Corvette Racing has competed on tracks throughout North American and around the world. But no venue has witnessed more of the team’s successes than Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
As a result, it’s no surprise that Corvette Racing relishes a return to the historic circuit just outside Toronto.

In 15 previous visits to the track, Corvette Racing has claimed victory 11 times – a whopping 73.3 winning percentage.

The team has won the last two years in class and three times in four seasons. Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen were GT Le Mans (GTLM) winners last July in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, one year after Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won in the Corvette C6.R.

In all, seven drivers for Corvette Racing are past winners at the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship’s only Canadian stop; among them, Jan Magnussen was an overall winner in 1999 driving a prototype in the American Le Mans Series.

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is recognized by drivers as one of the most challenging tracks on the schedule.
The 2.459-mile, 10-turn course features fast speeds, big elevation changes and high risk. It’s a layout that hasn’t changed much since its founding in the early 1960s.

Since then it has played host to Can-Am, Formula 5000, USAC stock cars, IndyCar, Trans-Am, Formula Atlantic, and of course the American Le Mans Series and IMSA. Most notably, the circuit was the site of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix eight times between 1967-77.

Corvette Racing legend Ron Fellows is part of the ownership group and has helped oversee a transformation in venue facilities since 2011.

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance is the sixth race of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship for Corvette Racing.
The event is set for 12:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 12, from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Live TV coverage begins at noon ET on FOX Sports 1. Flag-to-flag radio coverage also will be available via IMSA Radio.
Corvette Racing in Canada: Home Away from Home

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

“It’s unfortunate that Jan and I are going through a stretch of bad luck lately.
The good news is that we still lead in GTLM points and we are going back to a place where won last year. Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is one of the best tracks we go to.
It provides a big challenge with the high speeds and fast corners. Definitely it is a classic track in every sense. Last year’s race was very tough with our GTLM competitors but I feel like the nature of the track suits the characteristics of our Corvette.

This would be a great time to score another victory for our team and Chevy. We have great support there from the Canadian fans and we want to do the best we can for them.”

JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

“I really like Canadian Tire Motorsport Park a lot, and it has been good to us and our Corvettes over the years. It provides a big challenge to every driver on every lap.
We see incredibly high speeds not just on the straights but in the corners as well, especially the first two. There is no part of the circuit where you can afford to rest or let your guard down.
To have success there, you really have to commit throughout the lap and be decisive on turn-ins, going through and exiting the corners.
Everything has to work together for a good lap time – the driver, the car, the setup and tires. It’s not the place where you can afford a mistake as the consequences are usually very big.”

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

“We are in a great run of tracks in the TUDOR Championship schedule, and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is definitely one of those.
For drivers, it’s hard to find a track that you can get as much pleasure out of as this one. It has everything you can want – a long straight, a good combination of high- and mid-speed corners, massive elevation changes and a great fan base.
As a Corvette driver, you always look forward to racing in front of the fans and Corvette owners in Canada.

Their enthusiasm is infectious and we certainly feel their support. It doesn’t hurt that Corvette Racing has such a strong record there over the years, going back when Ron was part of the team. Tommy and I would like nothing more than to show our thanks than with a second win there in three years.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

“If you talk to anyone in the Corvette Racing camp, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is certainly an event you look forward to.

It has been like a second home for us for a number of years. Winning there two years ago was an incredible accomplishment. The last 30 minutes were some of the toughest I’ve been a part of.
It makes the challenges of the track that much more difficult. There are so many places where one mistake can end your day pretty quickly.
Fortunately I had a good Corvette under me, as we’ve seemed to have every year at CTMP. The nature of the track and of our Corvette C7.R seem to work together there. Our Corvettes tend to be fast and consistent into and through the braking zones, and that’s a characteristic that is a huge help at a place like Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.”

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER:

“There are certain events that we look forward to each year, and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park ranks high on the list.
It’s a track with a great history, and Corvette Racing is proud to be part of that.
Our good friend Ron Fellows has done a great job leading the track, which is fitting given his phenomenal record in Corvettes there for a number of years.
On the competition front, this race appears to be another case of a four-way battle between ourselves and other manufacturers in GTLM. It takes a huge effort to win in this class, and that challenge is amplified at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.”

TUDOR Championship – GTLM Standings

Driver Standings

T1 – Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen – 157
T1 – Bill Auberlen/Dirk Werner – 157
T2 – John Edwards/Lucas Luhr – 145
T2 – Giancarlo Fisichella/Pierre Kaffer – 145
3 – Wolf Henzler/Bryan Sellers – 141
6 – Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 130

Team Standings

T1 – No. 3 Corvette Racing – 157
T1 – No. 25 BMW Team RLL – 157
T2 – No. 24 BMW Team RLL – 145
T2 – No. 62 Risi Competizione – 145
5 – No. 17 Team Falken Tire – 141
8 – No. 4 Corvette Racing – 130

Manufacturer Standings

1 – BMW – 162
2 – Chevrolet – 158
3 – Porsche – 155
4 – Ferrari – 150

Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance – GT Le Mans (all times ET)

TUDOR Practice 1: 11:20 a.m., Friday, July 10
TUDOR Practice 2: 4 p.m., Friday, July 10
TUDOR Practice 3: 10 a.m., Saturday, July 11
TUDOR GTLM Qualifying: 4:40 p.m., Saturday, July 11 (IMSA.com)
TUDOR Warmup: 8 a.m., Sunday, July 12
Race: 12:05 p.m., Sunday, July 12 (FOX Sports 1)

Ricky Taylor got off to a strong start on Friday morning at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, leading the opening one-hour TUDOR United SportsCar Championship practice with a lap of 1:10.451 in the No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP.

Second-fastest in preparation for Sunday’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance was Ozz Negri, who ran 1:10.616 in the No. 60 AERO Ligier JS P2.

Colin Braun was quickest in Prototype Challenge (PC), running 1:11.795 in the No. 54 Flex-Box/Composite Resources ORECA FLM09.
He was followed by Renger van der Zande, running 1:12.142 in a bid for a third consecutive victory in the No. 8 Martini entry.

Nick Tandy led the GT Le Mans (GTLM) competitors with a lap of 1:15.388 in the No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR.

Defending Canadian Tire Motorsport Park winner Antonio Garcia was second, running 1:15.771 in the No. 3 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.

The session was briefly red-flagged for an early incident involving Lucas Luhr, who had light contact with the tire barrier in Turn 3 in the No. 24 IHG Rewards Club BMW Z4 GTLM.

A second incident was for Mikhail Goikhberg, who went off in Turn 5 in the No. 85 JDC/Miller Motorsports UndergroundCellar.com ORECA FLM09 and sustained left-rear suspension damage.

The second TUDOR Championship practice will be a one-hour session beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday’s schedule includes Round 5 of the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, with the two-hour, 39-minute race beginning at 1:25 p.m. ET.
TUDOR Championship qualifying will follow, beginning at 4:40 p.m. Both the race and qualifying will be streamed live on IMSA.com.

Sunday’s Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance takes the green flag at 12:05 a.m. ET, and will be televised live in the U.S. on FOX Sports 1 beginning at 12 p.m. ET.

Live television coverage in Canada is available on FOX Sports Racing, with live worldwide coverage available through streaming on the IMSA mobile app and IMSA.com.

Stevenson Motorsports’ Andrew Davis led Chevrolet Camaro Z/28.R drivers in Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge qualifying Friday with a fourth-place effort at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Davis set a best lap of 1:27.785 (100.842 mph) in the No. 6 Camaro Z/28.R that he drives with Robin Liddell to line up on the second row of Saturday’s grid.

Davis and Liddell enter Canadian Tire Motorsport Park on a three-race win streak and lead the Grand Sport (GS) Driver’s championship.
Chevrolet also leads in GS Manufacturer points. Stevenson Motorsports and Chevrolet were winners last year at the 2.459-mile, 10-turn track with Saturday’s race set for 1:25 p.m. ET (IMSA.com).

Matt Bell, part of the winning effort at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in 2014, qualified sixth in Stevenson Motorsports’ No. 9 Camaro Z/28.R that he drives with Lawson Aschenbach.
Bell’s best lap was 1:27.810 (100.813 mph).

Mantella Autosport’s two Camaro Z/28.Rs qualified eighth and ninth with Martin Barkey leading the team with a 1:29.054 (99.405 mph) lap in the No. 80 MBRP Camaro Z/28.R.
He was just ahead of team owner Anthony Mantella in the No. 8 Gulf Camaro Z/28.R with a 1:30.102 (98.249 mph). Mantella crashed in the first practice at the exit of Turn Three, but the team repaired the car just in time for qualifying.

The Camaro Z/28.R won five times during its 2014 debut season.
It is based on the road-going Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, and the two share considerable traits:
· Engine and displacement (7.0-liter V-8, 427 cubic inches)
· Front splitter and rear spoiler with wickerbill
· Hood extractor vent
· Rockers, wheel-house extension and front tire deflectors
· Belly pan

The Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge from Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is set for 1:25 p.m. ET on Saturday with live coverage on IMSA.com. Television coverage on FOX Sports 1 is scheduled for noon ET on Sunday, July 19.

ANDREW DAVIS, STEVENSON MOTORSPORTS NO. 6 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z/28.R – QUALIFIED FOURTH:

“As always, the guys at Stevenson Motorsports have worked really hard. This track is good and bad for us.
I think we’ve worked really hard on our Camaro Z/28.R to get the balance through all the sweeping corners, and I was pretty happy with that.

We made some changes overnight that we kept in for qualifying. I think we optimized our performance and our position. Up front on the second row is good for us here.

There are lots of fast cars in this series. It will be a battle and a fight. We’ve won three straight races in different ways, so we’ll have to find a fourth way if we want to continue that.”

ANTHONY MANTELLA, MANTELLA AUTOSPORT NO. 8 GULF CHEVROLET CAMARO Z/28.R – QUALIFIED NINTH:

“Not enough can be said about the team because of the incident this morning. My foot slipped off the pedal and by the time I got back on the pedal, it was too late.
I crashed the car and put it up on its side. But strength of the Camaro Z/28.R made it feel like nothing. The whole front end and radiator were damaged. The guys really busted their tails to get this Camaro back together.
They drove 40 minutes to get parts and got back to get me out for qualifying. So all in all, a great day.”

Jan Magnussen was fifth in GTLM qualifying for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix with a lap of 1:15.325 (117.523 mph) in the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R he shares with Antonio Garcia.
The duo is seeking to repeat as GTLM winners while Corvette Racing is going for its 12th victory at the circuit since 2001. That makes CTMP the team’s most successful track.

Oliver Gavin qualified seventh with a 1:15.463 (117.308 mph) Gavin in the No. 4 Corvette C7.R that he drives with Tommy Milner.
They won in Canada two years ago in the final race here for the Corvette C6.R.

For Sunday’s race, the No. 4 Corvette will cede its grid position to start on four new Michelin tires. The race features two faster Prototype classes and the GTLM category.
Per TUDOR United SportsCar Championship rules, cars that change more than one tire must start from the back of the class grid.

The Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance is set for 12:05 p.m. ET on Sunday with live TV coverage at noon ET on FOX Sports 1. Flag-to-flag radio coverage also will be available via IMSA Radio.

JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – QUALIFIED FIFTH:

“The track was in really poor condition compared to what we had this morning.
For sure the Continental Tire series race put down a lot of rubber, and it got warmer which makes it just slippery and unresponsive.
It’s a little bit frustrating, to be honest. We lost a second from this morning. This is not what we had hoped for. I think we have a better Corvette C7.R than this. Hopefully it will show in the race.”

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – QUALIFIED SEVENTH:

“We maybe just missed it with the pressures in the tire.
They were only just there on the last couple of laps.
It’s something we need to go back to look at and see how we got there. It’s very close and tight. It should be a good fight in the race.
Our cars have had a huge amount of success here. We’re hoping for more of that tomorrow.”

Corvette Racing and the Corvette Daytona Prototype program each had days to remember Sunday in the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix presented by Hawk Performance.

Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia regained the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans Driver points lead while Jordan Taylor and Ricky Taylor led a 1-2 overall finish for the Corvette DP at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Garcia and Magnussen drove their No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R to a third-place finish - a result that seemed unlikely in the race's opening half.
The duo moved from seventh at the one-hour mark to the podium for the first time since the third race of the season at Long Beach.
Doubly important is that they broke a first-place tie for driver points as Garcia took advantage of a mistake with two laps to go by the No. 25 BMW, whose drivers were tied with the No. 3 for the championship lead entering the race.

Garcia and Magnussen now lead by two points heading to Road America in August.

The No. 4 Corvette C7.R of Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner finished fifth in class but gained three spots from the start in a solid late-race push. Both Corvettes were part of an opening-hour battle between five GTLM cars that ran one behind the other for a considerable stretch.
With passing at a premium, each of the Corvette Racing pit crews gained their cars multiple positions on the final round of stops with 55 minutes remaining.

Of note, Garcia stopped between one and three laps later than some of the front-runners, which allowed him to go all-out over the final 53 minutes. He also set the fastest GTLM lap of the race.

Pit stops and strategy also determined the outcome in the Prototype category as Wayne Taylor Racing's No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP won for the second time this year.
Jordan Taylor won by 0.477 seconds over Dane Cameron in Action Express Racing's No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette DP. Cameron - who drove with Eric Curran - stopped from the lead with 10 minutes left for a late splash of fuel and left-rear tire, which was just enough time for Taylor to drive by as Cameron left the pits.

The 1-2 finish allowed Chevrolet to increase its championship lead in the Prototype Engine Manufacturer standings.

Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante were fourth in VisitFlorida.com Racing's No. 90 Corvette DP to keep their lead in the Prototype Driver's standings.
Next up was Action Express Racing's No. 5 Mustang Sampling Corvette DP of Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi in fifth. The duo appeared poised for their first win since March before having to pit from second place with 12 minutes left for a left-rear tire.
They still stand second in points albeit just ahead of Curran and Cameron.

The next race for Corvette Racing and the Corvette Daytona Prototypes is the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase from Road America on Sunday, Aug. 9.

CORVETTE RACING QUOTES

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R - FINISHED THIRD:

"When you have that kind of spread of only three or four tenths from first to eighth at this track, you can't really pass.
It was like a train of GTs all around and nobody could slipstream because everyone was pulled by each other. I couldn't really go much faster and I decided to start saving fuel at the end of my first stint.
So I think that saved us a lot which enabled us to run four or five laps at the end by myself, and that combined with a good last pit stop gave us an opportunity.
If I might have been a second ahead I might have been able to go on to get second place. But third position with what wasn't the best pace we've had this year is a positive result. We just need to focus a little bit more with track position with our Corvette.
For sure qualifying is definitely important, especially on this kind of track. If the championship comes down to tracks like Road Atlanta, even if it's a nine-hour race, we definitely need to be up front because then things are much easier."

JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R - FINISHED THIRD:

"For sure.
I think the BMW ran out of tires at the end there.
Antonio did a good job taking care of his. So with two laps to go, Antonio had a chance and he took it. It was fantastic.
It puts us back in the points lead. We're very, very happy. It didn't look like that was going to happen at the beginning of the race.
It was so difficult pass here.

Track position was so important. I felt like in most areas we had an advantage over the other cars. But when you're in traffic and in the draft and you don't have the downforce when you're stuck behind the guys in front of you, it makes it really difficult. To come away here in third place is a fantastic result. It was really a great job by the whole Corvette Racing team."

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R - FINISHED FIFTH:

"There was always traffic in front of us, around us and passing us. It was a matter of managing the car and staying out of trouble.

Our Corvette was pretty loose.
It wasn't that comfortable to drive and we had a bit of downshift problem. There was some kind of emergency mode the car went into, but we figured that out with Tommy in the car.

I was able to sneak by one of the Porsches after he was hit by the DeltaWing, but he was able to get by me when I had one of the issues downshifting. It's a tough day. We didn't have the ultimate pace to race the guys up front. So it was all about maximizing the points we could get today."

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R - FINISHED FIFTH:

"We've seen here in the past where it's hard to pass. You can get stuck behind some guys who aren't that much slower than you are, but every tenth counts in our class.
In the end, I'm happy with how the race went. I would have loved to have gotten another podium, but I'm proud of how we kept fighting and got our Corvette better for the end. Antonio and I were kind of pushing our way trying to get those BMWs.

It's tough here. Passing is not easy for anybody and it's frustrating. I certainly can see that toward the end, I lost quite a bit of time. All in all, our Corvette was good.
It was fast.
It's just one of those races that now you can look back and go, 'man if we had run a little bit better, we would have been ahead of some of those guys.'\' So we'll just use that for more motivation going forward and try to qualify as high as we possibly can."

DOUG FEHAN, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER:

"It was a very interesting race today. Into the program, we simply didn't have the speed to compete at the front. What we did was make up for it with great fuel strategy, tremendous pit stops and at the end had adjusted tire pressures so we could run faster laps.
You race till the end, and today Jan and Antonio were beneficiaries of the Corvette Racing mantra, 'Never give up.'"

CORVETTE DAYTONA PROTOTYPE QUOTES

RICKY TAYLOR, WAYNE TAYLOR RACING NO. 10 KONICA MINOLTA CORVETTE DP - RACE WINNER:

"Today was a weird day.
We started on the pole and everything was going smoothly.
And then I started having some serious power steering issues.
But the guys never gave up and, somehow, the power steering fixed itself.
Jordan just kept his head and picked people off as they started having issues of their own. And, somehow we ended up leading the race with five minutes to go.

I don't know how it happened, but we'll take it with all the Konica Minolta and DLL guests we have here this weekend. It was a good day. We're still pretty far back in the points but who knows, with these kind of performances, what can happen by season's end."

JORDAN TAYLOR, WAYNE TAYLOR RACING NO. 10 KONICA MINOLTA CORVETTE DP - RACE WINNER:

"It was a perfect team effort.
Ricky had issues with power steering at the beginning, so he had a tough stint.
Once I got in the car, I was basically just running laps for three stints, not really battling with anyone but listening to what the guys wanted to do, strategy-wise.

They called it perfectly with what tires to take, when to pit, and we came out just ahead of the 31 at the end. Like I said, it was a perfect team effort.
And it was great to have all of our partners from Konica Minolta and DLL here at this event. I saw them out in Turn Three during the cooldown lap and they were all cheering. So, it was a great memory for everyone."

ERIC CURRAN, ACTION EXPRESS RACING NO. 31 WHELEN ENGINEERING CORVETTE DP - FINISHED SECOND:

"David Leach (engineer) on the pit box did a great job pulling it together for us.
It was tough.
We were way off sequence; we pitted early and did the driver change early. Dane ran a long time in the car today and did most of the work.
The Whelen Engineering Corvette was fast as always.
We had a tire going down in my run and another little issue. I think the big load of this place and all the sharp, worn out curbs around the track were hard on the tires. But the Continental tires held up well. We kept putting them on and kept going fast.

Dane was great at the end but couldn't quite get (the No. 10 Corvette). We were so close but will take second place. It's a great points day for us, so we're happy."

DANE CAMERON, ACTION EXPRESS RACING NO. 31 WHELEN ENGINEERING CORVETTE DP - FINISHED SECOND:

"It was pretty flat out today and was a really tough race. We were kind of on our own a little bit, but unfortunately I was dropping the wheels off-track on the front straightaway so we were having some soft leaks on the tires.

We were always having to pit early and that's what made us do that last pitstop. We had it timed perfectly but sometimes it's not your day and things don't go to plan."

JIM LUTZ, CORVETTE DAYTONA PROTOTYPE PROGRAM MANAGER:

"This was a thrilling race for the fans at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Congratulations go to Jordan, Ricky and Wayne Taylor Racing as well as Dane, Eric and the Action Express Racing/Whelen Engineering effort.

The different strategies employed by each team on one of the toughest tracks we race on made for a fantastic finish. It's great to score our first victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and build our lead in Prototype Engine Manufacturer points."