THE WINNER OF PETIT LE MANS
As Seen by Porsche, Ferrari and BWM
Chevy celebrates the tremendous end-of-the-season win by Corvette Racing at Petit Le Mans with this full page advertisement in the Friday, October 8th edition of USA Today.
Petit Le Mans
THE WINNER OF PETIT LE MANS
As Seen by Porsche, Ferrari and BWM
Taking a walk through the Corral at Petit Le Mans, we found a number of Corvettes featuring some very cool vanity license plates. Without further ado, check out our huge gallery of the best custom license plates of Petit Le Mans.
![[VIDEO] Corvette Racing Series Episode 12: The Perfect Ending](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/101210_7.jpg)
Here’s the last episode of Corvette Racing’s Track to Street series, highlighting the team’s victory at Petit Le Mans to end the ALMS season. Viewers are given an exclusive view from inside the no. 4 car and a listen-in on the team’s radio conversation as the final laps of the race play out.
![[VIDEO] Johnny O'Connell's Petit Le Man: Bergmeister's Payback](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/100710_1.jpg)
We all remember how last year’s ALMS season ended: Jan Magnussen and Flying Lizard’s Porsche Driver Jorg Bergmeister going toe-to-toe in the last lap at Monterey. Magnussen crashed into a wall while Jorg went on to collect the checkered flag. At Johnny O’Connell’s auction at Petit Le Mans, Jorg stepped up to the plate and delivered a home run for charity. Check out the video to see Jorg’s contribution to the auction and enjoy the good natured ribbing Johnny gives him on behalf of Corvette Racing fans.
I took nearly 600 photos during my three days at Road Atlanta for the 13th Annual Petit Le Mans and it was somewhat hard deciding which images to share. So we pulled 45 images to present in our 2010 Petit Le Mans photo gallery. You’ll find an eclectic mix ranging from the Corvette Corral and the Tech Talk with Gary Pratt and Dan Binks to the final moments of the race when the pit crew realized they just won the GT class.
![[VIDEO] Last Lap at Petit Le Mans](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/100410_2.jpg)
In the final minutes of Petit Le Mans, both the #4 Corvette C6.R (in position 2 running -10 seconds down) and the class leading #62 Risi Ferrari came in to the pits for a splash of fuel. As the announcer recounts in the video from SPEED, the Corvette team got it right and Ferrari got it wrong when it came to how much fuel would be needed to make it to the end.
![[VIDEO] Inside the Corvette Racing Garage After Win at 2010 Petit Le Mans](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/100310_1.jpg)
The Corvette Racing garage at Petit Le Mans was a very happy place following the team’s first win which came at the last race of the 2010 ALMS season. C6.R driver Oliver Gavin recounts the rollercoaster season and then describes the final moments of passing the #62 Risi Ferrari on the last lap to win the checkered flag.
Gavin, Magnussen and Collard Take Dramatic GT2 Win on Fumes as Ferrari Runs Dry on Final Lap
BRASELTON, Ga., Oct 2, 2010 – Corvette Racing concluded its first full season in the ultra-competitive GT2 category with a victory tonight in the 13th running of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Going into the final lap, the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R driven by Oliver Gavin was trailing Toni Vilander in the class-leading No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari by 10 seconds. With a low-fuel alarm flashing on his own instrument panel, Gavin watched incredulously as the Ferrari slowed on the back straight as it ran out of E85 fuel. Gavin then raced across the finish line 5.763 seconds ahead of the runner-up No. 01 Ferrari of Dominick Farnbacher, which also passed Vilander’s hapless Ferrari.
![[VIDEO] Corvette Racing's Johnny O'Connell Sings to Raise Money for Alzheimer's Research](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/100210_1.jpg)
Corvette Racing C6.R driver Johnny O’Connell hosts an annual celebrity auction at Petit Le Mans to raise money for Alzheimer’s research and The Guest House, an adult day health care facility in Gainesville, GA. We’ll have another post detailing some of the cool race items that were sold. However, the highlight of the evening was when he sang “I want to Rock N Roll All Night” with help from Corvette Racing Crew Chief Mike West and rocker Dan Fastuca.
Magnussen and Beretta Separated by .077 Seconds in Twin Corvette C6.Rs
BRASELTON, Ga., Oct. 1, 2010 – Corvette Racing drivers Jan Magnussen and Olivier Beretta qualified sixth and seventh respectively for Saturday’s 1,000-mile/10-hour Petit Le Mans, the season finale of the 2010 American Le Mans Series. Today’s 25-minute GT qualifying session was held in warm and sunny conditions on the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta circuit. The twin Corvettes were separated by just .077 seconds, with Magnussen qualifying sixth at 1:20.598 in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R, and Beretta close behind in seventh at 1:20.675 in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R.
