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Corvette Racing’s 2016 C7.R Getting Ready for FIA Performance Tests in France

Corvette Racing's 2016 C7.R Getting Ready for FIA Performance Tests in France

While the Corvette Racing team would like more time for testing, officials are confident that the second-generation C7.R will perform well at its on-track debut next month. “We’re very, very close to having that first chassis done,” program manager Doug Fehan told sportscar365.com. “We’ll be doing some shakedown runs on it shortly. We’ll then pack it up and ship it off to Ladoux.” In France, the Corvette and its competitors like Ford GT and Ferrari

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Corvette Racing’s 2016 C7.R Getting Ready for FIA Performance Tests in France

Corvette Racing's 2016 C7.R Getting Ready for FIA Performance Tests in France

While the Corvette Racing team would like more time for testing, officials are confident that the second-generation C7.R will perform well at its on-track debut next month. “We’re very, very close to having that first chassis done,” program manager Doug Fehan told sportscar365.com. “We’ll be doing some shakedown runs on it shortly. We’ll then pack it up and ship it off to Ladoux.” In France, the Corvette and its competitors like Ford GT and Ferrari

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Corvette Racing to Skip the FIA WEC 6-Hour Race at COTA

Corvette Racing to Skip the FIA WEC 6-Hour Race at COTA

We were pretty excited last year when Corvette Racing signed up their third C7.R chassis for duty in the FIA World Endurance Challenge Race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. The all-American driver roster included Tommy Milner and the two Taylor brothers and was referred to as “Team America”. But according to a report by Sportscar365, Corvette Racing will not be entering a Corvette C7.R as a wildcard in this year’s FIA

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Larbre Competition Campaigning the “French American” Corvette C7.R at Le Mans

Larbre Competition Campaigning the "French American" Corvette C7.R at Le Mans

The factory-backed Corvette C7.Rs aren’t the only Corvettes to tackle La Sarthe this weekend for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The French racing team Larbre Competition are enjoying their 23rd appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and this year they will be driving the No.50 Corvette C7.R known as the “French American” in the GTE Amateur Class. This is the same C7.R chassis the No.3 Corvette C7.R drove to a class win

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Corvette Racing at COTA: Team America Ready for the WEC

DETROIT (Sept. 16, 2014) – With 15 years of competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Corvette Racing is more than familiar with competing against the world’s top production-based sports car teams. What’s new is that for the first time, that fight takes place at Circuit of The Americas. Tommy Milner, Jordan Taylor and […]