I have been snooping around again.
XP-819 Corvette: Definitely Not The "Ugly Duckling" - Interview with Larry Shinoda
(http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/prototypes/images/xp819a.jpg)
A sample of the story.
"SHARK Quarterly visited with Larry Shinoda in the spring of 1995. Larry's work and opinions covered such a wide range of issues, however, that we had to break them down into their components. I have been asked to encapsulate the best of the discussion on XP-819 together with some of my own research.
First, to understand XP-819, you might want to hear some of Larry's stories about how it came to be built at all. The car was built .............."
You can read the rest HERE (http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/specs/prototypes/xp819.html)
Cam if I have got this wrong could you fix it please. :v