Watch a 2011 Corvette ZR1 Rocket Commercial

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2011 corvette rockets ad

This week’s Throwback video features a commercial for the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette with an emphasis on the 638 hp supercharged ZR1. There were no real changes for the 2011 Corvette, so rather than catching our attention during a football game with news of a new package – GM opted to create a commercial titled “America Still Builds Rockets”.

In this commercial, the footage jumps back and forth from members NASA and some of their rockets blasting off into space with clips of GM build team members assembling a Chevrolet Corvette. Slowly but surely, the Corvette comes together as the narrator runs through the similarities between the NASA team and the Corvette build team.

The video ends by showing the C6 Corvette ZR1 dancing around a road course, comparing this automotive rocket to the space-bound machines developed by NASA.

Crank up your speakers and enjoy this awesome C6 Corvette commercial.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5OwJQsAhDU&w=640&h=360]

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com


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