Corvette Racing to Field 3 C6.R’s Corvettes at Mosport

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Corvette Racing's Artic White C6.RFor the first time in Corvette Racing history, three factory Corvette C6.R’s will be on the track this weekend for the ALMS Grand Prix of Mosport in Ontario. The third Corvette will be an Artic White C6.R driven by Corvette Racing veterans Ron Fellows and Andy Pilgrim. The addition of the #33 Corvette C6.R allows Ron Fellows to drive the racing version of his limited production signature edition Z06 at his hometown track in Ontario and is part of Corvette Racing’s season long celebration of Ron Fellow’s contributions to the racing program.

“It’s going to be good fun, and that’s exactly how we’re going to approach this race,” said Fellows. “Our car will be decked out in brilliant white like the production car. It will be absolutely awesome, and I can’t wait.” Pilgrim agreed: “It’s going to be great racing with Ron as my teammate again,” he said. “I want to do well for Ron in front of his home crowd, so I’m going to be trying 110 percent.”
Fellows and Pilgrim first raced a Corvette together back in 2000 at Mosport where they finished second. The next month the duo scored their first win at Texas Motor Speedway, which became the first of Corvette Racing’s 59 victories. Andy Pilgrim has 33 starts for Corvette Racing in 1999-2003 with 6 victories, 18 podium finished and two poles. So how will the logistics be handled behind the scenes when it comes to adding a third Corvette? Program Manager Doug Fehan plans on using the existing crew teams to service the additional Corvette during the race:
“Essentially we’ll have all of the equipment to service three race cars in the pits, with separate fuel rigs, separate air guns, and separate nitrogen bottles,” explained Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan. “We’ll use the same crews to service the third car, so we’re not going to have all three cars stop simultaneously. We can pit two cars together as we often do, and then pit the third car out of sequence.”
The Grand Prix of Mosport presented by Mobil 1, the ninth round of the 12-race ALMS series, will start at 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday, August 26, and will be broadcast live on SPEED Channel.
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