It’s been a wild ride for Corvette Racing in both series this season. To begin, the Corvette Racing world had to adjust to GM’s transition from factory-backed to factory-supported racing (full CorvSport feature here). Then, to add to the complexity of the season, all the teams were given a brand new race car to learn, the 2024 Corvette Z06 GT3.R.
The learning curve associated with both of these changes led to some teething issues, which have resulted in inconsistent and disappointing finishes. Below the recap of these two newest races, we have a full archive of CorvSport’s Corvette Racing coverage.
1) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
On Saturday, April 20th, the AWA team, with drivers Orey Fidani and Matt Bell, took their #13 Z06 GT3.R to the challenging Long Beach circuit for the third race of the IMSA season (recap of the first two here). As you may recall, the AWA team is now down to only one race car after an abrupt departure from the series by the #17 (click here for the full story).
Race Summary:
AWA’s Fidani and Bell continued their positive momentum in the new Z06 GT3.R with their best finish of the season, an encouraging 6th place in the GTD class. The duo advanced from 15th in class at the start of the third round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship to knocking on the door of a top-five finish in a wild 100-minute race around the Long Beach Street Circuit (which was also the team’s first trip to the historic California circuit).
