Category Archives: Archived News

1. How did it feel to say goodbye to the Corvette GT1 car in the ALMS after so many successful seasons?

It felt quite sad because the car had generated a huge amount of success for the team and me personally, and I got so much enjoyment out of driving it. With my team mates, I won Le Mans four times in the GT1 car, starting in 2002 and then three great victories with Olivier [Beretta] and Jan [Magnussen] in 2004/05/06. I also won three ALMS championships with Olivier so it played a huge part in my career. The GT1 car spanned a decade of successful competition which is really impressive; I’m pleased to have been part of the history of such an important and special car. Read more →

Corvette racing scores fifth podium finish in five races with GT2 Corvette C6.R

MONTEREY, Calif., Oct. 10, 2009 – Corvette racing teammates Jan Magnussen and Johnny O’Connell finished as runners-up in the season-ending Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The race ended as Magnussen spun across the track and hit the wall on the pit straight in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R. The Danish driver was examined and released from the trackside medical center after his encounter with the concrete barrier as the Corvette’s safety systems and energy-absorbing structure performed as designed in the impact. Read more →

Four-hour Monterey sports car championships is final test for new production-based GT2 corvettes

MONTEREY, Calif., Oct. 7, 2009 – While most teams in the American Le Mans Series are looking to Saturday’s Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as the end to a long season, Corvette Racing will go to the scenic California circuit to wrap up its test and development program for the GT2 version of the Compuware Corvette C6.R race car. Read more →

Corvette C6.Rs run one-two before early finish to rain-soaked race

BRASELTON, Ga., Sept. 26, 2009 – The torrential rain that has inundated Georgia returned today, forcing officials to red flag the scheduled 10-hour Petit Le Mans after four hours and 50 minutes of racing. With heavy rainfall and runoff continuing to drench the Road Atlanta circuit and no hope of drying the track, the event was declared official at 8:44 on the race clock. When the race ended with the cars parked in the pit lane, Corvette Racing’s No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R was fourth in the GT2 class, one lap behind Risi Competizione’s GT2-winning No. 62 Ferrari 430. The No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R was classified sixth, two laps down. Read more →

Roller Coaster Road Course to Challenge New-Generation Corvettes in the Long Run

BRASELTON, Ga., Sept. 22, 2009 – The GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R will face its sternest test yet at Road Atlanta on Saturday, September 26, in the 1,000-mile/10-hour Petit Le Mans, the ninth round of the 10-race American Le Mans Series. The grueling race on the Georgia road course will be the first test of endurance for Corvette Racing since the debut of the second-generation C6.R in the GT2 category. Although the new-generation Corvette race car has finished on the podium in the last three sprint races – including its maiden win three weeks ago at Mosport International Raceway – Petit Le Mans will be the longest race yet for the Corvette ZR1-based machines. Read more →

Beretta knocked off GT2 pole in closing minutes of qualifying at road atlanta

BRASELTON, Ga., Sept. 25, 2009 – Corvette Racing drivers Olivier Beretta and Johnny O’Connell qualified third and seventh respectively for Saturday’s 1,000-mile/10-hour Petit Le Mans, the ninth round of the American Le Mans Series. Today’s 25-minute GT2 qualifying session was held in hot and humid conditions, but with a 90 percent probability of rain in the weather forecast for race day, the rolling Road Atlanta circuit could be dramatically different when the green flag falls. Read more →

With the past three rounds of the American Le Mans Series now under his belt, as a fully paid-up member of the super-competitive GT2 class, Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin reflects on how exciting and fun the racing has been and looks forward to the prestigious Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta, Georgia.

“Being back in the ALMS has been fantastic. When you are away for a number of races, and you then return, you realise how good the championship is; the atmosphere, the people, the quality of the drivers and teams in it – it never seems to drop and is always high. Read more →

Corvette Racing to Rock Toronto Financial District

Pit Stop Demonstration at Brookfield Place Will Showcase American Le Mans Series in Downtown Toronto

TORONTO – Corvette Racing will bring the sound and fury of international road racing to Canada’s financial center as a prelude to the Grand Prix of Mosport, the eighth round of the American Le Mans Series to be held at Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ont., on Sunday, August 30. The clatter of air guns will echo through Brookfield Place, the heart of Toronto’s financial district, when the Corvette Racing crew stages a pit stop demonstration at midday on Wednesday, August 26. Read more →

Magnussen and O’Connell Score First Victory for New-Generation Corvette, Gavin and Beretta Take Third

BOWMANVILLE, Ont., Aug. 30, 2009 – Corvette Racing returned to the American Le Mans Series winner’s circle with the first victory for the GT2 Corvette C6.R at the Grand Prix of Mosport. In only the third race for the production-based GT2 race car, Johnny O’Connell and Jan Magnussen scored a .331-second victory in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R over the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 430 GT of Jamie Melo and Pierre Kaffer. Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta finished third in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R, one lap behind their sister car. The winning Corvette C6.R completed 117 laps on the 2.459-mile Mosport International Raceway road course and finished sixth overall. Read more →