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Corvette Racing returns to Road America in the midst of a ferocious battle for the GT class championships.

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Fellows also grabbed the ALMS GTS class championship in 2002 and shared that position in 2003 - 04.

Now Parente returns to defend his GT class championship in the familiar No. 9 K - PAX McLaren 650S against a sensational GT lineup that includes the world's top sport car manufacturers including Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, Cadillac, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes - Benz and Porsche with the best GT drivers in the world.

Today's win comes six years to the day after the 2012 win, which set Milner and Gavin on the path to that year's GT class championship.

Not exact matches

Ireland opened its entire tarmac championship to the R - GT class last year and the Irish fans are amongst the most devoted anywhere in the world.

It is the second championship effort for the duo with the first coming in the 2013 American Le Mans Series GT class.

It certainly has helped the team win three straight events in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, where it leads the Manufacturer's, Driver's and Team championships in the GT Le Mans class.

Chevrolet Earns Second Consecutive IMSA GT Le Mans Manufacturer Title Championship No. 12 since 1999 in productionbased racing series With GTLM Driver and Team championships secured, Chevrolet and Corvette Racing sweep 2017 IMSA GTLM class titles Third Manufacturer Championship for Chevrolet to date in 2017 racing season Chevrolet captured sixth consecutive IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championship Camaro GT4.R secured World Challenge GTS Manufacturer title for Chevrolet BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 7, 2017)-- Chevrolet earned its second consecutive Manufacturer Championship in the...

Garcia and Magnussen arrived at Le Mans with the championship lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's GT Le Mans class with two victories including the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.

CORVETTE RACING AT WATKINS GLEN: Ready to Roll for Six Hours Milner to start from third row in GTLM, championship co-leader Garcia fourth row WATKINS GLEN, New York (July 1, 2017)-- Corvette Racing will go for its second victory in the Sahlen's Six Hours at The Glen on Sunday from the third and fourth rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class following qualifying at Watkins Glen International.

Now the team looks poised and ready to reclaim the manufacturer's championship in the GTS class with their newly - upgraded V6 TSX race cars.

The first - generation car scored 35 victories in 55 races, won its class at the 12 Hours of Sebring three consecutive years, posted three 1 - 2 finishes in the GTS class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and earned four consecutive ALMS manufacturers championships for Chevrolet.

In that span, each member of the quartet has claimed GT - class Driver's championships.

The sixth round of the ALMS will be Corvette Racing's first event in the GT2 category after a decade in the GTS / GT1 classes and eight consecutive ALMS championships.

INDIANAPOLIS (July 25, 2014)-- Antonio Garcia and fellow class championship leader Jan Magnussen saw their four - race winning streak in the TUDOR Championship's GT Le Mans (GTLM) class come to an end with a fourth - place finish.

INDIANAPOLIS (July 25, 2014)-- Antonio Garcia and fellow class championship leader Jan Magnussen saw their four - race winning streak in the TUDOR Championship's GT...

AUSTIN, Texas — Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia scored their second straight victory in the American Le Mans Series» GT class on Saturday, winning the eighth round of the championship at Circuit of The Americas.

Mark Kent, GM Racing manager: «Over the past decade, Corvette Racing has had some amazing accomplishments in the GTS and GT1 classes of competition, including winning 77 races and eight consecutive ALMS championships.

CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Progress Made in GTLM for Corvette C7.Rs Prototype pole position for Ricky Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP Gavin starts on third row in championship - leading No. 4 Corvette Three Corvette DPs in top - five after Prototype qualifying Chevrolet looking to strengthen Manufacturer Championship leads AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 16, 2016)-- Corvette Racing's GT Le Mans (GTLM) championship - leading Corvette C7.R will start from the third row of the class in Saturday's Lone Star Le Mans sports car...

The Chevy team leads the driver, team, and manufacturer championships in the GT class, and can clinch the titles at VIR.

In PWC, GT Cup cars race as a separate class with its own championship alongside the GT3 cars.

The championship has seen a massive growth since, along with the success of Lamborghini's GT3 efforts, which has included GT Daytona class wins in this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona and Twelve Hours of Sebring.

Earlier this year, Chevrolet also earned manufacturer championships in the Verizon IndyCar Series and the Pirelli World Challenge's GTS class.

GT, GTS and GT Cup cars compete in both Sprint and SprintX championships; TCR, TC and TCA classes currently on run in sprint races.

Yes, Buckler has won four 24 Rolex Hours at Daytona championships as a driver or owner from the GT class but 2003 was different.

With a hint of autumn in the air, the ninth round of the ALMS championship produced the hard - fought racing that has been the hallmark of the GT class in 2011.

Today's result is a tremendous achievement and continues to grow the championship lead in the GT Le Mans class.»

In 2012, the Small Block - powered Corvette Racing C6.R beat Ferrari, BMW and Porsche to sweep the drivers», team, and manufacturer championships in production - based American Le Mans Series GT class.

The Pirelli World Challenge GTS class will feature standalone SprintX races integrated into its full - season championship in 2018, officials from WC Vision have announced.

Plans for Wayne Taylor Racing to expand into the GT Daytona class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have been put on hold, according to team owner Wayne Taylor, as the reigning Prototype championship - winning squad is set to focus on its title defense with its Cadillac DPi - V.

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.

Going into 2010, our intent is to go forward with our full factory effort for the championship in the new GT class.

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 atClass 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 atclass finish for the 2012 ALMS GT race - winners at VIR.

ELKHART LAKE, Wisc. — Chevrolet captured a fourth - straight ALMS GTS Manufacturers» championship on Saturday with a class victory by the factory - backed Corvette C5 - R race cars at Road America.

The duo leads the GTS class drivers» championship hunt.

Antonio Garcia and fellow class championship leader Jan Magnussen saw their four - race winning streak in the TUDOR Championship's GT Le Mans (GTLM) class come to an end with a fourth - place finish.

This year alone, Wright's team captured the Pirelli World Challenge Overall GT and Sprint GT championships for the driver, team and manufacturer classes.

The American can clinch his second consecutive American Le Mans Series GTS class driving championship if he and co-drivers Ron Fellows and Max Papis finish either first or second in their class in the 1,000 - mile sports car endurance racing event.

In GT, the continuing emergence of GT3 platforms in the series meant an amazing diversity of machinery ran in the class, including the Audi R8 Ultra, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari 458 GT3, McLaren 12C GT3, Bentley Continental GT3, Mercedes AMG SLS GT, Dodge Viper SRT GT3 - R and the Porsche GT3 R. Cadillac Racing entered the 2014 season continuing to run its World Challenge - spec entry CTS - Vs with both manufacturer and driver (Johnny O'Connell) vying for a three - peat in each championship.

For the past two seasons, Team PTG has competed in the Rolex Series» GT class, reeling off 17 victories in 26 events and winning the 2004 manufacturer's championship.

BMW won the 2001 GT manufacturers» championship, and BMW teams captured two of the first three team championships in class.

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.

Corvette Racing seeks its 10th ALMS GT team championship, which it can achieve with a sixth - place class finish or better.

Third win of season and GT championship lead for No. 3 Compuware Corvette AUSTIN, Texas — Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia scored their second straight victory in the American Le Mans Series» GT class on Saturday, winning the eighth round of the championship at Circuit of The Americas.

The top level John Cooper Works class will support the British GT and BRDC British Formula 3 championships for the second year in succession and, for the first time, the series will be supporting DTM at Brands Hatch on 11 - 12th August 2018.

The R8 LMS, incidentally, just won Audi a manufacturer's championship in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar series» GT Daytona class.