The car that started it all for Corvette Racing’s quarter-century of success

BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 15, 2023) – A quarter-century after it first hit the racetrack for its competition debut, the Chevrolet Corvette C5-R has been honored as part of the inaugural class of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) Hall of Fame.

The enshrinement was made official at IMSA’s annual Night of Champions banquet near Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta and site of the season-ending Petit Le Mans race.

Herb Fishel, former Executive Director of GM Racing, was on-hand to mark the C5-R’s induction as one of the first racecar in the IMSA Hall of Fame. Fishel led the team at General Motors that laid the groundwork for Corvette Racing and Chevrolet’s goal of returning to top-level sports car racing at the factory level in the mid-1990s.

The C5-R was born to race, according to Fishel, and was the result of collaboration between many groups within General Motors to create a long-term, factory-level road racing program for Chevrolet. The goal was to position Corvette as competitor to the world’s best sports car manufacturers on the racetrack and in the showroom. So even before the fifth-generation Corvette rolled into dealerships, plans were well underway to return Chevrolet to professional endurance racing.

What has developed from C5-R is an on-going Corvette Racing program where increasing synergies between racing and production engineering have become the norm – the latest examples being the eighth-generation, mid-engine Corvette production vehicles and the C8.R and the Z06 GT3.R that will make its competitive debut in 2024.

“This was a very collaborative effort that established Corvette Racing as one of the premier sports car programs in the world,” Fishel said. “It started with GM and involved various groups from both production – including vehicle engineering, design and powertrain – and racing partners like Pratt Miller and Katech working hand-in-hand. Out of the efforts from each of these groups came the first factory-produced Corvette race car in almost 40 years, and one that changed the landscape of not just Corvette but sports car racing as a whole.”

The Corvette C5-R debuted in 1999 with a class podium finish at the Rolex 24 At Daytona and was a fixture of global GT racing for the next five years. From 1999-2004, Corvette Racing and the C5-R set the standard for racing success with 31 victories in the American Le Mans Series, along with an overall victory at the Rolex 24 in 2001.

Success wasn’t limited to North America. The C5-R scored the first of its three GTS victories at Le Mans in 2001, following with wins in 2002 and 2004. ALMS team and manufacturer championships came in 2001-04. Of Corvette Racing’s 127 victories, nearly 25 percent came with the C5-R.

The C5-R also helped instill Corvette drivers such as Ron Fellows and Johnny O’Connell as faces of the team and the ALMS. Fellows won 21 ALMS races in the C5-R and captured the GTS drivers’ championship three times, including twice with O’Connell. It also helped launch the sports car careers for future stars like Oliver Gavin.

“It is a tremendous honor to see the Corvette C5-R go into the IMSA Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class,” said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet U.S. Vice President, Performance and Motorsports. Campbell was part of the leadership team that helped guide the C5-R to its racing debut at Daytona in 1999.

“It also is an honor to have Herb Fishel here to represent the team that brought the C5-R to the track. When you look at what Corvette Racing represents – the synergy between motorsports and the showroom – it all began with the C5-R,” Campbell added. “The fans loved it. Our Corvette owners loved it. It helped set the standard for 25 years of Corvette Racing.”

About Chevrolet

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Closes championship-winning weekend with huge win in final IMSA LMP3 race

Braselton, Ga (15 October 2023) – Jr III (“Junior-Three”) Racing scored its first IMSA Weathertech SportsCar win with a victory in the season-ending Motul Petit Le Mans event at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The ten-hour race marked the final race for the LMP3 category in IMSA WeatherTech competition as the team scored the win after having captured the IMSA VP Fuels Championship earlier in the weekend.

Teaming up as a trio for the first time with Jr III Racing was Garett Grist, Dakota Dickerson, and Bijoy Garg in the No. 30 Wing Ligier JS P320. Garg, who secured the 2023 VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Championship on Friday, qualified for the trio securing a third place starting position on the LMP3 grid.

Garg powered through the first 113 laps leading the way on 34 of those laps. Dickerson was next to take over the Ligier for a stint before passing to Grist. On lap 163 Dickerson was back behind the wheel. During the seventh caution period of the ten hour race, Dickerson came into the pits in second, and due to an excellent pit stop by the Jr III Racing crew Dickerson was back to the top spot where he defended until lap 265 when the team came to the pits to get ahead of a potential caution when an LMP3 went off course.

Dickerson worked his way back up to the front of the field before handing the car to Grist on lap 303. Grist kept the lead until a pit stop on lap 347 put him into second. The Canadian battled for first until he was able to get a run out of turn seven that put him into the lead with just 20 minutes remaining.

The 26th Annual Petit Le Mans race ended under caution securing the first place position for Grist and the rest of the Jr III Racing team.

This race was bitter sweet as it was the final IMSA outing for Jr III Racing for the time being. Next year, team owner Billy Glavin will manage two LMP2 entries for United Motorsports, although the recently-expanded Jr III Racing shop will still be home to its vintage prep program as several mechanics will stay on board to help maintain the cars for clients.

Quoteboard:

Garett Grist: “What an absolutely incredible job by the team for the last three years. It’s the most fun I’ve had in racing, and the best I’ve been physically and mentally, and I thank them for that – and all their hard work coming into the last race with such a great car. They never gave up and continued to put the effort in. I think we came here with the best car we’ve had. We put absolutely everything into it and it paid off. It’s a great way to end the Jr lll Racing P3 era.”

Dakota Dickerson: “What a crazy, surreal feeling! We’ve been so close so many times, I can’t even. Back to 2022, this team has been working so hard to get this win and to get it in the last race of the LMP3 class makes it even more special. So a big shout out to all the crew, our stops were perfect today, our strategy was on point, and we had the fastest race car on track once again. I’m just glad we could finally put it all together and get the boys a win. So, so happy right now.”

Bijoy Garg: “Race winners! Nothing more needs to be said. Truly, what an effort by everyone at Jr lll Racing – starting with Dakota and Garett, who put down some of the most amazing stints I’ve ever seen. It is such a strategy game with a 10-hour race, you were never sure who was going to win. And then Garett just sent that from so far back and made it work. I’m so proud of him and proud of the whole Jr lll team – three for three this weekend, and a championship! So proud of them.”

Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 No. 62:
Davide Rigon (ITA)
Daniel Serra (BRA)
Alessandro Pier Guidi (ITA)

(Braselton, Georgia (October 14, 2023) … The No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3 finished on the podium, in third place in GTD Pro class, at today’s IMSA 26th Annual Motul Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta.

Between the Petit Le Mans third place finish and the Watkins Glen 6-Hour of the Glen second-place finish in Watkins Glen, N.Y., Risi Competizione delivered two of the most prestigious podiums in international sports car racing for the new Ferrari 296 GT3 car in its inaugural year.

Risi’s pilots this weekend were Ferrari Competizioni GT factory drivers, qualifying/starting driver, Brazilian Daniel Serra, and teammates Italians Davide Rigon and Alessandro Pier Guidi, all who drove an excellent race against a difficult 52-car field, finishing 23rd overall.

Other than a drive through penalty following the first pit stop for “working outside pit box”, when the pitted car was slightly over the pit space allocation, the Risi crew performed another flawless endurance race.

The team performed nine pit stops with only two being under green flag conditions. There were 13 full course caution periods during the 10-hour race at the 2.54-mile Braselton, Georgia circuit, which certainly added to the rather unconventional final laps, including ending under a caution.

QUOTES

Daniel Serra, driver No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3:

“It is nice to finish on the podium but, of course, we would have liked to fight for the top step, but from the beginning of the weekend we saw that the BoP (Balance of Performance) did not allow us to fight for first position. We lack a lot of speed in the long straights and a lot of acceleration coming out of the corners, so it was impossible for us to fight with anyone. We just had to be lucky and take advantage of situations like that on the last lap, and that’s what we did. The podium on this track is something that makes me happy, but I would be even happier if there was a fairer BoP to make us fight for success. This was our first season with the 296 GT3 in IMSA and so, especially at the beginning, we struggled with the BoP as much as with the normal adjustments to the car, developing the optimum setup and building the feeling with this new vehicle. Since Watkins Glen our performance has improved and we have been able to be more competitive, while here the podium was the best we could hope for. We have gathered a lot of data this season that I hope will allow us to be more competitive next year.”

Davide Rigon, driver No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3:

“Today we were lucky because the pace was not on our side, but the team adopted a brilliant strategy that allowed us to bring home an unexpected result. It was a difficult season with the new car because it has a much higher potential than the one we showed because of the BoP, which limited us from the very first race. The only time we were able to fight, at Watkins Glen, we came close to victory. The team has done a really commendable job throughout the season, both on the strategy front and in the pit stops. Again, today this allowed us to be able to get on the podium. We have the winter ahead of us to prepare for next season and to be competitive again”.

Alessandro Pier Guidi, driver No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 296 GT3:

“The podium was not something we expected, but we brought it home very happily. The guys from the Risi team made no mistakes in strategy and pit stops, we were good at not getting involved in accidents or losing track time and that paid off.”

The Risi Competizione team has not yet made any official announcements for 2024 but stay tuned for future announcements.

For more information about Risi, please go to www.risicompetizione.com and follow us on Facebook/RisiCompetizione, Twitter @RisiComp and Instagram @RisiComp.

(Braselton, Ga.) Oct. 14, 2023 – As the Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti team entered the final event of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, it was all focus on the finishing the year on a high note at the MOTUL Petit Le Mans. The trio of Ashton Harrison, Kyle Marcelli and Danny Formal reunited to climb back aboard the No. 93 Harrison Contracting Company Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 for the famed 10-hour endurance season finale and hoped to put on a show for the over 100 Harrison Contracting Company employees onsite.

For the MOTUL Petit Le Mans, it was a tight and competitive field of 52 entries – 19 of which in the GTD class. Kyle Marcelli put his previous Petit Le Mans expertise to work as the Canadian piloted the No. 93 Rely On RED Acura in wet, slick and tricky qualifying conditions to land 10th on the grid in the GTD class for the 10-hour event. As Saturday’s weather proved better than that of qualifying, Marcelli took the green flag in the No. 93 Harrison Contracting Company Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 with the goal to advance further up the field. Within the first 15 minutes of the race, the No. 93 team encountered a mechanical issue with the power steering on the car and Marcelli came to pit lane for the team to address the issue. As the Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti team surveyed the issue, it became evident that the team needed to take the No. 93 Acura back to the garage to fix the issue. With quick work by the Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti team, Marcelli headed back out on track before the first hour mark.

With the mechanical issue addressed and fixed, it was full focus on persevering forward to regain as many laps as possible from the 20 laps while behind the wall in the garage. Ashton Harrison hoped into the red Acura for her first laps at the MOTUL Petit Le Mans, her home race, shortly after Marcelli went back on track. Harrison was able to click away at laps around the 2.54-mile road course before handing off the reins to teammate, Danny Formal, for his first stint at the wheel within the first three hours of racing. Once all three drivers got their first stint inside the driver’s seat, it became a mission to earn as many laps back to the GTD leader as possible. Through the second half of the race, the trio and Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti team displayed tried and true perseverance to collect five laps back on the 20-lap deficit. In the final hour of the famed event, Marcelli retook control of the cockpit and was able to set the fastest GTD lap of the race with a time of 01:20.248 on Lap 340.

The No. 93 Harrison Contracting Company Acura NSX GT3 Evo22’s campaign in the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup comes to an end with Saturday’s event and the entire Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti team can be very proud of the effort, both at the MOTUL Petit Le Mans and all year long.

No. 93 Harrison Contracting Company Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 DRIVER QUOTES:

Ashton Harrison:
“Petit Le Mans: love you, hate you. Super proud of the Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti team to make up those laps that we went down so badly at the beginning of the race. That’s just another race of our year that we’ve had to really put our heads down and charge forward. I’m really proud of everyone and thankful to the entire Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti crew for all the hard work they’ve put in this weekend and all year and looking forward to what’s to come. Thank you to HPD, our Acura NSX was flying. Kyle set the fastest lap and obviously, we had speed, it’s just a bummer that we weren’t able to push toward the front more. I appreciate all my friends and family from Harrison Contracting coming out to Road Atlanta – our home track and my first Petit Le Mans and looking forward to the next one.”

Kyle Marcelli:
“What a long day it was. For the crew, the drivers. We had some gremlins starting in Thursday evening practice. Power steering was randomly cutting out and the guys worked to change all steering components. We thought we were in good shape to start the race, but unfortunately, it continued to act up, so we had to go behind the wall basically on the first lap of the race. We spent about 20-30 minutes back there, found the issue, and got back in the race 20 laps down. Then we just put our heads, enjoyed the race. The guys on the box treated the race as though we were fighting to win in terms of strategy, pit stops, and the drivers managed the race as though if we were fighting for a win. We finished the 10 hours with not a scratch on the car, fast lap of the race and 15 laps down, so we made up five laps. A great effort from everybody at Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti. Just bittersweet with those gremlins we had to deal with early on. Personally, from my side, it was fun year to share the car with Ashton and Danny and I look forward to more of that in the future.”

Danny Formal:
“What a weekend. All the little gremlins that can happen, happened. We went out this morning in warm up in the wet, was able to go P1 and the car felt pretty good. We did have a little bit of a power steering issue. We thought we fixed it. Unfortunately, we didn’t. We went 20 laps down at the beginning of the race. We kept fighting and fighting. We finished the race 15 laps behind. My stints felt really good, really good pace. The Racers Edge Motorsport with WTRAndretti team never stopped working and gave us a fantastic car. The race pace was just phenomenal. I was able to do a great lap in my last stint and pass a bunch of GTD and GTD PRO cars. I’m so happy for Kyle getting fast lap of the race. Our late pit stop – we put him in the car, and he sent it then we got a purple sector. Excited whatever comes next.”
About Harrison Contracting
Harrison Contracting Company, Inc. (HCC) is a commercial painting and facility maintenance contracting company headquartered in Villa Rica, GA with divisional offices in Florida and Texas. HCC provides repainting/reimaging and facility maintenance services nationwide, and new construction painting across the southeastern US. At HCC, red is more than the company color, its culture. RED stands for Reliable, Experienced, and Diligent, and is the cornerstone for all we do. We are more than just your painter; we are your partner.

Racers Edge Motorsports with WTRAndretti is also proudly sponsored by Acura Motorsports and Honda Performance Development (HPD).

No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R finishes second in pressure-packed Petit Le Mans

BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 14, 2023) – Cadillac Racing closed the inaugural IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Grand Touring Prototype season with multiple trips to the trophy stage following the 26th Motul Petit Le Mans.

Cadillac clinched its fourth IMSA Manufacturer Championship, fifth IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Manufacturer Championship, fourth Driver/Team Championship, fifth IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Driver Championship and third IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Team Championship since entering IMSA prototype competition in 2017.

The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R secured both driver/team titles. Pipo Derani, who celebrated his 30th birthday on Oct. 12, earned his second Driver Championship in the past three seasons.

“You can’t ask for better than straight As. This program has been a challenge of resilience, and everyone has stepped up — all of the partners that are involved from GM, Dallara, our race teams, our hybrid-supplier partners. We delivered excellent results. It was not an easy year. We had our ups, and we had our downs. Ultimately our eyes were on the prize, and we were ready to seize any opportunity that was thrown at us.”

The No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R, with Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande and Scott Dixon sharing duties behind the wheel, finished second to the No. 60 Acura ARX-06 under yellow. Derani, Alexander Sims and Jack Aitken drove the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R to sixth place.

A Cadillac led more than half of the 397 laps over the course of the 10-hour race on the 2.54-mile, 12-turn Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta course, and van der Zande set the fastest lap of 1 minute, 10.917 seconds on Lap 312. It was the fifth time in the nine races that a hybrid Cadillac set the GTP pace.

Less than 16 months since making its on-track test debut and 37 weeks since the opening race, the Cadillac V-Series.R has proven its reliability and performance on the variety pack of North American road and street courses. The Cadillac V-Series.R features an all-new Cadillac 5.5-liter DOHC V8 engine developed by GM’s Performance and Racing propulsion team based in Pontiac, Michigan, paired with the common energy recovery system.

“It’s amazing; what a season,” Derani said. “It was up and down but up there when it mattered for the overall championship, the endurance championship and the manufacturer championships. I’m proud of all the work behind the scenes by so many people to get to this point in the first year of GTP. There are so many things out of your control in a race like this. The end of the race was very tense. I overtook both of the BMWs and came away victorious.”

The 2024 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season begins Jan. 19-21 with the Roar Before the 24, which includes practice and qualifications to set the starting lineup for the Jan. 27-28 Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Cadillac Racing podiums at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta since 2017:

Wins: 2020 (Renger van der Zande, Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe)

      2019 (Pipo Derani, Felipe Nasr, Eric Curran)

      2018 (Renger van der Zande, Jordan Taylor, Ryan Hunter-Reay)

Second: 2023 (Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande, Scott Dixon)

2022 (Pipo Derani, Olivier Pla, Mike Conway)

          2021 (Pipo Derani, Felipe Nasr, Mike Conway)

          2019 (Renger van der Zande, Jordan Taylor, Matthieu Vaxiviere)

          2017 (Dane Cameron, Eric Curran, Mike Conway)

Third: 2022 (Jimmie Johnson, Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Rockenfeller)

     2020 (Pipo Derani, Felipe Nasr, Filipe Albuquerque)* Six-hour race

Cadillac Racing notes

• Cadillac has won at least two races each season since entering IMSA prototype competition with the start of the DPi era in 2017. It won three times this season.
• Sebastien Bourdais drove the initial 2 hours, 57 minutes in the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R before yielding to Renger van der Zande, leading the GTP field for a total of 1 hour, 21 minutes.
• A Cadillac V-Series.R started on the front row in five of the nine races, including poles for the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R at Sebring International Raceway and Road America.

No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R

Renger van der Zande: “Helping clinch the overall GTP championship and IMEC championship for Cadillac is great because we didn’t have many great moments this year aside from Laguna Seca this year. To have the championships with Cadillac is a testament to the whole program. The car was really fast today, and in the last race of the season after having so much bad luck we put it all together. We can be all proud of this type of racing. You can see in endurance racing on what a lift we are and you see how many people are here. It was sold out already in February here. Le Mans was sold out. Endurance racing is on an all-time high. I’m super proud to be part of it. If you look back at the season, the championship was so tight because a lot of people had different issues and problems, which makes it a typical season for new technology, new cars and all that. It looks like the teams have their cars sorted in terms of reliability. I’m looking forward to next season. It’s been a bit of a frustrating season for us. On the other hand, finishing third and fourth in Le Mans also shows what the American brand of Cadillac can do. Winning all the championships here again is quite impressive and makes me proud to be part of that.”

Sebastien Bourdais: “It was a great day for Cadillac in the first season of GTP. We managed to not get hit and stay out of trouble, which put us in good shape. It’s a shame the way the yellows fell. It seemed like it was ours to lose and coming in second really hurts. Overall, the package was strong during the day when the sun came out and stronger when night fell and temperatures came down.”

Scott Dixon: “For me, the goal was to off-load the car to my teammates in one piece. The Cadillac has been super fast all race, really consistent and good all-around effort by the team. Being the third guy, you want to make sure you’re up to speed because these cars are pretty technical. My two stints I had a lot of fun. Led the first one and got beat out on the second, and just tried to bring the tires in slowly and save them. Our pace was really good; we could have pushed a lot harder. Congrats to Cadillac and the championship for the 31. It definitely was a pretty wild day. I’m bummed for our day. I think we deserved to win, and we had the pace to win. Unfortunately, we were in a bit of an energy crisis there and couldn’t warm up the tires. Obviously we lost first place on that restart there and had a couple of cautions after. Frustrating, but that’s racing.”

No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac V-Series.R

Pipo Derani: “It’s amazing; what a season. It was up and down but up there when it mattered for the overall championship, the endurance championship and the manufacturer championships. I’m proud of all the work behind the scenes by so many people to get to this point in the first year of GTP. There are so many things out of your control in a race like this. The end of the race was very tense. I overtook both of the BMWs and came away victorious.”

Alexander Sims: “It’s been an incredible year. It’s pretty mad to think we’ve wrapped it up. A crazy race as we expected coming into this. Such a rollercoaster. Just so proud of the job that everyone has done. Pipo and Jack have done an insane job all year long. I really felt like I’ve been the third wheel a bit… just do my solid job each time and bring the car in and let them get in the car and do the job. The team has been flawless. So many good pit stops. I’m so, so proud of everyone.”

Jack Aitken: “Alex really underplays himself as always. It’s been an absolute pleasure working with everybody. This is a championship that everyone deserves. (On the late-race contact review and the final hour) “We were extremely nervous, not only for that but also how the final pit stop played out. Pipo really had to win that one track with how the BMWs were working together. He did an amazing job and pulled it out when he needed to.”

BRASELTON, Ga. (October 14, 2023) – The Chevrolet Corvette C8.R ended its run in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship leading Petit Le Mans on Saturday, but unfortunately that happened just past the halfway point of the 10-hour race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.

Corvette Racing’s mid-engine challenger retired with a yet-to-be-determined engine issue that caused Tommy Milner to lose power while leading the GT Daytona (GTD) PRO class with less than five hours left in the race. He, Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor had dominated the race up to that point by leading 87 of the Corvette’s 189 laps.

The C8.R has one more race left in the FIA World Endurance Championship, but it has compiled an impressive record of 20 victories in 80 races – including Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring – and IMSA Manufacturers, Drivers and Team championships in 2020 and 2021. It will give way in 2024 to the Corvette Z06 GT3.R, which will see four cars running in the WeatherTech Championship next season.

On Saturday, it appeared early that the C8.R would add a long-sought Petit Le Mans victory to the honor roll. Garcia began the race second in class but moved to the GTD PRO lead just past the one-hour mark. He drove a double-stint to open before handing off to Taylor for his own double.

The Corvette ran fourth just shy of the three-hour mark, but a sterling pit stop by the Corvette crew during the race’s fifth full-course yellow leap-frogged Taylor – making his final start with Corvette Racing – back to the lead. That’s where he ran before handing over the C8.R to Milner four hours into the race.

The Corvette Racing effort transitions into the Corvette Z06 GT3.R era starting with the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Saturday, Jan. 27.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “It was looking quite good. I was surprised how competitive we were right away. My double-stint was good. Jordan’s double-stint was really good. Tommy was leading. Everything was kind of falling in the right places for us. We had little things with strategy where we might have lost the lead, but we were up there and executing another great Corvette race. Even if most of the cars had more pace than us, it would have been difficult for them. It’s a shame to end this way. I wish we had another result and another way to do our last race with Jordan and this car. But it feels like another Petit Le Mans where I go away not winning it! It’s disappointing, but I’ll never give up trying to win this one.”

JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “It’s sad and a bittersweet ending. We went out leading, which is a positive. It’s too bad the fans didn’t get to see us finish one last race in IMSA in the C8.R. It’s been an amazing run with this car – two GTLM championships, we’ve won the WEC championship this year, a Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring… we were just missing Petit Le Mans. It’s been an amazing run for this generation of Corvette, and hopefully the next one can get this one checked off the list.

“This isn’t a farewell. I won’t be driving for the team any more, but I’ll still be around. I don’t want anyone to not come around and say hello. I’ve been here for 12 years now, and I’ve grown up in this program. With these team members, the crew members, the engineers, management, the race fans – they’ve all seen me grow and progress. I wouldn’t want any of that to change. These people will be family for the rest of my life.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “At the end of the day, it’s not the result we were hoping for and on track for. The car was great today. Antonio and Jordan did a phenomenal job today. The engineering guys made the right pit calls, even a little risky setup call for the race today that we weren’t totally confident in. But those guys worked hard to give us a great Corvette today, and they definitely did. So I’m disappointed with the finish but I’m super proud of what this team has achieved from the very beginning of the C8.R’s life – not just the guys here but the guys in WEC and a lot of guys in Michigan who have spent a long many years working on this car, developing the car and making it better. It’s not how we wanted to end it all, but I’ve excited for what’s to come with the Corvette GT3 racecar. It took me a little bit to get used to this car because I’ve driven the GT3 for so long, and it does so many things really well. I’m really excited for the future.”

About Chevrolet

Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world’s largest car brands. Chevrolet models include electric and fuel-efficient vehicles that feature engaging performance, design that makes the heart beat, passive and active safety features and easy-to-use technology, all at a value. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.