When we last left off in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, the Corvette Racing teams were duking it out at the iconic Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, where their best finish was 7th place. Click here if you need a refresher on CorvSport’s full Sebring coverage. Now, as IMSA moves to the streets of Long Beach, California, let’s dive into today’s race coverage! [Author’s Note: This coverage is FREE and not behind a paywall. Yes, FREE! If/when any pop-ups occur, please click to make them disappear and continue enjoying the article. One may require two steps–first, the arrow on the left, then the x on the top right.]
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- The Official Full Press Release From Corvette Racing With Post-Race Driver Quotes
- AWA Post-Race Facebook Post With Shared Photos
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CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: What Might Have Been…
In-race contact impacts both DXDT and AWA Corvettes in tough street fight
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 12, 2025) – Two separate rounds of contact ruined the days of the two Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs at the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday in a rough-and-tumble race on the streets of southern California.
AWA’s Matt Bell and Orey Fidani finished 13th in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GT Daytona (GTD) class with the No. 13 entry, the highest-finishing Corvette. Meanwhile, the No. 36 DXDT Racing Corvette of Tommy Milner and Robert Wickens placed 15th after a late-race pitstop to repair damage with the Z06 GT3.R running sixth at the time.
The DXDT Corvette – equipped with a hand-controlled electronic brake system from Bosch – was one of the biggest stories of the Long Beach weekend. It enabled Wickens to make his first start in the WeatherTech Championship, and for a while it looked like it could be a dream result.
