{"id":2138,"date":"2022-05-07T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T02:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2022-05-07T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T02:08:15","slug":"an-amazing-stash-of-indy-500-chevrolet-corvettes-worth-a-small-fortune-is-being-auctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2138","title":{"rendered":"An amazing stash of Indy 500 Chevrolet Corvettes worth a small fortune is being auctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> close <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/931\/524\/corvettes-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves says 'You gotta believe in yourself'\" data-v-13907676> Video <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title\" data-v-13907676>Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves says &#8216;You gotta believe in yourself&#8217;<\/h4>\n<p data-v-13907676>Four-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves enters The Fox Garage to talk about his record-tying victory, staying competitive at age 46 and his plans for next year.<\/p>\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Dr. Richard Foster is an Indy 500 fan through and through.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/corvettes-3.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Dr. Richard Foster's collection of 18 Indy 500 Corvettes will be sold at the Mecum Auctions Indy event.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Dr. Richard Foster&#8217;s collection of 18 Indy 500 Corvettes will be sold at the Mecum Auctions Indy event.<br \/>\n      (Mecum Auctions)<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The 80-year-old retired Indiana physician has attended the Greatest Spectacle in Racing 20 times over the years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve always been in love with that race,&#8221; he said of the event. &#8220;I have many great memories of being there and seeing so many tremendous cars and drivers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/corvettes-4.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The collection includes authentic pace cars, replicas and festival cars.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The collection includes authentic pace cars, replicas and festival cars.<br \/>\n      (Mecum Auctions)<\/p>\n<p>He also has a thing for the Chevrolet Corvettes that have worked the race over the years.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s purchased 18 Corvettes ranging from authentic and replica pace cars to festival cars that are in his private car collection, which is 42 vehicles strong. But it won&#8217;t be for long as he is putting the Corvettes up for sale as a single lot at the Mecum Auctions Indy event on May 21.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/corvettes-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"The Chevrolet Corvette first paced the Indy 500 in 1978.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      The Chevrolet Corvette first paced the Indy 500 in 1978.<br \/>\n      (Mecum Auctions)<\/p>\n<p>Among the vehicles are a replica of the first Corvette pace car from 1978 and one of the six actual pace cars used in the 2006 race.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/corvettes-5.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Foster's 2006 Corvette pace car is one of six that were built for the event.\"> <\/p>\n<p>\n      Foster&#8217;s 2006 Corvette pace car is one of six that were built for the event.<br \/>\n      (Mecum Auctions)<\/p>\n<p>He also has a pace car replica from 2020, which was the first time the new eighth-generation mid-engine Corvette led the field across the yard of bricks, and is throwing in a 2022 replica that he has on order, but hasn&#8217;t yet been built.<\/p>\n<p>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n<p>The collection is being offered without reserve, so someone will be driving it home, and has a pre-auction estimate of $1,500,000 &#8211; $1,700,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>close Video Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves says &#8216;You gotta believe in yourself&#8217; Four-time Indy 500 champion Helio Castroneves enters The Fox Garage to talk about his record-tying victory, staying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}