Corvette Racing, America's premier
sports car racing team, returned to Le
Mans in France on the weekend of
14/15th June with the aim of adding to
their unique winning tally in the world's
toughest motor race. Since 2001,
Corvettes have won the GT1 sports car
class five times and have a heritage at the
track dating back almost half a century.
The 2008 Le Mans 24-Hours continues
to see the GT1 category as one of the
most competitive arenas, with the
Corvette C6.R (Corvette 6th generation,
Racing) cars set to do battle with marques
such as Aston Martin and
Lamborghini. The Corvette Racing team
comes to the La Sarthe circuit with an
illustrious winning pedigree.
Corvette Racing made its competition
debut in 1999 and by the end of the
2007 season had won 63 of the 90 races
it had contested. The team's accomplishments
now include seven consecutive
American Le Mans Series GT1 manufacturers
and team championships and six
successive drivers' championships.
