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CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: Solid Starts for Compuware Corvettes

Garcia qualifies second in No. 3 Compuware Corvette; Gavin fourth in No. 4 entry



ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 10, 2013) – Corvette Racing’s two Compuware Corvette C6.Rs qualified second and fourth in class Saturday for the Orion Energy Systems 245 at Road America. That means the two velocity yellow Corvettes will roll off the grid one behind the other for Sunday’s sixth round of the American Le Mans Series. Antonio Garcia was second-quickest in the GT class with a 2:04.212 in the No. 3 Corvette he shares with Jan Magnussen.



Oliver Gavin qualified fourth in the No. 4 Corvette at 2:04.277 that he drives with Tommy Milner. The defending ALMS GT champions stand second in this year’s championship. Garcia and Magnussen are third. Corvette Racing and Chevrolet lead the team and manufacturer standings, respectively.



“I am very happy with the way we performed,” said Garcia, who made his Road America debut in 2012. “We got 100 percent out of the car. I believe everything will be even better for the race. We can use both cars to fight at the front.”



The Road America round begins at 3 p.m. ET with live coverage on ABC.



Saturday’s qualifying session was another tight one in the class. Only 0.699 seconds separated Garcia from the ninth-place qualifier. The pole-winning time was a 2:03.410. The Corvettes have a strong history at Road America with six class victories since its first race here in 2002.



So far in 2013, Corvette Racing has won three times in ALMS competition. Gavin and Milner won the most recent round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and opened the season with a victory at Sebring alongside Richard Westbrook. Garcia and Magnussen were winners at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.



EDITORS: High-resolution images of Corvette Racing are available on the Team Chevy media site for editorial use only.



Orion Energy Systems 245 (all times CT)

· Warmup: 8:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 11

· Race: 2 p.m., Sunday Aug. 11



Road America: Watch It!

Sunday, Aug. 11 (all times ET)

· Race (TV): Live – 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11 (ABC)



ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 COMPUWARE CORVETTE C6.R

“It was a good qualifying run. Yesterday I didn’t put together a full lap. But that’s what practice is for – to get used to new rubber and to see where you can and can’t push. It was a pretty good lap. I had a couple of very equal laps, and on the previous one I made a little mistake. Maybe we could have improved a little bit but not enough to fight for pole position. For sure it will help to not have to go through the field at the start (like at the previous round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park). We have a good car. If strategy goes the way it should, we will have a great car for the race.”



OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4. COMPUWARE CORVETTE C6.R

“Coming off our victory in Canada, starting from the second row is very good. We have to hunt and search a lot to gain on the pole time. But the rest of the class is very close. You could throw a blanket over all of us. As it always is here, it will be a dogfight for those first couple of hours but then the last half an hour is the critical point. You have to make sure you have yourself in the right position and on the right tire otherwise you will really struggle. I’m confident that we have the right car and the right team.”



DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER

“Today’s qualifying results were very encouraging. Hats off to Antonio and the crew of the No. 3 Corvette for picking up nearly a full second from the end of Friday’s practice session. Oliver’s time in the No. 4 car gives us an ideal spot to challenge and push early for the race lead. As we all know, Road America is full of challenges and one of the toughest circuits we will race. But good strategy combined with our solid teamwork will keep both our Corvettes in contention for a class victory.”

dmaxx3500

why arnt there any c6's racing on sat against the porsche/ferrari's

F4Gary

There was, the Whelen Corvette driven by Curran and Said. It broke.

Everett Ogilvie

What a crappy finish for the ALMS race......

Donny Brass

anything they could do to get the SRT a win........... at least CR will not be running against a 9 litre motor next race

Always Lame Motor Sport .... and it will be much worse with NASCRAP running it.....

wamara

It was rather anticlimatic.... Had they had green flag racing those last few laps, I wonder if the Viper would have run out of fuel

JETninja

You do know that most if not all (not sure these days) of the Grand-Am GT Cars are tube framed chassis with a body. Unlike ALMS GT2 that use production chassis as the cars base.

This is a qual sheet comparing both classes over the weekend, check out how much quicker ALMS is. USR wants to make DP's compete with P2, should be interesting.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...=0&output=html

TLGunman

The caution sucked, but the outcome was sweet

Donny Brass

I agree

dvandentop

good race until the last 5 minutes wanted to see a good mosport type battle.


also anyone know what items sold for at the dan binks auction? specifically the door?

TLGunman

doh!

Donny Brass

"My 488 is bigger than your 335" ...

Wow, I thought when I lined up my 327 against a Hemi car I was giving up some cubes......

Rob31

They should have finished under green

KBow_Photo

There was 8 minutes left, no way they were going back to green with that wreck and where it was located.

KBow_Photo

That's silly and ALMS was not the body who let Viper compete with 8 liters, the ACO was. Even if Corvette had a 427 under hood, they would have been BOP'ed to the rest of field.

autoxer6

Watching the delta wing was pretty neat. It was on the throttle about 30' earlier than other cars. It was most noticeable in 3 where it was on the throttle before the apex.

Everett Ogilvie

If NASCAR has it figured out (how to finish under green) anyone else can. It's pretty simple, either red flag the race for long enough to clean up the wreck or just have them ride around behind the pace/safety car until the wreck is cleaned up, then have a green flag finish (green/white/checker like NASCAR). I don't care if folks hate NASCAR, they have race endings figured out for the fans.

F4Gary

The Viper team was worried they wouldn't even make it to the finish under the caution. Sure seemed like the Vipers had a little advantage over the rest of the class.

TLGunman

Rumor has it, that the Viper guys now have a year of experience with the car, and have put in a lot of hours back at the shop making improvements.

Falcon

Yea, like you don't know where Overhill Dr. is.