step back because he was constantly getting flagged down by other smiling faces who wanted to talk, say hi, and shake hands. One of them was Paul Nowak, a C5 Registry member from Edwardsville, Illinois. While I waited for the pair to finish their chat, I noticed a preponderance of yellow Corvettes in the parking lot. Weidman explained, “Chevrolet had a Millennium Yellow for 2000, so we decided any yellow Corvette, no matter the vintage, would have a special parking place. Our poster and T-shirt cars are yellow this year.”
      I wondered if Chevrolet was involved. They are, Weidman said, to the extent they sent a collection of concept and racing cars from the Design Studio. We walked to the Mid-America front entrance and found a small but potent display of Corvettes. I’d seen the Aerovette, Astro Vette, and Reynolds Aluminum Corvette before. What I marched right over to