Those stripes go back to the 60's in LeMans racing.
Hash mark history lesson: The hash marks have Corvette history going back to the early sixties when Corvette was racing. In the 60's, Corvette was racing in the 24 hours of LeMans. They had three cars all blue with a white stripe and they didn't have numbers on them. What they did was, put red duct tape on the left front fender. One strip for car one , two strips for the second car, and three strips for the back up car. They were placed on the left front fender, because when they passed the European judges. The judges saw the red hash marks identifying what car it was. The white stripe and blue paint. The red white and blue American car. The C5-R carried black hash marks in 2001. They carried them on the left front fender.This is what Corvette racing has done and what history has set for us. So when someone asks what are those and why arent they on both fenders,you can tell them and it will have some history behind it.
