CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD ATLANTA: Racing Toward GTLM Championships

previously published at corvetteracing.com)

Driver’s, Manufacturer’s and Team titles on the line at 10-hour Petit Le Mans

• Seventh-place points guarantee Driver’s title for Gavin, Milner
• Chevrolet takes Manufacturer’s Title with race start
• Corvette Racing going for ninth Petit Le Mans victory
• Tequila Patrón North American Endurance Cup championships also at stake

DETROIT (Sept. 27, 2016) – Corvette Racing and Chevrolet can put the wraps on their wire-to-wire championship run this weekend as they close out the 2016 endurance racing season with the final long-distance event of the year – Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Saturday.

Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner need seventh-place points or better to secure the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTLM Driver’s title, which would be their second championship as Corvette Racing teammates.

Chevrolet also stands to win big this weekend. It will claim its 11th class Manufacturer Championship as long as one of Corvette Racing’s two Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs start the 10-hour endurance race.