Future of Corvette Racing: Wesolowski Interview
10-03-2007, 05:38 PM
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I'd like to see them in the FIA GT series if the ALMS can't get any competition for them. Besides, they really need to take it to the Europeans on their soil. I think that it would make the most impact if Corvette could be on top in Europe.
10-03-2007, 07:56 PM
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He also handles GM's WC cars (Caddy)
No F1 for GM either
or prototypes
Add to that the routine conflict of having to lobby for his own factory GM team while arguing against privateers in the same series running GM products, and the tangled web of Wesoloski’s daily routine is something most people would steer extremely clear from. More than simply being asked to swiftly navigate these distinctly different political minefields, Wesoloski also has to ensure all his programs are on point, on budget, and on top of the podium.
We always get the question, ‘Why doesn't GM go Formula 1 Racing?’ Well, if McLaren can afford a hundred million dollar fine and still be back next year racing, GM can't afford to race in Formula 1. That doesn’t make sense to us. So we're on a couple orders of magnitude lower than that as where we'd like to operate, but we can't let that get out of hand even as it is.
NASCAR aside, everything else GM spends money on to road race--an ALMS Corvette, Rolex Pontiac G6, Koni Chevy Cobalt, WTCC Chevy Lacetti, V8 Supercar Holden Commodore, SCCA Club Pontiac Solstice, or SCCA World Challenge Cadillac CTS-V reveal, to varying degrees, their production car roots. It would take a massive change in GM’s culture to imagine Corvette Racing pushing for a prototype in 2010.
10-09-2007, 07:02 PM
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This is the type thing that the marketing guys think about and point out.
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10-09-2007, 07:14 PM
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Add to that the routine conflict of having to lobby for his own factory GM team while arguing against privateers in the same series running GM products
Caddy WC be back? I doubt it.
10-09-2007, 08:29 PM
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Riley and Lou said GM was going to help them technically so I doubt they are moving in that direction. They have st rived to keep privateers running against the C6R & 5