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Chevys first mid-engine GTLM car - the Corvette C8.R
The car was revealed by Corvette factory driver Tommy Milner and will debut at the 2020 24 Hours at Daytona ahead of a full season campaign in the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship. The launch marked the first public appearance for the new C8.R GTLM, which has been in development for two years having completed testing miles at Road America, Road Atlanta and Sebring. Just like the previous model, the C8.R GTLM is built by Pratt & Miller, while General Motors has completed much of the research and development in-house.
With its tremendous success on the track over the last 20 years, Corvette Racing has helped push the development, performance and popularity of Corvette’s top-line performance cars on race tracks across the world. Since 1999, Corvette Racing has won 107 races – the most of any professional sports car team in North America - including 13 Team championships and 12 Driver and Manufacturer titles. In 2015, Corvette Racing became the first sports car team in 15 years win endurance racing’s Triple Crown - victories at Rolex 24 at Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans - in the same season. The C8.R No. 4 car dons a new silver livery, inspired by the color of iconic Corvette concepts such as the 1973 Chevrolet Aerovette and the 1959 Corvette Stingray Racer. This car also features yellow accents. Complementing the No. 4 vehicle is the No. 3 car which will feature a traditional yellow color scheme with silver accents that continues the lineage of the successful GTLM racing Corvettes of the past 20 years. The C8.R will make its racing debut at Rolex 24 at Daytona in January 2020. Plans for the GT3 version of the C8.R are yet to be finalized.
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