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Episode 12 The perfect ending
« on: April 15, 2010, 07:23:33 PM »
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As Chevrolet Corvette Racing team heads into its first full season of competition in the American Le Mans Series GT2 class, the first full episode of a new General Motors video series chronicling their journey has been posted on YouTube. The 12-part series will follow the team as it gets ready for the nine race series as well as the annual June treck to Le Mans for the 24 Hours.

Episode one begins with a look back at where 2009 left off. On the final corner of the final lap of the Laguna Seca race last October, Jan Magnussen slammed into a retaining wall with a 57 g impact after making contact with one of the Flying Lizards Porsches.

As soon as the cars returned to the team's Wixom, MI shop, the crew set about getting ready for 2010 including preparing for the all-new 5.5-liter V8. First, though, they had to rebuild the #3 C6.R. Check out the first episode of the series.


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Episode 2

"As long as we stay on the track, don't run into anybody and the pit stops are good..." were the famous last words of Dave Binks, Corvette Racing crew chief. He spoke these words on the afternoon of Friday, March 19 following qualifying for this year's 12 Hours of Sebring. Some 24 hours later, they turned out to be a bit too prophetic, and not in a good way.

The second episode of the Corvette Racing Series takes a look back at a less-than-successful outing for the C6.Rs at the American Le Mans Series opening round. The two Corvettes actually ended up running into each other in the pitlane and spent extended periods getting repaired.

As program manager Doug Fehan closes out with, the team now has to go back to the shop, looks at what they did wrong and learn so that it doesn't happen again. Now on to Long Beach.



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Episode 3

Corvette Racing has just released the next (and third) installment of its 12-part video series, this time examining how race technology makes its way to the street. In particular, the latest video highlights the new Z06 Carbon edition, which gets plenty of light-weight carbon fiber add-ons to help it shave off weight and run a quicker lap time – by as much as 3 seconds a lap on a track like Laguna Seca.

The “Track to Street” philosophy is even more important in 2010, considering the new GT class Corvette race cars are now significantly more like the street cars than in the past.

Check out the video below and we’ll be sure to bring you the next update in the series, as we hope to learn more about the new 5.5-liter V8 race engine and its street-car application.


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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2010, 11:02:33 AM »
Corvette Racing and Green Racing: As part of the Michelin Green X Challenge, the team explains the greener aspects of the Corvette Z06 racing models.



Episode 4

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« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2010, 03:03:39 AM »
Brilliant!

It's great to see the Corvette division powering on, despite the doom and gloom surrounding GM at the moment.
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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2010, 11:23:50 PM »
When General Motors' Corvette Racing team hits the track at Le Mans this weekend, Chevrolet will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of a Corvette's appearance at the 24-hour race. Before everything was packed up for the trip to La Sarthe, the celebration was initiated during the recent six hour race at Laguna Seca.

A trio of Corvette luminaries including Dick Guldstrand, Ron Fellows and Dr. Dick Thompson who drove one of the 1960 Corvettes were on hand with some of the classic racing Vettes for exhibition laps with the new GT2 C6.R and the limited edition Z06 Carbon. The new GT2 car is not in quite as strong a position this year as the GT1 has been in the past, but it should still put on a good challenge for class victory. The video is below and the 24 Hours of Le Mans begins at 3:00pm CET on Saturday.




Episode 5

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« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2010, 03:25:09 PM »
Episode 6: Le Mans - the race





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« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2010, 03:33:01 PM »
Episode 7: Le Mans - social activities pre race




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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 09:05:21 AM »
I think you'll find episode 8 has just been released, if you could post the link as well:smirk:
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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2010, 01:16:00 PM »
Episode 8: Inside look at Corvette Racing's engineering staff processes




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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2010, 12:41:47 PM »
See how Oliver Gavin, driver of the no. 4 Corvette, and Ken Flory, chief engineer of the no. 3 Corvette, use their experiences from endurance running and endurance racing to compete at a high level in both environments.


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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2010, 12:43:19 PM »
See how the Corvette Racing team works together as team, both on and off the track.


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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2010, 12:44:59 PM »
Fans speak their mind and express their affection for the Chevrolet Corvette and the Corvette Racing team.


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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2010, 12:46:23 PM »
Corvette Racing takes viewers inside the cockpit of the no. 4 Corvette as the team claims victory in the closing laps at Petit Le Mans.

Corvette Racing’s next event is the season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at Sebring International Raceway on March 19, 2011.


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