Le Mans 24 Hours

[stovt001]

Originally Posted by fRenzy

Thought the vettes took 1-2 as the 3rd was out on a destroyed gear box. The Audi's had some rough times and I am certain that they would have won the P1, just like they have for the past 8 years. Just bad luck.

Kudos to the vette team!

GT1 results were: 1st - Corvette Racing; 2nd - privateer Corvette; 3rd - Corvette Racing; 4th - Aston Martin Vantage; 5th - privateer Corvette; 6th Lamborghini that completed a grand total of 1 lap.

Honestly, Peugeot had a good car this year and the R15s are just a bit disappointing. Audi had some bad luck, but the competition was legitimately good and their technical dominance isn't what it once was.

[TaylorRyanSS]

watched some of it last night... I want one of those ferarris

[Treadstone]

wish they had some competition

[carsismeZ06]

Great race, good job Peugeot! Way to bring another win home Corvette Racing, hope we can do it again...in GT2!

[stovt001]

Originally Posted by valleybacker

wish they had some competition

No worries, they'll be in GT2 next year. It was pretty boring this year. "Oh, 4 Corvettes against 1 Aston and 1 Lambo that made it 1 lap. Thrilling."

[Treadstone]

Originally Posted by stovt001

No worries, they'll be in GT2 next year. It was pretty boring this year. "Oh, 4 Corvettes against 1 Aston and 1 Lambo that made it 1 lap. Thrilling."

Wait, why are they moving to GT2? Won' this make their cars slower?

[Treadstone]

GTS was where it was at. VIPER GTSR vs C5R vs SALEEN R
Those were the days.

[CamaroGT]

LE MANS, France, June 14, 2009 - Corvette Racing brought down the curtain on the GT1 era with a victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia scored Corvette Racing's sixth class victory in the world's biggest sports car race with the No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R. The winning Corvette completed 342 laps, racing to a six-lap margin of victory over the No. 73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R of Yann Clairay, Julien Jousse and Xavier Maassen. The No. 64 Compuware Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Marcel Fassler retired from the lead in the 22nd hour with an apparent gearbox problem.

Today's win was Corvette Racing's 16th podium finish at Le Mans since 2000. It was the fourth Le Mans class win for O'Connell and Magnussen, and the second consecutive Le Mans GT1 victory for Garcia. O'Connell became the first American driver to win four class titles in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

"When you look at the Americans who have won here multiple times, they're all important figures in motorsports history," O'Connell said. "To achieve my fourth win with Corvette Racing, driving a sports car that's an American icon, it's hard to put that into words. There is nothing more difficult and more rewarding than winning here, and sharing it with two awesome drivers like Jan and Antonio."

The two Corvettes waged a fierce battle throughout 22 of the 24 hours, never separated by more than one lap. The pole-winning No. 63 Corvette C6.R led from the start for 18 hours and 52 minutes. Beretta then put the No. 64 Corvette C6.R in front, passing Garcia on a restart following a safety car period. Garcia regained the lead at 19:23 when Beretta pitted; the No. 64 was back at the front following a pit stop for O'Connell to replace Garcia. The 21st hour saw an intense duel between O'Connell and Fassler with the cars dicing around the entire 8.47-mile circuit.

This race marked the end of the GT1 era for Corvette Racing that began in 1999. Since then, Corvette Racing has become America's premier production sports car team, winning 77 races and eight consecutive American Le Mans Series championships.

"When you look at all aspects of the close of the GT1 category as we know it today, it is an unequivocal testament to the commitment of a corporation that recognizes the value of motorsports from a marketing and technological perspective," said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan. "It's also representative of all the people who have been here since the beginning, who dedicated themselves to taking Corvette forward. At the end of the day, today's victory is emblematic of what American teamwork and American spirit is about."

Corvette Racing will make the move to the GT2 category in its next event, the Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, on August 6-8. The two-hour, 45-minute race is scheduled to start at 2:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 8. The race will be televised same-day tape-delayed on NBC at 4 p.m. ET.

http://www.corvetteracing.com/histor.../lemans7.shtml

http://www.corvetteblogger.com/index...urs-of-Le-Mans

[Camaro_Corvette]

Originally Posted by CamaroGT

LE MANS, France, June 14, 2009 - Corvette Racing brought down the curtain on the GT1 era with a victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia scored Corvette Racing's sixth class victory in the world's biggest sports car race with the No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R. The winning Corvette completed 342 laps, racing to a six-lap margin of victory over the No. 73 Luc Alphand Aventures Corvette C6.R of Yann Clairay, Julien Jousse and Xavier Maassen. The No. 64 Compuware Corvette C6.R of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Marcel Fassler retired from the lead in the 22nd hour with an apparent gearbox problem.

Today's win was Corvette Racing's 16th podium finish at Le Mans since 2000. It was the fourth Le Mans class win for O'Connell and Magnussen, and the second consecutive Le Mans GT1 victory for Garcia. O'Connell became the first American driver to win four class titles in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

"When you look at the Americans who have won here multiple times, they're all important figures in motorsports history," O'Connell said. "To achieve my fourth win with Corvette Racing, driving a sports car that's an American icon, it's hard to put that into words. There is nothing more difficult and more rewarding than winning here, and sharing it with two awesome drivers like Jan and Antonio."

The two Corvettes waged a fierce battle throughout 22 of the 24 hours, never separated by more than one lap. The pole-winning No. 63 Corvette C6.R led from the start for 18 hours and 52 minutes. Beretta then put the No. 64 Corvette C6.R in front, passing Garcia on a restart following a safety car period. Garcia regained the lead at 19:23 when Beretta pitted; the No. 64 was back at the front following a pit stop for O'Connell to replace Garcia. The 21st hour saw an intense duel between O'Connell and Fassler with the cars dicing around the entire 8.47-mile circuit.

This race marked the end of the GT1 era for Corvette Racing that began in 1999. Since then, Corvette Racing has become America's premier production sports car team, winning 77 races and eight consecutive American Le Mans Series championships.

"When you look at all aspects of the close of the GT1 category as we know it today, it is an unequivocal testament to the commitment of a corporation that recognizes the value of motorsports from a marketing and technological perspective," said Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan. "It's also representative of all the people who have been here since the beginning, who dedicated themselves to taking Corvette forward. At the end of the day, today's victory is emblematic of what American teamwork and American spirit is about."

Corvette Racing will make the move to the GT2 category in its next event, the Acura Sports Car Challenge at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, on August 6-8. The two-hour, 45-minute race is scheduled to start at 2:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 8. The race will be televised same-day tape-delayed on NBC at 4 p.m. ET.

http://www.corvetteracing.com/histor.../lemans7.shtml

http://www.corvetteblogger.com/index...urs-of-Le-Mans

That video got me going. Just seeing them dominating together.

[GM-REX]

I am so happy they won!!! Things like this are small victories for GM and cars like the Corvette in times like these.

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by GM-REX

I am so happy they won!!! Things like this are small victories for GM and cars like the Corvette in times like these.

well, they were 4 out of the 5 cars that ran more than one lap. Sounds more like a snooze fest, unless you cared about the actual individual drivers. It's basically a Corvette racing division, of course a corvette would win!

[Black5thgen]

Originally Posted by THE EVIL TW1N

well, they were 4 out of the 5 cars that ran more than one lap. Sounds more like a snooze fest, unless you cared about the actual individual drivers. It's basically a Corvette racing division, of course a corvette would win!

Oh Boo-Hoo, go cry in your corn flakes.

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by Black5thgen

Oh Boo-Hoo, go cry in your corn flakes.

truth hurts sometime little buddy!