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#4304 - 04/08/19 04:41 PM C7.R CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: 3rd Straight Win on Tap?  
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During the past 20-plus years, Corvette Racing has made its mark in long-distance endurance racing with multiple victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 At Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

But the program aims this weekend to add to its sparkling success rate at the shortest race on its yearly calendar with a return to the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach.
The pair of bright yellow Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs will look for a third straight victory on the streets of Long Beach and eighth at the event since 2007.

More significantly, a triumph in Saturday’s 100-minute race would be Corvette Racing’s 100th in IMSA competition Coincidentally, No. 99 in North America came a year ago at Long Beach. It also gave Chevrolet its ninth Long Beach IMSA victory – the most among series manufacturers at the event.

Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner enter Long Beach as winners the last two years at the event in their No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
It was Gavin’s 50th victory with Corvette Racing, and he leads all IMSA drivers with five victories at the event.
Milner, who drove the closing stint the last two years, is a three-time winner at Long Beach – all with Gavin.

Two years ago, the Gavin/Milner duo were the benefactors when the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette of Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen were blocked at the final corner of the final lap by a trio of stopped cars.
Milner had no choice but to slip through an opening to secure another Chevrolet victory.
Last season Milner took the lead with about 20 minutes to go after a mechanical problem dropped Garcia from the lead just before a restart.

Magnussen and Garcia last won at Long Beach in 2014 for the first victory for the Corvette C7.R.
It was the first victory at Long Beach for Garcia and second for Magnussen, who leads all IMSA drivers with three pole positions at the circuit.

The Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix from Long Beach begins at 2:05 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 13.
It will air on live on NBC Sports Network and the NBC Sports app starting at 5 p.m. Live audio coverage of practices, qualifying and the race from IMSA Radio is available on IMSA.com.

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

"Long Beach is a fine circuit except for the last corner!
That’s only half-serious as I’ve never had such bad luck at one spot before. We probably should have won the last two years.
In 2017 the track became blocked at the final corner and I went from first to fourth. Last year we had an electrical problem that took us out of the lead after a caution. It’s unfortunate but that is racing sometimes.
We can take confidence that Corvette Racing has shown strong at Long Beach for many years, especially with the C7.R.
Maybe this year will be the one Jan and I can have luck go our way."

JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

"Long Beach is a fantastic event and a fun track. It’s a great track to race on. The race being as short as it is means there is a lot of action in not much time.
The last two years, we’ve been where we needed to be but just little things got in the way.
The No. 4 guys have won the last two years, so hopefully we can have a little bit of luck go our way at Long Beach to get some points back from a not-so-great Daytona and build on our result at Sebring."

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

"Our success at Long Beach comes down to many things. Fundamentally, Tommy and I have been in the position to win each of the last four years.
Yes, things have had to go our way in some cases. Three years ago we were leading with two laps to go and got taken out at the last corner. But the last two years we’ve taken our chances and take them well.
That’s what it’s all about driving around a street circuit – when to risk it, when not to, take advantage of the mistakes of others and execution.
Last year we had a good Corvette. We were strong and Tommy had a great stint at the end.

Sure, we got fortunate when two other cars had contact but that’s one of the reasons we’ve won so many times at Long Beach. We’ve managed to execute passes cleanly and we’ve been smart.
All it takes is a little bit of contact or a brush with the wall and your day is done. There are no second chances at Long Beach."

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R:

"For me, my success at Long Beach has been a bit of a surprise in some ways. I’ve never really thought street races were my strong suit.
The racing is always fun there, but I always felt more comfortable at other tracks.
But I’ve had some of the best outcomes at Long Beach – my first Corvette IMSA win in 2012 with Oliver, and then we’ve been super strong there the last four years with the Corvette C7.R.
There definitely is something about Long Beach that suits our driving styles.
We just have good races; we put ourselves in good position, we have good pit stops and Olly does a great job in qualifying.
We always seem to end up in the right places at the right time. Certainly we’ve some luck go our way there, but we’ve also been on the other side of it.
It would be great to get another win there, for sure – No. 100 in IMSA for Corvette Racing."

2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTLM Standings (After Two of 11 Events)

Driver Standings
1. Philipp Eng – 63
2. Frederic Makowiecki/Nick Tandy/Patrick Pilet – 61
3. Colton Herta/Connor De Phillippi – 59
4. Dirk Mueller/Joey Hand/Sebastien Bourdais – 56
5. Earl Bamber/Laurens Vanthoor/Mathieu Jaminet – 56
6. Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen/Mike Rockenfeller – 55
9. Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner/Marcel Fässler – 46

Team Standings
1. No. 911 Porsche GT Team – 61
2. No. 25 BMW Team RLL – 59
3. No. 66 Ford Chip Ganassi – 56
4. No. 912 Porsche GT Team – 55
5. No. 3 Corvette Racing – 53
8. No. 4 Corvette Racing – 46

Manufacturer Standings
1. Porsche – 65
2. BMW – 63
3. Ford – 60
4. Chevrolet – 56

Corvette Racing at Long Beach

2007
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Johnny O’Connell/Jan Magnussen -2nd in GT1 (Magnussen fastest race lap)
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin -1st in GT1 (Gavin pole position)

2008
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Johnny O’Connell/Jan Magnussen -1st in GT1 (Magnussen pole position)
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin -2nd in GT1 (Gavin fastest race lap)

2009
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O’Connell -2nd in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin -1st in GT1 (Beretta pole position, fastest race lap)

2010
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O’Connell -2nd in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin -9th in GT (Gavin fastest race lap)

2011
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Tommy Milner -5th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen -2nd in GT (Magnussen fastest race lap)

2012
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -4th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -1st in GT (Gavin fastest race laps)

2013
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -5th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -4th in GT (Gavin fastest race lap)

2014
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -1st in GTLM (Magnussen pole position)
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -3rd in GTLM (Milner fastest race lap)

2015
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -3rd in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -7th in GTLM

2016
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -9th in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -2nd in GTLM (Spun out of lead late)

2017
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -5th in GTLM (Magnussen pole position)
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -1st in GTLM

2018
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia -4th in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner -1st in GTLM (Gavin 50th Corvette win)

Corvette Racing By the Numbers at Long Beach

• 1: As in one team, one manufacturer and one model of car for 21 years: Corvette Racing and Chevrolet.
• 2: Consecutive victories for Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner at Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R. They also were second in 2016.
• 3: Pole positions at Long Beach for Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen – 2008, 2014 and 2017. Magnussen went on to win in class in ’08 and ’14. He also has set fastest race lap in class twice.
• 4: Fastest race laps in class for Gavin, also the most among active drivers at Long Beach – 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013. All took place with the Corvette C6.R.
• 5: Class victories at Long Beach for Oliver Gavin, the most among active drivers. He won in ALMS GT1 in 2007 and 2009, ALMS GT in 2012 and in GTLM the last two years.
• 6: Number of drivers who have competed at Long Beach for Corvette Racing – Olivier Beretta, Antonio Garcia, Gavin, Magnussen, Johnny O’Connell and Tommy Milner.
• 7: Number of Long Beach victories in 12 appearances for Corvette Racing – more than any other entrant in IMSA at the circuit.
• 8: As in Chevrolet’s small-block V8. More than 100 million units have been sold worldwide and is the most successful engine in American motorsports.
• 12: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since 2001
• 15: Number of GTLM wins for Corvette Racing since the start of 2014. That is the most of any manufacturer and team in the category.
• 21: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Daytona, Detroit, Houston, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Miami, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring, Sonoma, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres and Utah.
• 50: Corvette Racing victories for Oliver Gavin, with No. 50 coming at Long Beach in 2018.
• 107: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 90 in North America and eight at Le Mans.
• 216: Event starts by Corvette Racing since 1999.
• 3,095.64: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing in its 11 previous appearances at Long Beach.
• 288,906.58: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing since its inception. To put that in perspective, it is roughly 239,000 miles from the Earth to the moon.


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BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix At Long Beach

April 12-13, 2019

Track: Long Beach Street Circuit
Race Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes
Circuit Length: 1.968 miles
Entry by Class:
Daytona Prototype (11)
GT Le Mans (8)

Qualifying Friday, April 12, 2019
WeatherTech Championship

(GTLM)
5:40 PM to 5:55 PM EDT
(DPI)
6:00 PM to 6:15 PM EDT

Watch Live on IMSA TV:
http://imsatv.imsa.com/

Television Broadcast Saturday April 14, 2018
US: NBCSN
5:00 to 7:00 pm EDT

International: IMSA TV
http://imsatv.imsa.com/

Online in-car cameras-Coverage
5:05-6:45
IMSA.com (includes live images, in-car cameras and announcers)
http://www.imsa.com/camera/imsatv

RADIO:
1) Streaming on IMSA TV on IMSA.com & RadioLeMans.com
2) Scanner frequency 454.000
3) XM 202
4) SiriusXM Online 972

LIVE TIMING:
http://scoring.imsa.com/

Live Timing for mobile device:
http://scoring.imsa.com/mobile.html

PIT NOTES:
https://twitter.com/search?q=IMSA
http://twitter.com/ @CorvetteRacing, @IMSA, @IMSAlive, @toyotagplb

Long Beach BoP
https://competitors.imsa.com/sites/default/files/reults/downlods/tb_iwsc_19-21_bop_tables_040319.pdf

TICKET INFO: (Corvette corral sold out)
http://www.gplb.com/ticket-prices/

Event Schedule:
https://gplb.com/weekend-schedule/
https://competitors.imsa.com/sites/...al_schedule_and_sr_long_beach_040319.pdf

Spotters Guide:
http://www.spotterguides.com/

Entry List:
https://sportscarchampionship.imsa....19_iwsc_longbeach_preevent_entrylist.pdf

Track Map:
http://www.gplb.com/circuit-map/

WEATHER:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/weekend/90806

Hotels:
http://www.hotelplanner.com/Hotels/13115-NEAR-Long-Beach-Grand-Prix#navPanel

Fan Guide:
https://gplb.com/download-fan-guide/


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Starting grid for the 100 minute Long Beach race
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CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Positive Vibes Going for Three Straight

Gavin third, Garcia fifth in GT Le Mans qualifying in chase for IMSA victory No. 100

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 12, 2019) – Corvette Racing will try for its 100th victory in International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) competition from the second and third rows of its category Saturday in the Bubba Burger Sports Grand Prix at Long Beach.

Oliver Gavin, in the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, qualified third among GT Le Mans (GTLM) cars from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on Friday. A five-time winner at Long Beach with Corvette Racing, Gavin set a time of 1:16.520 (92.587 mph) around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit in southern California.

He and teammate Tommy Milner have won the last two years in GTLM at Long Beach in their Corvette, and they also teamed for victory in 2012 at the venue.

Antonio Garcia, who shares the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R with Jan Magnussen, will start fifth Saturday after his lap of 1:16.685 (92.338 mph) in qualifying.
The duo were 2014 winners at Long Beach for the first victory for the Corvette C7.R.

Saturday’s race can check off a list of milestones with a Corvette Racing victory.
The program would be the first in IMSA history to reach 100 victories.
In 21-plus years of competition, Corvette Racing has won 107 races around the world including eight at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

No IMSA team has been as successful at Long Beach as Corvette Racing with seven class victories dating back to 2007.

The GTLM class was separated by just 0.923 seconds with only 0.372 seconds covering the five-fastest qualifiers.

The Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix from Long Beach begins at 2:05 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 13.
It will air on live on NBC Sports Network and the NBC Sports app starting at 5 p.m.
Live audio coverage of practices, qualifying and the race from IMSA Radio is available on IMSA.com.

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – QUALIFIED THIRD IN GTLM:

"It’s been a good day for us in the No. 4 Corvette. We’ve been at the sharp end for every session. I worked hard with Chuck (Houghton, engineer), Brian (Hoye, car chief), their guys and Tommy on getting the car just a tick better. We kept ourselves sort of in the mix.
But there was one change we kept in the car from practice that I convinced Chuck to keep in the car, and we probably should have taken out.
It might have made the difference to get a bit closer to the front or maybe even get the pole. But third is good. We can race from there.

We know you can win this race from pretty much anywhere on the grid. We have to be smart, keep it clean and execute. We have the best team in the pitlane for that and a great teammate in Tommy.
Hopefully we can come away with our third win in a row at Long Beach, the 100th win in IMSA for Corvette Racing and my sixth win at Long Beach, which would be really cool."

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – QUALIFIED FIFTH IN GTLM:

"It was my first ever qualifying at Long Beach for me.
There are still many things yet to discover, I have to say.
Even if I had a chance to run a new set of tires in that last practice, I kind of still had something to learn.
I felt I was lacking a little bit in a few spots where I thought I could have gone a little bit faster.

The time was there to go maybe a couple of tenths faster, but not much more than that.
It is difficult to really nail it here and I believe I didn’t quite do it. It’s not a bad result, but I would have like to have been a little higher."


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Last lap the #3 C7.R puts a Ford GT into a wall bana2
and both C7.Rs finish in second and third places

The two Porsche 911 RSRs of Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor held onto their qualifying advantage ahead of Oliver Gavin in the #4 Corvette C7.R, Sebastien Bourdais in the #66 Ford GT, the second ’Vette of Antonio Garcia, the two BMW M8s and Ryan Briscoe’s #67 Ford.

Bourdais was the first to pit, just past the half-hour mark.
It worked out perfectly as suddenly the full-course yellow flew for the #55 Mazda stopping on track, so the #66 Ford – now driven by Dirk Muller jumped to the front when all its rivals pitted under yellow.

Taking over from Vanthoor, Earl Bamber moved the #912 ahead of the #911 (now with Patrick Pilet at the wheel) for second while they were being lapped by a Prototype, and they were being pressured hard by the two Corvettes, now with the #3 ahead of the #4.

This quartet reeled in Muller’s Ford and when it was slow off the hairpin, Bamber grabbed the lead down the front straight.
However, Pilet didn’t get through and with 22mins to go, Magnussen moved into third in class after passing the Porsche down the long front straight.

The #66 Ford’s early stop had left Muller very short of fuel in the closing stages, and on the last lap, with the two Corvettes filling his mirrors, the GT simply didn’t accelerate onto the back straight, causing Magnussen to run into the back of him which turned the Ford into the wall.

Bamber crossed the line 4.473sec clear out front, with Magnussen’s now-injured Corvette being gallantly escorted to the line by the sister car of Tommy Milner.

Muller was classified fourth ahead of Pilet’s Porsche, Richard Westbrook in the second Ford and the two BMWs.

Caddy wins in DPi class and has not lost a IMSA race so far this year

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Through three races, Porsche has combined to win two of the three to date and also won all three class poles.
Tandy earned the pole at Daytona in addition to Long Beach, and his co-driver Patrick Pilet grabbed the top spot at Sebring. Tandy, Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki also combined to win the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts one race ago.

With the win, Bamber and Vanthoor moved into the GTLM class points lead, 91-87, over their No. 911 Porsche teammates and the defending champion duo of the No. 3 Corvette Magnussen and Antonio Garcia.

The last-lap contact between Mueller and Magnussen moved the No. 3 Corvette Racing Corvette C7.R to second, despite limping to the finish with significant damage to the front bumper.
The team’s No. 4 Corvette C7.R of Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin made it through the incident to finish third.

Corvette Racing entered the weekend as the winning est IMSA team on the streets of Long Beach with seven victories, including wins each of the past two years.
The team now heads to Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on May 5 in search of its elusive 100th career IMSA win more than one year after earning its 99th at Long Beach.

“The end was pretty crazy with the (No.) 66 running out of fuel ahead of me,” said Magnussen.

“I thought I was going to get stuck behind him, so I had to get on the throttle full to push him out of the way to get that last half-lap back to the checkered flag.
Corvette Racing did a fantastic job setting the car up and thinking about what we needed at the end of the race.
I don’t know if we had the best car, but it was close. I’m super happy today.
For sure we’d like to get a win soon. We’ve caught up in the championship so it’s a good day.”


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Corvette Racing claimed two podium finishes Saturday at the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach, the first time since 2014 that the program scored a pair of top-three results on the streets of southern California.

Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen placed second in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with their No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
They were followed closely by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin in the No. 4 Corvette in third place.

As was the case for the last handful of years at Long Beach, Saturday’s race was a topsy-turvy affair up to the finish.
After finding misfortune while leading the last two years, Garcia and Magnussen finally had luck turn their way.
After Garcia began fifth, the No. 3 Corvette gained a spot during its lone pit stop under caution 40 minutes into the race.

Rejoining fourth, Magnussen immediately began hounding the third-place Porsche.
He made the move going into the first corner with 23 minutes left and set out to run down the second-place Ford.

Meanwhile, Gavin began third and set the fastest GTLM lap of the race before handing off to Milner.
Looking for a third straight Long Beach class victory with his teammate, Milner went from sixth to fourth with seven minutes remaining.
He continued his challenge as Magnussen caught the second-place car with two laps to go.
The No. 3 Corvette moved into second when the Ford ran out of fuel on the final lap, and the two cars made contact.
Magnussen was able to continue with Milner right behind to the finish.

Corvette Racing’s next event is the Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio on May 3-5.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – SECOND IN GTLM:

"Things happened for us but not against us like in previous years. So that’s a plus! We aren’t used to having trouble-free last laps here. I told Jan with my luck, I don’t know if I would have made it to the end! It was a tough position to switch our strategy here. Jan is a great qualifier here, so it was tough for me to discover qualifying after all these years of him doing it.
So I did my best. I think I had a car to qualify on the first row, but we know GTLM is super-competitive. In the race, I got stuck behind the 66 so all I could do was save fuel. It helped us jumped the 4 Corvette in the pits and we almost got the Porsches.
After that, Jan did a magnificent job with managing the tires and fuel. I’m happy keeping it this way! I know I’ll qualify better next year, so maybe we can do that and win the race."

JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – SECOND IN GTLM:

"The end was pretty crazy with the 66 running out of fuel ahead of me. I thought I was going to get stuck behind him, so I had to get on the throttle full to push him out of the way to get that last half-lap back to the checkered flag. Corvette Racing did a fantastic job setting the car up and thinking about what we needed at the end of the race.
I don’t know if we had the best car, but it was close. I’m super happy today. For sure we’d like to get a win soon.
We’ve caught up in the championship so it’s a good day."

OLIVER GAVIN, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R ‘ THRID IN GTLM:

"You can’t take your eyes off things at this race not for one second. It’s a crazy, action-packed event.
My stint was relatively straight-forward. I had a few bits and pieces I had to be careful of at the start.
We had an early caution, and I was mainly shadowing the two Porsches.
I kept thinking about where we were going to be when it came to that pit stop, if it was going to go green all the way. It didn’t so we all came in together

It looked like we were going to be good but got caught out slightly with everyone else on fuel, and everyone went a little shorter than we did. We were out running around in fifth, and Tommy did a fantastic job to get by one of the Porsches. Then it was just rolling those laps off.
That last lap again was crazy with how everything unfolded. At the end of the day, we’re happy with good points and a podium but we really would have loved a win."

TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R – THIRD IN GTLM:

"This race and this race track lead to racing like this. There’s a lot happening at every stage of the race with our race, prototypes racing their race you combine that for 100 minutes with everyone going from the word ‘go’, you’re going to have fireworks here and there.

In the end, it’s a pretty good result for Corvette Racing. We can’t be too unhappy with second and third. We had a good Corvette today. Track position is really big. The Ford being out front there holding us up a little bit didn’t help for sure, and we lost a spot or two on pit lane as well. It’s one of those things. This racing is about tenths of seconds and every little thing counts.
You have to have a really, really good race to get wins. That’s why when you win it feels so good.
Even so, a second and a third felt like a good result for us today. It felt like there was a little bit more for us today.
Certainly getting a win for us would have been a great challenge. We had a great car and it was a good drive for Olly at the start there.
We’re pumped to be on the podium again at Long Beach. It’s not a win, but we will take it!"


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