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The No. 4 C8.R Corvette Wins Third Straight at VIR

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CORVETTE RACING AT VIR: Third Straight for Milner, Tandy, No. 4 C8.R

Garcia, Taylor on cusp of GTLM title after runner-up finish

ALTON, Va. (Oct. 9, 2021) – Corvette Racing’s Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner, piloting the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, took their third straight victory in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship after winning the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Saturday.

Tommy Milner climbs out of the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R after his GTLM class win at VIR.
Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner, drivers of the No. 4 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, embrace after their GTLM class win at VIR.

With just fifty minutes left on the clock, Tandy navigated the car from third to first during a tenacious, contact-filled, half-lap to put the Corvette in winning position.  The team’s victory on Saturday follows earlier, back-to-back wins at Laguna Seca and Long Beach for the No. 4 Corvette C8.R.

Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor, drivers of the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Corvette and the current leaders in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) Drivers Championship, finished in second place on Saturday. They need only to start the 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta this November to secure their second straight title and another Manufacturers Championship for Chevrolet.

The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia, secure a second place finish just behind the No. 4 Corvette.
The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia, secure a second place finish just behind the No. 4 Corvette.

Saturday’s race was full of momentum changes and strategies.  Taylor led the race from the start, overtaking pole-sitter Milner in the first corner. The two Corvettes stretched their lead to approximately 35 seconds over third-place Cooper MacNeil in the No. 79 Weathertech Racing Porsche 911 RSR.  Milner made the first Corvette pit stop 28 minutes into the race for fuel, tires and a driver change to Tandy.  The full-service stop for the No. 79 ten minutes prior to Tandy’s stop in the pits, combined with the No. 4 Corvette’s quick pitstop and overall pace the  Tandy in a solid second place and ahead of the No. 79 Porsche by over 40 seconds.

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