Corvette Racing to Defend ALMS Crown

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The No. 4 Corvette at the 2006 12 Hours of SebringCorvette Racing announced today that they will indeed be back for the 2007 season of the American Le Mans Series. The team will be defending their GT1 Manufacturers, Team and Drivers championships. Officials also announced that Corvette Racing will be heading to France in June to race for its sixth GT1 win in 7 years at the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 12-race series opens March 17th at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Corvette Racing will have the cars in Sebring Florida for testing sometime in February. Corvette has won America’s greatest sports car race in four of the last five seasons. So now the only question is who will Corvette be racing against in the GT1 class. Aston Martin, facing money problems and driver defections, hasn’t yet announced their intentions to return to the series. It’s quite possible the only racing we’ll see in the GT1 class will be between Corvette Racing’s #3 and #4 Corvettes. While that would be somewhat disappointing, the real winner is still the Corvette Owner as stated by GM Racing Director Mark Kent:

“The Corvette C6.R race program continues Chevrolet’s tradition of racing production-based vehicles to improve the breed. The continuous exchange of information and the constant transfer of technology between the racing and production programs ensure that lessons learned on the track benefit every Corvette on the highway.”

Source:
WhoWon.com
AmericanLeMans.com
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