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Customer Cars PRATT & MILLER CARS: SPANNING THE GLOBEPratt & Miller Customer Cars Race to WinPratt & Miller's reputation for excellence extends around the world. While the company is famous for its association with GM's championship-winning factory teams, independent Pratt & Miller customers are also successful in a variety of international road racing series. Pratt & Miller's worldwide success is built on a foundation of sophisticated engineering and thoughtful design. Pratt & Miller provides parts, people and technology to keep these teams running at the front. Pratt & Miller race cars aren't just fast; they're also reliable, durable, and easy to maintain and service. In the FIA GT series, Carsport Phoenix drivers Mike Heizemans and Jean Denis Delatraz won the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa endurance race in a Pratt & Miller-built Corvette C6.R, scoring the first overall victory for Chevrolet in a European 24-hour race. Customer-owned Corvettes finished first, third, sixth and 10th at the famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the wooded Ardennes hills. The Carsport C6.R also won the FIA race in Nogaro, France after qualifying 10th, while the team's C5-R driven by Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin scored four podium finishes during the 2007 season. The PSI Experience team ran a partial schedule in the FIA GT series, highlighted by a runner-up finish in the first race in China. SRT campaigned a C5-R on a limited schedule, finishing third in the Citation Cup competition run in conjunction with the FIA GT series. Luc Alphand Aventures (LAA) was a standout in the European Le Mans Series with a pair of Corvettes from Pratt & Miller. Luc Alphand, Jerome Policand, and Patrice Goueslard were joined by Corvette Racing factory drivers Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in a Corvette C6.R at several races. Jean Luc Blanchemain, Vincent Vosse, and Sebastien Dumez campaigned a C5-R. The LAA team finished first and third at historic Monza, and placed second in the championship with their Corvette C6.R. Alphand's team also campaigned a Pratt & Miller Corvette C5-R in the French GT series, with Policand and Gabriel Baltazard scoring two podium finishes and taking fourth in the championship. PSI Experience finished third in the French GT series with a C6.R on the strength of four podium finishes, and SRT finished eighth in the standings after five podium finishes with its pair of Corvette C5-Rs. Pratt & Miller supports its customer teams with components, technical services, and advanced engineering. The results are a matter of record. Links
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