Magnussen to Explore Future Opportunities Away from Corvette Racing He holds a record of 35 wins and four championships with program since 2004 DETROIT (Oct. 18, 2019) – Jan Magnussen will explore new driving opportunities for 2020 away from Corvette Racing. Since joining Corvette Racing in 2004, Magnussen has played a major role in the team’s success, with 35 victories, including four in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and one in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, four IMSA championships …
CORVETTE RACING AT PETIT LE MANS: Tough Fight to Close C7.R Era BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 12, 2019) – Corvette Racing ended its run with the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Saturday with fourth- and seventh-place class finishes in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship’s Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C7.R of Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller led Corvette Racing’s effort in the final race of the season. Oliver Gavin, Tommy …
CORVETTE RACING AT PETIT LE MANS: Tough Fight to Close C7.R Era BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 12, 2019) – Corvette Racing ended its run with the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Saturday with fourth- and seventh-place class finishes in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship’s Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette C7.R of Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller led Corvette Racing’s effort in the final race of the season. Oliver Gavin, Tommy …
CORVETTE RACING AT PETIT LE MANS: Full Speed Ahead in Final C7.R Race BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 11, 2019) – Corvette Racing will try to race its way through the field Saturday and close the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R era with a GT Le Mans (GTLM) victory in the 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. Antonio Garcia qualified the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R second Friday in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s top production based class Friday. …
Chevrolet Debuts Mid-Engine C8.R for Next Racing Season Corvette race car shows off its new colors and clean sheet design built on enhanced technology transfer BRASELTON, Ga. – Chevrolet begins a new chapter in its storied racing legacy with the introduction of the new mid-engine Corvette race car, known as the C8.R. The C8.R will be Chevrolet’s first mid-engine race car to compete in IMSA’s GTLM class and the first clean sheet race car design since the C5.R debuted in …
CORVETTE RACING AT PETIT LE MANS: By the Numbers • 1: As in one team, one manufacturer and one model of car for 20 years: Corvette Racing, Chevrolet and the Chevrolet Corvette. • 3: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at Road Atlanta since 1999 – Corvette C5-R (1999-04) Corvette C6.R (2005-2013) and Corvette C7.R (2014-current). • 3: Consecutive GT Le Mans Drivers championships for Corvette Racing – Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner (2016); Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen (2017 and …
CORVETTE RACING AT PETIT LE MANS: Hoping to Close on a High Note Team seeking landmark IMSA victory in 2019 finale at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Corvette Racing with 10 victories at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta Continued quest for IMSA victory No. 100 Final race for Corvette C7.R with Corvette Racing 2020 Corvette Stingray, Corvette Tour on location in Michelin Raceway Fan Midway DETROIT (Oct. 8, 2019) – Corvette Racing will close the 2019 season – and the era of …
C8.R Makes Surprise Debut at Corvette Convertible Reveal New Corvette race car will debut in silver and yellow at Rolex 24 at Daytona in January CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – More than 60 years of racing heritage helped set the stage for the most important debut in Corvette’s racing history tonight, as Chevy’s first mid-engine GTLM race car – the Corvette C8.R – made its surprise debut alongside the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible at the Kennedy Space Center. The C8.R …
CORVETTE RACING AT LAGUNA SECA: Aggressive Strategy Nets GTLM Podium Third-place for Garcia, Magnussen in No. 3 Corvette C7.R; Gavin, Milner take fourth MONTEREY, Calif. (Sept. 15, 2019) – An aggressive race strategy paid off for Corvette Racing on Sunday as Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen landed on the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class podium in the Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R placed third in the next-to-last round of …
CORVETTE RACING AT LAGUNA SECA: Another Tight Qualifying Battle in GTLM Sixth for Magnussen, seventh for Gavin in close session in Monterey MONTEREY, Calif. (Sept. 14, 2019) – Corvette Racing will look to race its way through the field Sunday following qualifying for the Monterey Sports Car Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Jan Magnussen and Oliver Gavin were sixth and seventh Saturday in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. It was another classic example …