GM Styling and The Corvette "Sting Ray"
While attending Art Center College of Design, Brock met GM head hunter Chuck Jordan, who was then scouting future talent for GM’s Styling Division. When Brock's funds dried up for continuing at the school, he called Jordan and explained his situation. Within days he had a ticket to Detroit and at the age of 19 was the youngest designer ever hired by GM Styling. In November of 1957, Brock drew the sketch which GM VP of Design Bill Mitchell picked off the wall to become the next Corvette, the Stingray. As GM had made a commitment to not engage in racing (known as the AMA ban) Brock worked with Mitchell thru 1958 in a secret room in the back of one of the design studios, creating the prototype Corvette called the Stingray racer. The production car was renamed the "Sting Ray" and was released in 1963, almost 4 years after Brock had left GM.
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