Bloomington Gold Corvette car show moving to St. Louis

Posted on February 28, 2025
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By WMBD TV

BLOOMINGTON – The longest running Corvette car show is moving to St. Louis for its summer event after being in Normal last year.

In its 52nd year, Bloomington Gold will take its talents to World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, which is on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River and about a 15-minute drive to St. Louis.

“Bloomington Gold recognizes that late model [Corvette] owners want to get out and drive their Corvettes,” said Guy Larsen, the show’s president in a news release. “When offered the opportunity to partner with WWTR to host the show, we thought this would be a great time to tie in new activities to attract a wider range of Corvette owner interests.

“Over the years, Bloomington Gold started to get the reputation of being a show only for early generation Corvettes,” he said. “This is not true, and we hope by adding activities where owners can drive their Corvettes on a racetrack, we can re-introduce Bloomington Gold to these owners.”

A big change this year for Corvette owners is that they will be able aren’t able to drive their cars the racetrack which hosts Indycar competitions. That wasn’t possible in Normal.

The economic effect on the Bloomington-Normal area is high as the show generates more than $900,000 for the Twin Cities.

WMBD reached out to Larsen for an on-camera interview, but have not heard back.

WMBD TV can be reached at [email protected].

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