. This is a very
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special event for us celebrating the
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anniversary of the Corvette Museum. It
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will actually be beginning to take place
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on Wednesday, August the 28th, and we'll
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wrap up on Saturday, August the 31st.
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Now, with this being a caravan year,
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Macy, how many Corvettes and how many
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people are you guys expecting for the
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event?
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So, we are expecting roughly between
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6,000 to 8,000 participants here on site
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at the Corvette Museum. So, that would
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put us to expecting, I would say,
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between 3,000 and 4,000 Corvettes.
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Wow, that's amazing. And there's so much
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going on during this anniversary
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celebration. How can someone register
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for the event?
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Definitely, we would love to have anyone
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register. So, if anyone wants to
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register, they can call into the events
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department to Melissa Comr at
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270-777-4556
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and this would be able to get them
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registered for the overall events and to
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be able to participate in the seminars
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and presentations here on site.
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That sounds good. Now, with the caravans
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coming in, you should realize that you
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don't have to come in with a caravan to
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attend, do you? you do not. So you can
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actually participate in no caravan which
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means you could travel down on your own
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individually at your own leisure. So we
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welcome those participants who feel more
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comfortable traveling by no caravan. So
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it is not just restricted to caravan.
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Anyone who wants to come down on our own
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is very welcome to.
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And also if you're not a member of the
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museum yet, you can still attend this
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event.
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That is correct. You do not have to be a
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member to participate in any of our
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on-site events. However, it may
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encourage them to become a member and
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join the museum just due to all the
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benefits that they would get regarding
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an event, regarding the discount and
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other special benefits. But you do not
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have to be a member to register.
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And I'll tell you what, you need to come
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It's such a great time. Macy, let's take
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Corvette Museum. We are talking about
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caravan. In segment number two, we're
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the specifics during that time. Macy, if
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someone wants to join the caravan, first
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of all, if they want to get in, where's
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the best place for them to start?
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Definitely. So, they would want to reach
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out to the Corvette Museum with the
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events department and call into Melissa
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Comr at 270-777-4556
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and we would be able to register them
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to register for a caravan, they will
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confirm all of the logistics on their
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side as well and we'd be happy to have
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them.
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That sounds good. Now, there's a full
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schedule of events going on during the
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anniversary/caravan
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celebration. Give me a few of the
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highlights of some of the events that'll
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be going on.
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Definitely. So, we're expecting a lot of
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guest speakers here during the event
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with Michelin General Motoring Green
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very excited to have these special guest
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speakers along with a few dinner
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banquetss that we are planning on having
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such as our dinner and dancing with live
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entertainment taking place on Friday,
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Center. And then we are also having our
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taking place on Saturday, August the
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Bowling Green. And we're super excited
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for that as well.
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And that's a fantastic event as well.
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Now, there's a full schedule of other
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seminars going on that attendees can go
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to as well. Overview some of those
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seminars that are taking place during
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the event and where can they go to see
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the entire agenda?
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Definitely. So, individuals can go on to
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the website at corvette
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presentations, and dinner banquetss that
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we currently have on our online agenda.
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We are still, of course, adding events
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more events to the itinerary.
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That's great. And the motorsports park
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this anniversary celebration.
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So yes, the motorsports park will have
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several events over at their venue
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including on track activities along with
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a number of vendors attending their
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to that. And they will also have several
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dinner banquetss as well. So, that's
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something that they plan on having at
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the Motorsports Park. It's something
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anniversary.
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Wow, that's really cool. That's nice.
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And museum deliveries will be taking
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That is correct. So, we will have museum
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deliveries taking place during the 30th
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That sounds great. Macy, let's take our
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final break. When we come back, we'll
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Macy, one of my favorite things at this
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ceremony. Talk about that and who will
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Our Hall of Fame ceremony is taking
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The Hall of Fame is where we celebrate
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achievements. And this year's inductees
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include Oliver Gavin, Yan Magninsson,
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Taj Jer, and Richard Prince.
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That's really great. That's a great
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lineup of people being inducted this
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year. Plus, there's some terrific
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exhibits ongoing at the National
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Corvette Museum. Let's talk about a few
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of the exhibits that people can see as
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they go through the museum and when
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they'll be there.
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Of course. So, we're actually going to
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have several exhibits here at the
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Corvette Museum for participants to
16:36
visit while they are here, including the
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ground to sky, the sinkhole reimagine,
16:40
which will be here through September the
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15th. So, we really want to encourage
16:44
our participants to go back into our
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museum and visit this exhibit. We do
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have an American affair driven by design
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and our Luster exhibit as well.
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That sounds great. And the Corvette
16:56
store is going to be open. Plus, there's
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30th anniversary clothing available,
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too, isn't there?
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There is tons of Corvette apparel
17:03
clothing here. So, we will definitely
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love to have participants check out and
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shop in our Corvette store upon their
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arrival on Wednesday. And throughout the
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entire event, we will be having event
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apparel mentioning the 30th anniversary
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celebration on a first come, first-
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serve basis until they sell out.
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That sounds great. All roads are going
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to be leading to Bowling Green. Once
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again, Macy, let's tell everybody where
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they can register for the event.
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Definitely. So they can register on
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corvette museum.org/caravan
17:30
by calling the events department to
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melissa comr at 270-777-4556.
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That sounds great, Macy. I'm looking
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forward to this event. This will be the
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celebration. I always make it to the NCM
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Michelin Bash, but this will be my first
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We look forward to having you join us.
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It's going to be a great event.
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call 833639-4231.
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Sold performance products at sulp.com.
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The official performance exhaust of
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Corvette today. Seioa Corvette at
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ciocorvette.com.
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E5 wheels at e5wheels.com.
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True Welf & Company at retirewithtr.com.
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Also, Aerolari wheels. Get $100 off your
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purchase with the new promo code CT111
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at aerolari.com and Hendrickk Chevrolet
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in Kansas City at cheviusa.com.
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