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The C6.Rs also ventured to Europe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the team was able to outlast the quicker DBR9s to earn a 1–2 victory in the GT1 class and finish fifth and sixth overall. In 2006, Prodrive chose to concentrate on the American Le Mans Series, giving Corvette Racing a battle throughout the season.
In 2006, the Corvette C6.R won both American Le Mans GT1 Championships: Teams and Manufacturers. On March 17, 2007 it won the GT1 class in the 12 Hours of Sebring . For Le Mans 2007, four C6.R's were on the entry list, the two Corvette Racing entries joined by single entries from the Luc Alphand Aventures and PSI-Motorsport teams.
One of Corvette Racing's Chevrolet Corvette C6.R cars being raced at Laguna Seca in the American Le Mans Series in 2006. Chevrolet Corvette C7.R driven by Marcel Fässler, Oliver Gavin, and Tommy Milner in 2017 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R driven by Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating, and Nicolás Varrone in 2023
The 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 74th Grand Prix of Endurance, ... Chevrolet Corvette C6.R: M: 355 Chevrolet LS7R 7.0L V8 5 4 LMP1 16 Pescarolo Sport: Emmanuel ...
It is a replacement for the Corvette C6.R racing car, using the C7 generation Chevrolet Corvette as a base. The C7 road car was noted to incorporate development from the Corvette C6.R, thus those properties also carry over to the race car. The Corvette Racing C7.R raced in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class. [1]
The Le Mans Grand Touring Amateur (LMGTE Am) category was won by Larbre Compétition's Chevrolet Corvette C6.R of Patrick Bornhauser, Pedro Lamy and Julien Canal after Lamy overtook Anthony Pons, Nicolas Armindo and Raymond Narac's IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR in the final hour.
The development of the C6 generation Corvette for 2005 led to an all-new race car, termed the Corvette C6.R, which the factory team used at the beginning of the 2005 season. In total, Corvette Racing's C5-Rs would earn 31 class victories in the American Le Mans Series, three class wins at Le Mans, and one overall victory at Daytona.
John Greenwood was an instrumental figure in the success of the Chevrolet Corvette during the 1970s. He kept the car alive in the international racing scene with cars like the one now offered for ...