Tag: C7.R

Taylor, Westbrook rejoin team at Le Mans; Liddell, Briscoe in for Daytona and Sebring DETROIT (Dec. 19, 2013) – Corvette Racing is continuing its history of strong driver lineups with an impressive roster for the 2014 endurance racing season. The team will field eight drivers across 12 races around the globe in the new Chevrolet […]

If you’re excited about the C7 Corvette Z06 debuting next month at the Detroit Auto show, get ready to be a little more excited because Chevrolet is also debuting the C7.R in Detroit. We still don’t know much about the C7.R except that it will begin competition at the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway […] More »

We heard that the Corvette Racing team was in Sebring for a private testing session this week and now pics have emerged showing the C7.Rs in camouflage on the familiar blue/white circuit in Central Florida. It’s amazing how much the race cars resemble the production versions and I sure can’t wait to see what they […]

Corvette Racing opted to show off the next generation racer based on the C7 Corvette Stingray with two very public laps during the Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca on Saturday afternoon. With Corvette Racing driver Tommy Milner at the controls, the Stingray took to the track and the feedback we’re hearing online is that […]

Photo Credit: Mark Scheuern We’ve already seen the 2014 Corvette Stingray, as well as the upcoming limited-to-500 Premiere Edition of the seventh generation Chevy sports car. But that doesn’t mean the rumors about the C7 are anywhere close to dying down. Jalopnik is reporting they heard from a reliable source at the American Le Mans

The Corvette Racing program has really become the textbook case of how (and why) a car company goes racing. Not only does the Chevrolet Corvette benefit from the “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” strategy that Zora Duntov outlined nearly 60 years ago while making his case that Chevrolet needs to be a performance brand.