When I started blogging about Corvettes back in 2005, there were many reasons why I decided to follow Corvette Racing: They are a factory-backed team, racing technology is incorporated into production Corvettes, and let's face it, they're winners. Little did I know back then how hooked I would become over the years following the team.

I finally got a chance to see the team up close in St. Petersburg and spent two days at the temporary track that makes up the Acura Sports Car Challenge. I'm sore, sunburned and dead tired...and I had the best time watching the Corvette C6.Rs in person. Guys getting paid to race Corvettes...and I thought I had a great gig.

Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta drove the #4 C6.R to a 4.75 seconds win over teammates Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen. The Bell Motorsports Aston Martin DBR9 collided with a GT2 Dodge Viper and was forced to retire from the race.

Corvette Racing will be headed to Long Beach, California in two weeks where they will compete on another temporary raceway circuit at the Tequila Patron American LeMans.

If you are a fan of Corvettes, you owe it to yourself to get to one of the American LeMans races. You won't be disappointed. However, if there is one thing I recommend its this: sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen!

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