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CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: Test Day Marks Return to France for Defending Champion

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CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: Test Day Marks Return to France for Defending Champion
Pair of Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs set to take part in eight hours of testing at Circuit de la Sarthe

  • Gavin, Milner, Taylor defending GTE Pro class winners
  • Reliability, performance hallmarks of Chevrolet Corvette
  • Seventeenth appearance at Le Mans for Corvette Racing

DETROIT (June 1, 2016) – The world’s toughest endurance race beckons once again for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing as the two-car squad aims to write another chapter in its endurance racing history book. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the marquee event for Corvette Racing each year; the results since 2001 bear out how important the event is to Chevrolet.

Corvette Racing will arrive at Le Mans for the annual Test Day in search of its ninth class victory and a second consecutive triumph. Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor in the No. 64 Konica Minolta/Mobil 1/Sirius XM Corvette C7.R lead the charge for Corvette Racing as the reigning GTE Pro champions following a storybook race in 2015. Antonio Garcia, Jan Magnussen and Ricky Taylor share the No. 63 Corvette C7.R – the first race together for the trio.

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