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Chevrolet's championship - winning team returns for American Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans DETROIT — Corvette Racing's roster of championship - winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12 - race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

DETROIT — Corvette Racing's roster of championship - winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12 - race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Fellows Named Most Popular Driver, Gongla Wins GT1 Crew Chief of the Year Award MONTEREY, Calif. — The checkered flag at the conclusion of the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Oct. 21 marked the end of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season, but Chevrolet's factory road racing team kept on winning.

The 39 - year - old long - time GM factory driver not only won today's ninth and penultimate round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series at Virginia International Raceway, but he also won his fourth ALMS Drivers» Championship title, secured for Chevrolet the Manufacturers» Championship and for Corvette Racing the Teams» title.

ALMS Champion will travel by helicopter, airplane and automobile to Watkins Glen PORTLAND — Chevrolet Corvette factory driver Ron Fellows will depart today's American Le Mans Series race immediately after the checkered flag drops at 3:45 p.m. PDT.

PORTLAND — Chevrolet Corvette factory driver Ron Fellows will depart today's American Le Mans Series race immediately after the checkered flag drops at 3:45 p.m. PDT.

That season finished off with Buckler winning the prestigious Porsche World Cup for the Porsche factory as one of the few American drivers ever to receive the honor.

Since Corvette Racing made its debut in 1999, Chevrolet's factory team has won 49 races (including five class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, four class wins in the Sebring 12 - hour race and an overall win in the Daytona 24 - hour race), five American Le Mans Series manufacturers championships and four ALMS drivers championships.

He has served in a variety of roles over the past decade at Shelby American, including director of production, research and development, chief designer, and factory test driver.

Long, the longtime American Porsche factory driver from Manhattan Beach, Calif., enjoyed a spectacular 2017 season in the Pirelli World Challenge with the Overall GT and Sprint GT point championships in the potent No. 50 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Porsche factory driver Patrick Long, a three - time American Le Mans (ALMS) GT2 Driver's Champion, claimed his first Pirelli World Challenge GT Drivers» Championship piloting the No. 45 TruSpeed Porsche 91driver Patrick Long, a three - time American Le Mans (ALMS) GT2 Driver's Champion, claimed his first Pirelli World Challenge GT Drivers» Championship piloting the No. 45 TruSpeed Porsche 91Driver's Champion, claimed his first Pirelli World Challenge GT Drivers» Championship piloting the No. 45 TruSpeed Porsche 911 GT3.