Zora Arkus-Duntov never owned a Corvette himself until he retired in 1975 (and he had his '74 painted this way)

https://www.hotcars.com/zora-arkus-duntovs-only-personal-corvette-restored-by-ncm/
https://www.corvsport.com/the-only-one-the-ncm-is-restoring-the-only-corvette-zora-personally-owned/