CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Six-Hour Report MSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA CORVETTE RACING SIX-HOUR REPORT JANUARY 30, 2021 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 30, 2021) – Corvette Racing ended the first quarter of the Rolex 24 At Daytona just as it started: first and second place in its class. Alexander Sims led Nicky Catsburg by less than two seconds as the pair of Chevrolet Corvette C8.Rs flexed their muscle in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) …
MSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA CORVETTE RACING SIX-HOUR REPORT JANUARY 30, 2021 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 30, 2021) – Corvette Racing ended the first quarter of the Rolex 24 At Daytona just as it started: first and second place in its class. Alexander Sims led Nicky Catsburg by less than two seconds as the pair of Chevrolet Corvette C8.Rs flexed their muscle in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar …
IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA NO. 3 CORVETTE C8.R MEDIA AVAILABILITY TRANSCRIPT JANUARY 26, 2021 Corvette Racing drivers Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg – teammates in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R – met with members of the media during a Zoom conference call Tuesday to discuss the upcoming Rolex 24 At Daytona, expectations following the 100-minute race during the Roar Before the 24, transitions of new team members into …
CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Roar Race Win, Rolex 24 Pole Position for No. 4 Corvette C8.R Tandy, Sims win Corvette Racing debut in No. 4 C8.R; Catsburg and Taylor place second 1-2 finish in GTLM for Corvette C8.R and first two grid positions for Rolex 24 Corvette Racing, Chevrolet coming off 2020 sweep of full-season GTLM titles DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2021) – Corvette Racing took first and second in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category of Sunday’s 100-minute …
Chevrolet Names Klauser as First Sports Car Racing Program Manager DETROIT (Jan. 19, 2021) – Chevrolet has named Laura Wontrop Klauser as its newly created Sports Car Racing Program Manager as the manufacturer continues its shift toward an engineering-based approach throughout its motorsports programs. Klauser, who resides in Detroit, moves into the role which includes engineering and technical oversight of Corvette Racing on behalf of Chevrolet. Already she manages the Cadillac DPi-V.R and Camaro GT4.R programs in the IMSA WeatherTech …
CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: New Season, New Lineup, Same Expectations Annual three-day test at Daytona for new-look 2021 Corvette Racing lineup Sunday qualifying race to set grid for following weekend’s Rolex 24 Corvette Racing, Chevrolet coming off 2020 sweep of full-season GTLM titles DETROIT (Jan. 19, 2021) – A new season beckons for Corvette Racing, which begins defense of its GT Le Mans (GTLM) titles in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the next two weeks. The 2021 campaign starts …
MSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA NO. 4 CORVETTE C8.R MEDIA AVAILABILITY TRANSCRIPT JANUARY 12, 2021 Corvette Racing drivers Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy and Alexander Sims – teammates in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R – met with members of the media during a Zoom conference call Tuesday to discuss the new-look lineup in the No. 4 Corvette for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the transitions of Tandy and Sims into Corvette Racing, the outlook for …
Doug Fehan Steps Away After 25 Years With Corvette Racing Began as program manager for storied Chevrolet road-racing operation in 1996 DETROIT (Dec. 16, 2020) – Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan is stepping away from his position following the team’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Fehan started with GM Racing in 1988 and worked on a number of the company’s motorsports programs including the Chevrolet Beretta Trans-Am, Chevrolet Intrepid GTP and Oldsmobile’s World Sports Car efforts. He was named …
Tandy Set to Join Corvette Racing in No. 4 C8.R for Full-Season Run · Sims to round out new additions as endurance driver alongside Milner, Tandy · Defending GTLM Drivers champions Garcia, Taylor back again in 2021 with Catsburg · Program focused on continuing development for second year with mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8.R DETROIT (Dec. 3, 2020) – Corvette Racing’s lineup in its No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R will have a significantly different look for the 2021 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar …
CORVETTE RACING AT SEBRING: Respect to the Bumps GTLM championship program closes out first year with mid-engine Corvette C8.R SEBRING, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2020) – Corvette Racing endured a tough close to its championship-winning season at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, but it ended 2020 with a tremendous level of success in the first year of the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8.R. A pair of suspension issues relegated the two Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C8.Rs to fifth- and …