- June 28
- The Corvette assembly plant closes due to a labor dispute. [148.62]
- (month unknown)
- At the McLean County Fairgrounds in Bloomington, Illinois, the Bloomington Corvette Corral show is held. About 4500 people attend. [212.B7]
- Lars Tidblom founds Club Corvette Sweden. [254.11]
- AMT releases model kit #T-354 1974 Corvette convertible, in white plastic. [336.21]
- AMT releases model kit #T-367 1974 Corvette T-Top, in white or pale green plastic. [336.21]
- David McLellan is named Zora Arkus-Duntov's assistant. [42.105] [104.84]
- Jerry Palmer is given responsibility for all production Corvette body design starting with the 1976 model. [152.29]
- MPC releases model kit #1-7406 1974 Corvette convertible, in white plastic. [336.21]
- MPC releases model kit #1-7405 1974 Corvette T-Top, in white plastic. [336.21]
- MPC releases the 1/20-scale model kit #1-7430 1974 Corvette T-Top, in white plastic. [335.39]
- July 13
- At the Watkins Glen GP Course, in Watkins Glen, New York, Round 2 of the SCCA Trans-American Series is held, as well as the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen World Championship of Makes.
- Finishing 9th in Trans-Am and 11th overall is the Pierce Racing Corvette, driven by Roger Pierce and Doug Mills.
- Finishing 10th in Trans-Am and 12th overall is the FeinStein Racing Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar and Sam Feinstein.
- Finishing 15th in Trans-Am is the Rynone Industries Corvette, driven by Neil Wiernicki, Michael Wiernicki, and Tom Rynone.
- Finishing 23rd in Trans-Am is the Davidson Racing Corvette, driven by Alex Davidson and Gary Witzenburg.
[248] [423]
- July 27
- At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the third and final round of the SCCA Trans-American Championship series is held.
- Finishing 10th is the Van Arnem Abex Corvette, driven by Jerry Thompson.
- Finishing 15th is the Pace Racing Corvette, driven by Gary Sullivan.
- Finishing 17th is the Rear Corvette, driven by Bob Bienerth and Blake Rear.
- Finishing 20th is the Tarbell's Tinker Corvette, driven by Roger Pierce.
- Finishing 22nd is the Corvette's Unlimited Corvette, driven by Don Hager.
- In 27th place, but not finishing the race, is the Greenwood Racing Corvette, driven by John Greenwood. Greenwood set a new qualifying lap record, and lead the race for 14 laps before suffering an engine failure.
- In 29th place, but not finishing the race, is the Performance Unlimited Corvette, driven by James Moyer.
- In 32nd place, but not finishing the race, is the Texas Instruments Corvette, driven by Alex Davidson.
- In 33rd place, but not finishing the race, is the Midwest Motorsports Corvette, driven by Tim Startup.
- In 34th place, but not finishing the race, is the Go-Ten Racing Corvette, driven by Joe Pirrotta.
[248] [423]
- August 10
- In Talladega, Alabama, a 200-mile IMSA race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTO class and 1st overall is the John Greenwood Racing #48 Corvette driven by Milt Minter.
- Finishing 8th in GTO class and 8th overall is the Leldon Blackwell Racing #94 Corvette driven by Tony DeLorenzo.
- Finishing 10th in GTO class and 11th overall is the Larry Liebert #82 Corvette driven by Larry Liebert and Larry Voit.
- Finishing 12th in GTO class and 14th overall is the Garcia Racing #75 Corvette driven by Javier Garcia and George Garcia.
- Finishing 15th in GTO class and 19th overall is the Rick Hay #68 Corvette driven by Rick Hay.
- Finishing 18th in GTO class and 22nd overall is the Currin Racing #99 Corvette driven by Phil Currin.
- Finishing 23rd in GTO class and 28th overall is the #71 Corvette driven by Jim Ansley.
- Finishing 24th in GTO class and 29th overall is the #9 Corvette driven by Tony Ansley.
[104.151] [423]
- August 14
- Tom Rynone of Waverly, New York, sells his 1967 Corvette L88 to Dave Dempsey of Long Island, New York. [155] [237.53] [563.104]
- September 3
- The Corvette assembly plant re-opens following a labor strike. [148.62]
- September 24
- General Motors president Edward Cole announces that the company is postponing the introduction of a Wankel-based rotary engine, due to difficulties in meeting proposed emissions standards. [52.53] [65.53] [454.157] [774.102]
- September
- At the first Carlisle car swap meet, Chip Miller and Ken Heckert buy a 1959 Corvette in rough shape for $800. (In 10-12 years they will discover that it is Jim Jeffords' old Purple People Eater Mk III, raced in 1959.) [133.78] [827.32]
- (month unknown)
- At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the Champion Spark Plug Road Racing Classic final races of the SCCA Club Racing series are held.
- Finishing 1st in A Production class is Marshall Robbins, driving a Corvette.
- Finishing 2nd in A Production class is Lou D'Amico, driving the #88 1969 Corvette L88 convertible.
- Finishing 1st in B Production class is Bill Jobe, driving a Corvette. Jobe also receives the Outstanding Performance Award, presented by the Road Racing Driver's Club.
- Steve Eberman is Solo II B-Stock champion.
[3.125] [42.100] [326.43] [329.46] [335.54] [357.74] [394.4,7,12,13]
- The first Monterey Historic Automobile races are held, in California. [277.11]
- Bob McDorman Chevrolet dealer holds a Corvette concours and swap meet. About 2000 people attend. Winner of the concours receives a 1958 Corvette. [202.33] [316]
- October
- Production of 1974 model Corvettes ends. [148.62]
- Production of 1975 model Corvettes begins. [148.64]
- December 1
- At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the 250-mile IMSA GT finale race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTO class and 1st overall is the John Greenwood Racing #75 Corvette driven by John Greenwood.
- Finishing 3rd in GTO class and 3rd overall is the Race Ent. & Devel. Corp. #57 Corvette driven by Dave Heinz and Jerry Thompson.
- Finishing 12th in GTO class and 13th overall is the Lamar Mann #11 Corvette driven by Lamar Mann and Richard Bostyan.
- Finishing 16th in GTO class and 23rd overall is the #10 Corvette driven by Roger Pierce.
- Finishing 18th in GTO class and 26th overall is the #91 Corvette driven by Ron Connelly.
- Finishing 20th in GTO class and 29th overall is the #98 Corvette driven by James Alspaugh and Gene Persinger.
- Finishing 21st in GTO class and 30th overall is the #71 Corvette driven by Bill Arnold.
- Finishing 23rd in GTO class and 32nd overall is the #61 Corvette driven by Scott Chapman.
- Placing 25th in GTO class and 35th overall is the #72 Corvette driven by Jim Ausley and Johnny Mitchell.
- Finishing 29th in GTO class and 40th overall is the Rick Hay #68 Corvette driven by Rick Hay and Bob Nagel.
- Placing 32nd in GTO class and 43rd overall is the Leldon Blackwell Racing #94 Corvette driven by Tony DeLorenzo.
- Finishing 36th in GTO class and 49th overall is the Garcia Racing #15 Corvette driven by Javier Garcia and George Garcia.
- Finishing 37th in GTO class and 50th overall is the #37 Corvette driven by Garrett Waddell and Tom Wedel.
- Placing 39th in GTO class and 52nd overall is the S.T. Smith? #12 Corvette driven by Ford Smith and Clay Young.
- Placing 41st in GTO class and 54th overall is the #49 Corvette driven by Darrell Carter.
- Placing 42nd in GTO class and 55th overall is the #83 Corvette driven by Larry Ross.
- Placing 45th in GTO class and 59th overall is the Currin Racing #99 Corvette driven by Phil Currin.
[104.151] [423]
- December 31
- Zora Arkus-Duntov officially resigns from Chevrolet. [6] [48.39] [104.81,84] [208.14] (January 1975 [3.80] [191.77] [299.62] [454.146] [580.243] [774.94])
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