Corvette Racing at Petit Le Mans: Corvette Racing Fast Facts

  • Oct 22, 2013
  • Pratt Miller

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Ahead of Round 10 of the American Le Mans Series

What: Petit Le Mans, final round of the American Le Mans Series. The race airs live starting at 11 a.m. on FOX Sports 2 with alternating live broadcasts on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2.

No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R – Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Jordan Taylor

  • • Starting fourth in GT. Antonio Garcia posted a lap of 1:19.128 (115.560 mph) in qualifying.
  • • History at Road Atlanta
  • o Antonio Garcia – Three ALMS starts. Best finish: 2nd (2012)
  • o Jan Magnussen – 15 ALMS starts. Best finish: 1st (2004, 2005, 2008, 2010). One fastest race lap (2008).
  • o Jordan Taylor – One ALMS start. Best finish: 2nd (2012)

No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R – Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook

  • • Starting seventh in GT. Oliver Gavin posted a lap of 1:19.440 (115.106 mph) Friday in qualifying.
  • • History at Road Atlanta
  • o Oliver Gavin – 15 ALMS starts. Best finish: 1st (2002, 2003 – spring race, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010). One pole position (2004) and four fastest race laps (2004-07)
  • o Tommy Milner – Two ALMS starts. Best finish: 2nd (2012)
  • o Richard Westbrook – Two ALMS starts. Best finish: 4th (2011)

Corvette Racing at Road Atlanta

  • • Number of races: 16
  • • Victories: 10
  • • Podiums: 20
  • • Pole positions: 7
  • • Fastest race laps: 8
  • • First race: 1999 (4th and 5th in GTS)
  • • First 1-2 team finish: 2004

EDITORS: High-resolution images of Corvette Racing are available on the Team Chevy media site for editorial use only.

Petit Le Mans (all times ET)

  • • Warmup: 9:15 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
  • • Race: 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19

Petit Le Mans: Watch It!

Saturday, Oct. 19 (all times ET)

  • • Race (TV): 11 a.m.-noon, 2:30-6:30 p.m. (FOX Sports 2); 6:30-8 p.m. (FOX Sports 1); 8-9:30 p.m. (FOX Sports 2)
  • • Race (Web): 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19 (ALMS.com)

ALMS GT Championship Standings

Driver Standings

  1. 1. Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen – 125
  2. 2. Dirk Muller – 109
  3. 3. Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 100
  4. 4. Dominik Farnbacher/Marc Goossens – 93
  5. 5. Bill Auberlen – 82

Team Standings

  1. 1. Corvette Racing – 161
  2. 2. BMW Team RLL – 120
  3. 3. SRT Motorsports – 109
  4. 4. Risi Competizione – 56
  5. 5. CORE autosport – 48

Manufacturer Standings

  1. 1. Chevrolet – 164
  2. 2. BMW – 134
  3. 3. SRT – 123
  4. 4. Ferrari – 109
  5. 5. Porsche – 95

Corvette Racing History at Road Atlanta

Year Class Drivers Result Car Notes

1999 GTS Fellows/Kneifel/Paul Jr. 5th Corvette C5-R

Pilgrim/Collins/Sharp 4th Corvette C5-R

2000 GTS Fellows/Kneifel/Bell 3rd Corvette C5-R Fellows pole

Pilgrim/Collins/Freon 1st Corvette C5-R

2001 GTS Fellows/O’Connell 9th Corvette C5-R

Collins/Pilgrim/Freon 1st Corvette C5-R Pilgrim pole

2002 GTS Fellows/O’Connell/Gavin 1st Corvette C5-R

Collins/Pilgrim/Freon 3rd Corvette C5-R Pilgrim fastest race lap

2003* GTS Fellows/O’Connell 3rd Corvette C5-R

Collins/Gavin 1st Corvette C5-R

2003 GTS Fellows/O’Connell/Freon 5th Corvette C5-R

Collins/Gavin/Pilgrim 3rd Corvette C5-R

2004 GTS Fellows/O’Connell/Papis 2nd Corvette C5-R

Beretta/Gavin/Magnussen 1st Corvette C5-R Gavin pole, fastest race lap

2005* GT1 Fellows/O’Connell 1st Corvette C6.R O’Connell pole, fastest race lap

Beretta/Gavin 2nd Corvette C6.R

2005 GT1 Fellows/O’Connell/Papis 6th Corvette C6.R

Beretta/Gavin/Magnussen 1st Corvette C6.R Beretta pole, Gavin fastest race lap

2006 GT1 Fellows/O’Connell/Papis 4th Corvette C6.R O’Connell pole

Beretta/Gavin/Magnussen 3rd Corvette C6.R Gavin fastest race lap

2007 GT1 Magnussen/O’Connell/Fellows 3rd Corvette C6.R

Beretta/Gavin/Papis 1st Corvette C6.R Gavin fastest race lap

2008 GT1 Magnussen/O’Connell/Fellows 1st Corvette C6.R O’Connell pole, Magnussen fastest race lap

Beretta/Gavin/Papis 2nd Corvette C6.R

2009 GT2 Magnussen/O’Connell/Garcia 6th Corvette C6.R

Beretta/Gavin/Fassler 4th Corvette C6.R

2010 GT Beretta/O’Connell/Garcia 6th Corvette C6.R

Gavin/Magnussen/Collard 1st Corvette C6.R Magnussen fastest race lap

2011 GT Beretta/Milner/Garcia 17th Corvette C6.R

Gavin/Magnussen/Westbrook 4th Corvette C6.R

2012 GT Garcia/Magnussen/Taylor 2nd Corvette C6.R

Gavin/Milner/Westbrook 12th Corvette C6.R

* Denotes two-hour, 45-minute race

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