Lady in Red

Rebecca McCarty’s Callaway SC757 Isn’t Just Another Pretty Face
 

- Steve Temple

The familiar line is that all Corvettes are red. Although not literally true, it does convey the red-blooded passion Corvette owners feel for their cars. In Rebecca McCarty’s case, though, her 2016 Callaway SC757 qualifies on both counts. Not only is it an intense shade of crimson, but she’s also a hard-driving enthusiast, with crisp driving skills honed at numerous track events.

We came across Becca, as she’s called, and her “Lipstik” Corvette, as she calls it, at Mid America’s annual Corvette Funfest. Not wanting to exclude her accommodating husband from our coverage, we invited him along for the shoot, but he declined, insisting that the car is all her deal, and asked to remain anonymous.

Indeed, “Lipstik is my vision of what the C7 Z06 should be,” she says in a southern drawl as sweet as pecan pie. “A lot of thought went into ‘her’ design.”

When we complimented her on all the integrated enhancements, she claimed, “Yeah, I wanted to keep it subtle.” Well, that wouldn’t be our word choice after seeing all the eye-popping upgrades, especially the sultry Jessica Rabbit murals air-brushed by Steve Ray under the hood. But no matter, it’s all in good humor.

How did Becca come to be so committed to Corvettes? It all started at an early age. “My 4th-grade teacher owned a Corvette, who parked it in the teachers’ lot next to Columbiana Elementary school, in the small town of Columbiana, Alabama,” she recalls. “I remember getting off the school bus, heading into school and always glancing to the right so I could view that ‘space ship’ as I walked into school.” (Incidentally, her teacher’s Lynndale Blue 1967 Corvette coupe was featured in the June 1998 issue of Vette magazine.)