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The duo is trying for their second Driver's Championship together after they won the ALMS GT title in 2012.
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Corvette Racing seeks its 10th ALMS GT team championship, which it can achieve with a sixth - place class finish or better.
Gavin and Magnussen's win in Mosport narrowed the ALMS GT championship race; the Corvette duo is second in the drivers» standings, 23 points behind BMW's Dirk Mueller and Joey Hand, and Chevrolet is second in the manufacturer standings by 22 markers.
Jonathan Bomarito (No. 93 SRT Viper GTS - R) took his second consecutive ALMS GT pole at Road America on Saturday at Elkhart Lake, Wis..
«The ALMS GT class was as deep and competitive as ever in 2013,» said Mark Kent, Chevrolet's Director of Racing.
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner — third in the ALMS GT championship in 2013 with two wins after taking the class title in 2012 — will drive the other Corvette.
Tommy Milner, driving the No. 4 Corvette, was next in the order at 1:47.038 (109.980 mph) but the defending race and ALMS GT co-champion spun on another car's oil and fluid at VIR's famed Oak Tree turn with four minutes left in the session.
«Congratulations to the Corvette C6.R drivers and crews on their 1 - 2 class finish in the ALMS GT class in Baltimore,» said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet US Vice President, Performance Vehicles and Motorsports.
This is also the location of Buckler's first pro race victory in 1995, and also his last professional race at Sonoma in 2003, where he sat on the pole position for a very competitive ALMS GT race.
He finished third in the ALMS GT standings in 2010.
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, defending ALMS GT champions, lead the drivers» standings with wins at Sebring — with Richard Westbrook — in their No. 4 Compuware Corvette to open the year and another victory at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Upon its return to the team's paddock, the Corvette crew went straight to work to dismantle and repair the No. 3 entry, which has Magnussen and Antonio Garcia second in the ALMS GT championship.
Defending ALMS GT champions Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner pilot the No. 4 Corvette.
He and teammate Oliver Gavin — defending ALMS GT champions — will go for their second ALMS victory of the season.
Compuware Corvettes come to Elkhart Lake in thick of ALMS GT championships ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — For more than 50 years, Road America has come to define the quintessential American road racing circuit.
Last season with Mobil 1, Corvette Racing captured their second consecutive ALMS GT team championship.
Now we are heading to VIR, where Tommy and I won four years ago and won the ALMS GT Driver's and Team championships as well as the Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet in the process.
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It may only be just weeks into the new racing year, but our reigning ALMS GT Drivers Champion, Olly, is already about to make his third trip over the Atlantic to the USA.
Class championship leaders Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner retained their GTLM points lead despite a ninth - place class finish for the 2012 ALMS GT race - winners at VIR.
With a win in the GTE Pro class at Le Mans and runner - up finishes in the ALMS GT team and driver championships last year, America's premier production sports car team has focused on improving all aspects of its performance as it prepares its Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars for the 2012 campaign.
Their third win of the season put them in the ALMS GT championship lead, and they never relinquished it.
Garcia drove nearly a full hour under heavy pressure from multiple cars to propel he and Magnussen to the ALMS GT title.
Gavin and Milner were third at Daytona and won the 2012 ALMS GT title together.
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The defending ALMS GT champions stand third in the provisional standings.
Defending ALMS GT champions Oliver...
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It was the fourth of the year for the duo and delivered three additional trophies: ALMS GT driver, manufacturer and team championships.
Olly's best time of 1:22.924 was only two hundredths of a second behind the Falken Porsche — a measure of just how close the ALMS GT category remains.
Defending ALMS GT champions Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, in the No. 4 Corvette C6.R, were runners - up for the second consecutive season on the streets of Baltimore after one of the wildest and most unpredictable races in the series» history.
Starting from third place on the grid, the defending ALMS GT champions encountered misfortune early on when Tommy Milner was the victim of unwanted attention from a fellow competitor which resulted in damage requiring an unscheduled pitstop.
Olly heads now to Baltimore for the eighth round of the series and with only one target in mind — a fourth win and consolidation of his and Tommy's hold on the ALMS GT title chase.
Current ALMS GT Drivers Champion, Olly, qualified second in the super-competitive GT class behind the pole - setting Risi Ferrari of Gimmi Bruni and took the start of the 61st edition of the race.
ALMS GT points leaders, Olly, Tommy and Corvette Racing head this week to Canada for the fifth round of the 2012 series, the Mobil 1 presents the Grand Prix of Mosport, and they have even more reason to look forward to their visit than usual.
The Oak Tree Grand Prix on Saturday, Oct. 5 could see the ALMS GT team and manufacturer championships wrapped up.
The defending ALMS GT champions — seventh with Richard Westbrook at Le Mans — stand second in this year's drivers» standings and are three points out of first.
As evidenced at all our previous events, the competition in the ALMS GT class is extremely well balanced.
The Corvette Racing factory driver has started the defence of his ALMS GT Drivers» title in a fast fashion, consistently being amongst the fastest drivers on the track in all of the test and practice sessions held to date at the 3.74 mile track in central Florida.
With one race left to run, Corvette Racing has the 2012 ALMS GT Championship wrapped up.
If you say «ALMS GT car», I think the automatic reference is a Corvette.
Gavin, who is beginning his 13th consecutive season with the championship - winning GT team, will once again be paired for the season with his 2012 ALMS GT co-champion Tommy Milner.
«Winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been the primary objective of the Corvette Racing program since its inception, but of equal importance is winning the ALMS GT manufacturers championship,» Fehan explained.
Their third victory of the season moved Garcia and Magnussen into the lead of the ALMS GT drivers» championship with two rounds remaining.
In addition to the win Olly set fastest GT lap of the race, and the result takes he and Tommy to the head of the ALMS GT points» standings.
His first victory at Petit Le Mans would go a long way in helping score a second consecutive championship — he and Jan Magnussen were ALMS GT champions in 2013.
After a fast and furious battle in the ALMS GT class, Oliver finished third in today's six hour race at an unseasonably cold Laguna Seca in California.The result was the best of the season so far for the Northamptonshire - based man, and was viewed as a good warm - up for the forthcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.