Racing Legend – Doug Hooper Passed Away
Content by Jim Gessner On October 3, 2013, Racing Legend Doug Hooper passed quietly after an eight-month battle with kidney failure. 2007 Corvette Hall of Fame Inductee Doug Hooper began racing in 1959 behind the wheel of his 1957 Corvette. A regular participant at Cal Club and S.C.C.A. Events, Doug’s achievements note him as a world-class racer and one of the first drivers to have brought the Corvette to the international stage as a winning racing machine following his win in the “Times Grand Prix” in Riverside, California on October 13, 1962.Chevrolet introduced the new Sting Ray Split Window Z06 racing option in October 1962 at Riverside Raceway. Dave MacDonald, Bob Bondurant, Jerry Grant, and Doug all drove Z06 Split Window Corvettes. Billy Krause drove the first Shelby Cobra ever…