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NEXT EVENT Sebring Corvette Corral · March 18-20Friday, March 19 2:50 pm - 3:15 pm Special Corvette Unveiling Sebring Corvette Corral Schedule Corvette Racing Series: Episode 1In the first of twelve episodes, Corvette Racing shares a behind-the-scenes look at the team's preparations for the 12 Hours of Sebring, the start of the 2010 ALMS season. The team is clear about one thing: amid tough competition, they remain focused on winning. Preview: Corvette Racing Video SeriesMembers of Corvette Racing share their passion for racing and what it means to represent Corvette in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Featured in the video are Mark Kent, manager, GM Racing, Gary Pratt, chief engineer and co-founder of Pratt & Miller engineering, and Doug Fehan, program manager, Corvette Racing. This is a preview of what to expect from the Corvette Racing Team as they document the ALMS season in their upcoming video series. Get Up Close and Personal with Corvette Racing April 29, 2010Everyone knew that ALMS racing was going to get a lot more interesting when Corvette Racing entered the GT2 picture, but few expected it to come to blows the way it did in the last race of the year at Laguna Seca on October 10, 2009. A collision between the No. 45 Porsche and the No. 3 Corvette C6.R sent the Corvette and driver Jan Magnussen head on into a concrete barrier at nearly 200 mph. In the end, Corvette Racing earned their fifth podium finish in five races since moving to the GT2 category. This April, race fans will get the unique opportunity to lunch with Corvette Racing Program Manager Doug Fehan and C6.R No. 3 driver Johnny O'Connell, hearing "behind the scenes" stories and getting a preview of what to expect this season. Fehan recently shared details with the National Corvette Museum about how Corvette Racing works with the Corvette Design team to develop a better race car, and how that technology is transferred into Corvettes built for consumers. "Our guys do the driving at the test tracks and have input into the cars, looking at shock balance on the car, over-all handling and performance. GM takes what we learn in racing and they put it into play for you," said Fehan. As part of the National Corvette Museum's C5/C6 Bash April 29 through May 1, 2010, Fehan and O'Connell will share information about why they made the move to the GT2 race program, and provide insight to the all new car for 2010. "For GT2, we obviously wanted to come out strong and prove that we could be competitive, but only looked at the five-race schedule [in 2009] as a testing program for the car and the team," said Fehan. 2010 will be the first time the team has competed in GT2 at Le Mans. "If you come out you won't be disappointed as we wave the Corvette flag, taking on BMW, Porsche and Ferrari. We won't let you down," he added. The luncheon and private autograph session is on Thursday, April 29 from 11am to 1pm. The fee is $18 for National Corvette Museum members and $25 for non-members. More information and an online registration form are available at http://www.corvettemuseum.com/registration/c5_bash/info.shtml. An autograph session is also scheduled to be held in the Corvette Store immediately following the luncheon and is open to all event participants. New Corvette Racing C6.R and Production Corvette ZR1 Represent the Culmination of More Than 10 Years of Technology TransferCorvette Racing's second-generation C6.R will be powered by a new 5.5L production-based V-8, to compete in
the new unified GT class in the 2010 American Le Mans Series as well as the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le
Mans. The updated C6.R and the Corvette ZR1 on which it's based represent the strongest link yet between a
production Corvette and the modern Corvette Racing team. Both cars are well-equipped to compete on and off the
track with showroom competitors including Aston Martins, BMWs, Porsches and Ferraris. 2010 Corvette ZR-1 and Corvette Racing C6.R Specifications
Corvette Racing to Return to Le Mans in 2010Corvette Racing will take on its most formidable challenge to date when it competes in the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in Le Mans, France, on June 12-13. The twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars are among the 17 entries in the GT2 class invited by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), organizers of the classic endurance race. Corvette Racing has scored six wins in the GTS/GT1 class at Le Mans since 2001, including a victory in last
year's race. The GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R, which is based on the production Corvette ZR1, made its
competition debut in August 2009, competing in five American Le Mans Series events and scoring the team's first
GT2 win at Mosport International Raceway. The list of invitees in the GT2 class for Le Mans includes two
Corvettes C6.Rs, five Porsche 911 GT3 RSRs, two BMW M3s, a Jaguar XKRS, five Ferrari 430 GTs, an Aston Martin
Vantage, and a Spyker C8. Corvette Racing 2009 Review: Doug Fehan Q&A
Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan has seen it all in motorsports, and he had to rely on every element of that hard-earned experience to navigate through a tumultuous 2009 season. In the midst of a global economic storm, Fehan steered Corvette Racing to the team's sixth win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the successful mid-year introduction of the GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R in the American Le Mans Series. Corvette Racing's 10th anniversary season was a year of transition. The championship-winning GT1 Compuware
Corvettes secured a seventh win in the season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 21, and made
their farewell appearance in the ALMS in Long Beach, Calif., on April 18. The curtain fell on the GT1 era on
June 13-14 with a GT1 victory in Le Mans, France, as Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia stood on
the top step of the podium. Seven weeks later, two new-generation Corvette C6.Rs made their competition debut in
the GT2 class at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Charting the Changes: GT1 vs. GT2 Corvette C6.RThe following is an overview of the differences and similarities between the GT1 and GT2 versions of the Corvette C6.R.
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