The championship push for Corvette Racing’s teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD PRO & GTD classes continues this weekend at Road America, a place steeped in Corvette lore and success.

Corvette Racing has been a constant presence at the 4.048-mile, 14-turn Wisconsin circuit.
The program has eight victories there, all in the factory team era and the famed Corvette Bridge spans the track between turns Five and Six.

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports (GTD PRO)

• No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Antonio Garcia/Alexander Sims
• No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Tommy Milner/Nicky Catsburg

The No. 3 duo of Garcia and Sims enter Road America with the GTD PRO Drivers’ Championship lead.
Their four podiums lead all driving pairings in GTD PRO and is a large reason behind the points lead. They finished fifth last year in class at Road America, and Garcia is a previous Road America winner in the Corvette C8.R.

Milner and Catsburg placed second in the last round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the No. 4 Corvette for their first podium finish of the season.
Catsburg qualified on pole a year ago in GTD PRO, while Milner was part of one of Road America’s most iconic race finishes by going from fifth to first in the closing minutes of the 2016 GTLM race.

AWA (GTD

• No. 13 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Matt Bell, Orey Fidani
AWA’s Fidani and Bell are back at Road America after a fifth-place GTD finish in 2024.
Bell was part of a multi-car scrap late last year as the duo made up 10 spots in class during the race for what ended up as the best finish of the team’s debut season with the Corvette.

Matching that result will go a long way in helping Fidani move back to the top of the Bob Akin Award standings.
He is second in points heading to Road America, with the winner earning a ticket to next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
AWA also has given the Corvette Z06 GT3.R its only IMSA win this year at the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona.

DXDT Racing (GTD)

• No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Alec Udell, Robert Wickens

Udell and Wickens gave DXDT Racing its best finish of its first season in GTD with a fourth-place showing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The DXDT Corvette has qualified third or better in class at each of the previous three rounds, with Udell on the front row at both Laguna Seca and Watkins Glen.
Udell also scored a pair of victories last year with DXDT Racing in GT World Challenge America alongside Milner in the Pro class. Teammate Wickens has raced at Road America in Champ Car Atlantic, IndyCar and the Michelin Pilot Challenge, where he finished third in 2023.

The Motul SportsCar Grand Prix is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 3. The race will stream live on Peacock in the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. from 2 to 5 p.m. ET IMSA Radio will air all on-track sessions at IMSA.com along XM 206, SiriusXM Online 996.

CORVETTE RACING BY PRATT MILLER MOTORSPORTS

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“I hope we can be up toward the front at Road America. It has been a few years since our last win there, so obviously we want to end that run. The championship is what we are focusing on, though. Even if we still have the lead, it’s very close between the top three. We need to maximize every opportunity to score points, whether we have ultimate pace.
That has been the strength of this team during GTD PRO and I know we will continue to do the same thing.”

ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“Road America is where I first drove the Corvette Z06 GT3.R. It’s an incredible track and one of the highlights of our season. It’s very much a power track but the braking and cornering ability of the Corvette allows us to attack the circuit differently than most other cars.
We will see if that is enough to get us and keep us at the front of the grid and in the championship.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“I can’t go back to Road America and not think about the 2016 win there, when we went from fifth to first in the last couple of laps to win. It’s a great feeling to win at such a great track, and it’s something I want to experience again. There’s no better time than the present.

We have a little bit of momentum from the runner-up at CTMP. Judging how things have gone this year, I don’t expect this to be a very strong track for us, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to give it everything we have for the race win and Manufacturer's Championship points.”

NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“I really enjoyed this stretch of races last year in my first season in IMSA, and it’s the same this season. After Canada, we finally have some momentum and a podium result on our side of the garage. Let’s keep it going now at Road America. We qualified well there last year, but didn’t really put it together in the race for a couple of reasons.
We have that experience plus other lessons we are learning this year on the team side that hopefully will mean that we can run up front more often than not the rest of this year and continue contributing to the Manufacturer's Championship.”

AWA PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES

MATT BELL, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“I always love going back to Road America. It’s one of the most iconic racetracks in the United States. We had a pretty exciting race last year. This place always seems to generate great racing with a lot of action, so I’m looking forward to getting back there with our Corvette and seeing what we can do this time!”

OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“Road America is one of those tracks on the calendar that every driver looks forward to. It’s so fast but also very technical, and it tends to produce a lot of opportunities. The team has been working hard in each round to give us a strong package with our No. 13 Corvette, and I’m confident we can be competitive again this year.”

DXDT RACING PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES

ALEC UDELL, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“The DXDT team has been hard at work on all fronts, prepping for the upcoming race at Road America. Each race we continue to improve processes, and a big one from the last race was getting Robert and I time to work together on driver changes at the shop.
We’ve had a quick Corvette, and I feel confident we can get the most out of our DXDT Z06 GT3.R up in Road America.
I’m excited to see where that puts us!”

ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:

“Road America is one of my favorite tracks on the IMSA calendar. The fans have so much passion for racing, which makes it even more special.
The team is working hard to build on our strong result from CTMP.
We are going to do everything we can to get our Corvette Z06 GT3.R on the podium for the first time this year.”

DragonSpeed claimed its third GTD Pro pole of the season, with Giacomo Altoe reeling off a best time of 2:03.904 in his No. 81 Ferrari 296 GT3.

It was 0.010 seconds quicker than the No. 3 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Alexander Sims, who will start second in class.
Altoe claimed his second class pole of the season after taking top qualifying honors at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

Corvette by Pratt Miller’s Tommy Milner was third quickest in class, with the two Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVOs of Dan Harper and Madison Snow completed the top-five.

GTD pole honors went to the No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo of Russell Ward, thanks to a 2:03.745 lap time that was quicker than Altoe’s GTD Pro pole-winning lap.

As is now the case this season, the entire GTD Pro class will be gridded ahead of the GTD category entries for tomorrow’s two-hour and 40-minute race.
Ward, who along with co-driver Philip Ellis lead the GTD championship, edged out the No. 27 Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo of Casper Stevenson by 0.163 seconds.

It marked Ward’s fourth career pole and first of the season.

Onofrio Triarsi will start third in class in his No. 021 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari, ahead of Robert Wickens’ No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette in fourth.

The Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America gets underway Sunday at 1:10 p.m. CST with live coverage on Peacock as well as IMSA’s YouTube channel for international viewers.

3 Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs will be on the first two rows of GTD PRO & GTD following qualifying Saturday ahead of the Motul SportsCar Grand Prix at Road America.

Alexander Sims and Tommy Milner were second and third in GTD PRO, respectively, in the pair of yellow Corvettes from Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports. Only 0.02 seconds separated the top three cars in the class, with Sims and the No. 3 Corvette’s lap of 2:03.914 (117.603 mph) edging out the No. 4 Z06 GT3.R and Milner by one-hundredth of a second.

The qualifying results for the two Pratt Miller-run Corvettes continued the steady showing from the free practice sessions. Nicky Catsburg, Milner’s teammate, was second in class Friday afternoon, with Sims quickest in Saturday morning’s session and Milner third.
Sims, teammate Antonio Garcia, and Chevrolet arrived at Road America with the championship leads in the GTD PRO Drivers and Manufacturers standings.
Milner and Catsburg are coming off a runner-up finish in the previous race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

In GTD, Robert Wickens continued the run of strong qualifying efforts for DXDT Racing with a second-row start in the No. 36 Corvette that he shares with Alec Udell. Wickens’ best lap was a 2:04.208 (117.325 mph), and he was less than a half-second to pole position. The DXDT Z06 GT3.R qualified on the front row at Laguna Seca and Watkins Glen, with Wickens third at CTMP.

Orey Fidani and the No. 13 AWA Corvette will start 13th in GTD. He and Matt Bell are back at Road America after a fifth-place GTD finish in 2024. Bell was part of a multi-car scrap late last year as the duo made up 10 spots in class during the race for what ended up as the best finish of the team’s debut season with the Corvette.

The Motul SportsCar Grand Prix is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday. The race will stream live on Peacock in the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. from 2 to 5 p.m. ET. IMSA Radio will air the race call at IMSA.com along XM 206, SiriusXM Online 996.

CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R QUALIFYING DRIVER QUOTES

ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – Qualified Second in GTD PRO:

“Just honestly, the Corvette felt lovely to drive. I was really happy with the session, honestly, to build to do three laps that were very similar.
The peak of the tire was good, and the car stayed with me really nicely, so it feels like we are in a good position for tomorrow’s race right at the front of the right end of the grid. There’s no real disappointment from me in that session.

“I believe we’ve got a strong race car as well. You still have to go and execute the strategy to win the race, the same challenges as always.
Honestly, that gap back to fourth is quite surprising. And it seemed a little bit that way in second practice as well. I sort of assumed that other people would make a jump. Maybe they improved a bit, but not as much as I thought they would.
Hopefully that pace advantage can carry over into the race. I’m sure that will entirely be the case, but it seems like we’re in a good spot.”

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – Qualified Third in GTD PRO:

“When it’s that close, you think about all the little things that in the end do matter, of course.
Obviously, there are places where I felt like the car was excellent. Everyone always has a could-should-would.
I think my first push lap would have been a little bit better, and now looking at the times,
I wish I had finished that one. I just had a moment in The Kink, and I just bailed. But I’m still very happy with the Corvette.

We’ve done well this weekend with our setup changes and things like that. So yeah, happy with our car. It’s a big gap to P4 and things like that, but at a track like this, straight-line speed is huge, and the draft is huge here. So it’ll be hard to separate ourselves, I think, from the others. I’m looking forward to a tough race but this is a good start for the team with second and third.”

ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R – Qualified Fourth in GTD:

“I’m satisfied. I think, honestly, I’ve been having a hard time getting up to speed this weekend and the whole team’s had my back from first practice through now. Alec, Bryan (Sellers) really the entire DXDT Racing team.
I definitely benefited from all their support, as well as Pratt Miller; I talked to Tommy (Milner) between FP2 and qualify, just picking his brain.
The way free practice played out for me, my laps were relatively limited, so I’m happy with the time I did. Internally, I thought as long as I was a mid-2:04,

I could be satisfied, and I beat that. Obviously, we want to be further up, but I think starting from fourth, we can play from there. I think we’re a great team. We’re going to have a good strategy. We have a lot of pace, and I think we’re better in the race. At least for me personally, I feel like my race pace is closer than my qualifying pace, so I’m looking forward to it.”

(On qualifying at Road America): “I think anytime you get to qualify at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, it’s just fun, right?
I had a blast qualifying at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Long Beach was a thrill. And here, doing The Kink flat, just hoping it sticks It takes a big leap of faith, but it helps when you see your teammate’s data. So I knew it was possible.

It’s just a matter of finding the confidence to do it myself. So yeah, I’m proud of where we ended up.”