Corvette Racing at Raceway Laguna Seca

MONTEREY, Calif. – The newly paved racetrack at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca was a perfect match for the new Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller, which earned its first pole position with their Z06 GT3.R model, a brand new factory-built Corvette race car that debuted this season at the Rolex24 in Daytona, Florida.

Nicky Catsburg, one of the drivers of the No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R, won the Motul Pole Award in Grand Touring Daytona Pro (GTD PRO) with his record-setting lap of 1 minute, 19.727 seconds (101.054 mph). Catsburg was followed by Antonio Garcia in the team’s sister car, the No. 3 Corvette, at 1:20.038, giving Corvette the 1-2 in-class starting positions at this past weekend’s race.

Based both on their desire to showcase the capabilities of the new Corvette racer, and because of the new racing surfaces at Laguna Seca, pole position was an important target for Catsburg and co-driver Tommy Milner, as well as for Garcia and his co-driver, Alexander Sims.

“We really put our emphasis on qualifying,” Catsburg said. “We know track position is going to be important here. It’s a low-degradation track now. We put a lot of effort into it, and it worked. The car felt amazing, so it was pretty much just doing some laps and letting the time get toward me. It worked out.”