Corvette C6R Nuke Italians at Venice -takes 1, 2 & 4

[mbukukanyau]

Corvette finishes 1st, 3rd and 4th in third FIA GT1 race of the season
· Silver Corvette Z06 Pace Car leads the 27 starters on their warm up lap
· Corvette Z06 official Safety and Leading Car 2008 for FIA GT

The third FIA GT1 race of the season has brought the success for Corvette the teams had been waiting for: the GMAC Corvette C6.R, driven by Mike Hezemans and Fabrizo Gollin finished first in the two-hour race at the Adria Motorsport Park in Italy.

Adria Motorsport Park is located 70 km south of Venice, Italy, and is one of the newer FIA GT venues. The tight twisty 2.702-kilometer (1.68 mile) course hosted Round 3 of the highly competitive 2008 FIA GT championship. Twenty-seven cars qualified for this two-hour night race and fourteen were GT1 entries. Four Corvettes were entered, three C6R’s and one C5R

The GMAC Corvettes fought for the lead throughout the entire race. They both had a stirring battle with the Nr 1 Maserati MC-12. As the clock counted down it was the Hezemans/Gollin GMAC Corvette first across the stripe with a 11.879 second margin. Maserati was second, the Nr 5 GMAC Corvette with drivers Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Deletraz was third 2.714 seconds behind the Maserati. The SRT Corvette C6R was fourth. This was the GMAC team’s first victory of the year. The podium at Adria was a sea of Corvette yellow as the fans roared their approval for this outstanding Corvette victory.

There was more for Corvette to cheer about. For 2008, Corvette is the official Safety- and Leading Car for the FIA GT Championship. Corvette Europe supplied two Corvette’s Z06 to become the Official Safety and Leading Car for 2008. The program will continue through the season to the final FIA GT3 Championship race in Dubai and the final FIA GT Championship race in San Luis, Argentina. In addition a Cadillac CTS 3.6 will be the Medical Car and a Cadillac Escalade will be the Course Car.

SRO Motorsports Group is particularly pleased to announce this partnership with such an important member of the GT community. “Corvette is a perfect Official Car Supplier for us,” commented Stephane Ratel, Chairman of SRO Motorsports Group. “Their cars have played a leading role on the track in recent years, winning the Total 24 Hours of Spa last year (2007) as well as the Teams Championship in the 2007 FIA GT3 European Championship, so it is pleasing to see them play an official role as well. SRO look forward to growing this partnership together with Corvette”.

The next FIA GT round is in two weeks at the track of Oschersleben, Germany, July 5-6. Please visit www.corvettemotorsport.com for more info.

GM Europe

[eurohazard]

That's awesome!

Plus, it's real racing! lol Notice the working lights (not stickers), windshield wipers (with ability to keep driving in the rain), and turns on the track (left and right).

[genjy]

Originally Posted by eurohazard

That's awesome!

Plus, it's real racing! lol Notice the working lights (not stickers), windshield wipers (with ability to keep driving in the rain), and turns on the track (left and right).

Are you saying watching a bunch of identical cars driving around an oval track 500 times is boring?

[eurohazard]

Originally Posted by genjy

Are you saying watching a bunch of identical cars driving around an oval track 500 times is boring?

lol

[mbukukanyau]

It is really going to be difficult for Europe to ignore corvettes any more. They are dominating these races.. on the continent.

I hope Cadillac goes and tackles the German DTM. That is the only way Cadillac is going to get in the game in Europe.

[Robert Ryan]

It is really going to be difficult for Europe to ignore corvettes any more. They are dominating these races.. on the continent.

Success on the track in Europe does not really translate to sales. A lot more to it than that.

[Andonis]

Originally Posted by genjy

Are you saying watching a bunch of identical cars driving around an oval track 500 times is boring?

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by mbukukanyau

It is really going to be difficult for Europe to ignore corvettes any more. They are dominating these races.. on the continent.

I hope Cadillac goes and tackles the German DTM. That is the only way Cadillac is going to get in the game in Europe.

Europeans already love watching the Corvettes race, they can't get enough of the big cube V8 thundering down the straights, they still won't buy them though.

[61BelAir]

Originally Posted by eurohazard

That's awesome!

Plus, it's real racing! lol Notice the working lights (not stickers), windshield wipers (with ability to keep driving in the rain), and turns on the track (left and right).

if NASCAR isn't real racing what is it?

[New_Mexico_Sunset_on_Rt66]

Originally Posted by eurohazard

That's awesome!

Plus, it's real racing! lol Notice the working lights (not stickers), windshield wipers (with ability to keep driving in the rain), and turns on the track (left and right).

Yep, check out the ALMS, Rolex Series and Koni Challenge, brother.

http://www.americanlemans.com/home/ALMSHome.aspx

http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/

I'l be getting a VIP ticket when the ALMS comes to Road America in August. Can't wait. Gonna be there for all 3 days.


Not to mention the amature racing of the SCCA or NASA events near you.

http://www.nasaproracing.com/

Originally Posted by Sinner

Europeans already love watching the Corvettes race, they can't get enough of the big cube V8 thundering down the straights, they still won't buy them though.

Yep, for anyone who followed the '24hrs of Le Mans' this year on Radio Le Mans or Speed Channel will recognize the sound of the C6.R passing by the paddock. Unmistakable, and fills up the night.

[Chaz_23]

LOL.
nah, it's the epitome of excitement, comparable only to baseball.

Originally Posted by genjy

Are you saying watching a bunch of identical cars driving around an oval track 500 times is boring?

[mbukukanyau]

Originally Posted by Sinner

Europeans already love watching the Corvettes race, they can't get enough of the big cube V8 thundering down the straights, they still won't buy them though.

perhaps they will eventually take hold. How many has GM sold this year? If they had RHD, they would sell more in UK...
Plus rome was not built in 1 day

[johnny smallblock]

Originally Posted by 61BelAir

if NASCAR isn't real racing what is it?

It's a bunch of identical cars driving around an oval track 500 times. I thought we covered this already?

[ZvetteGuy]

Originally Posted by 61BelAir

if NASCAR isn't real racing what is it?

It's racing, definitely... but, NASCAR is becoming too restricted in the sense of allowing manufacturers to design their own car's proportions and all that good stuff.. I think that they need to make it more like what it once was and stock car racing... what you race is the same thing you can buy at your local dealer... but, we all know that that won't happen... don't we?!

[Ambalanche]

Congrats to team Corvette!