"Thunder Road" Automotive Series When big block cars were

When big block cars were built beginning in the 1960’s

“Riding with the King” celebrates the Seventh Generation of Corvette as well as the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 model year Corvette

area seemed to be an appropriate location to pose these great Corvettes

I saw this  very popular model in my last tour of the Corvette Assembly Plant

I chose to place this car in front of a wall advertising an early designed ad for Champion Spark Plugs since the colors work well together and this car is a real Champion

"Thunder Road" Automotive Series When big block cars wereThunder Road is a departure from my usual composition, but my photograph of a ZR 1 in Colorado convinced me to create a major work with a focus on certain details rather than a complete car. The lighting and reflections were too perfect to pass up. The title recalls the 1950s movie as well as a Bruce Springsteen tune, implying that no Corvette creates Thunder like a ZR 1.