The 1957 Chevy Black Widow ... the curb weight of the car was just 3,168 lbs. Once the Black Widow hit the racetracks, it seemed unstoppable, and even won the '57 NASCAR Grand National ...

Chevrolet's '57 purpose-built race car, known as the "Black Widow," is as iconic as it is rare. As for production numbers, there aren't any as the car never came off the production line and no ...

His intention from the outset was to build a '57 150 two-door into a modern version of the legendary Black Widow. The Black Widow was Chevrolet's factory-legal race car, a 3,000-pound two-door ...

Just about everybody has heard of the infamous '57 Chevrolet "Black Widow ... They had purchased Chevy race car gold in the Texas desert. Once the Black Widow was safely in Lubbock, Clement ...

For most all of its 62-year history, NASCAR has been a battleground for U.S. automakers, each of whom sought superiority on the race track as a way to sell more of their cars. In 1957, Chevrolet ...

In 1957, Chevrolet set out to create a race car that would dominate NASCAR and establish Chevrolet as the car to beat in the minds of buyers across the country. Known as the “Black Widow,” the ...

But Chevrolet ... the Black Widow. The recipe was far from complicated. Wanting to win NASCAR races while also promoting new engine technology, Chevrolet took the lightest car it had at the ...

Today, the Black Widow is one ... When Smith crashed the car, Piggins was able to provide him with a new example from Chevrolet, however they stripped it of many of its race-ready parts, sending ...