2019 CORVETTES AT CARLISLE

Fueled by the C8 Corvette, the Corvettes at Carlisle show set a new attendance record in 2019

- John Machaqueiro

Located just outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Corvettes at Carlisle, presented by Corvette America has become a mecca for Corvette enthusiasts from all over the world, and this 37th edition lived up to that honor. The folks that organize the event thought this one would be a down year due to a Corvette caravan that travels to Bowling Green, Kentucky, every five years. To their surprise, it ended up being a record-setter with a total of 2,901 Corvettes registered for the Fun Field and over 5,000 on the fairgrounds. This year the special ingredient in the show recipe to push those numbers was called C8. Of those roughly 5,000 Corvettes on hand, 14 of them had the engine behind the driver and a serial number that ended in EX. Combined with spectacular weather for most of the weekend and the full-on presence of Team Chevrolet on-site with numerous pre-production examples of the new C8 Corvette, it was the fuel that helped propel the new attendance record.