Corvette Racing at VIR: Front-Row Start for Garcia, No. 3 C8.R

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Group eyeing 3 straight Michelin GT Challenge victories from second-position grid spot

ALTON, Va. (Aug. 27, 2022) – Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia qualified second in the GT Daytona (GTD) Professional class and general Saturday for the Michelin GT Problem at VIR, an event that Corvette Racing has gained the prior two years at Virginia Worldwide Raceway.&#13
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Garcia’s time of 1:44.677 (112.470 mph) in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R put him only powering Ross Gunn’s pole-successful time forward of Sunday’s 2:10 p.m. ET race (CNBC, Peacock). Garcia will start the No. 3 Corvette and will share driving obligations with Jordan Taylor.&#13
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Oppressive warmth and humidity were being big themes from observe sessions Friday and Saturday, in addition the afternoon’s qualifying. Air temperatures climbed into the reduced 90s and humidity levels crept into the 60s, which despatched keep track of temperatures effectively over 105 degrees for qualifying.&#13
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As a outcome, keeping lifetime and overall performance out of the Michelin tires will be important to Sunday’s race, which will be run in approximately identical situations. That is an space the place Corvette Racing has excelled this season, which includes at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hrs of Sebring in March – the program’s lone IMSA victory this yr.&#13
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A Corvette Racing entry has claimed in general wins 4 situations at VIR in IMSA level of competition. Garcia and Taylor ended up victors in 2020 in the now-extinct GT Le Mans (GTLM) group. They have been next a calendar year ago to Corvette teammates Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy, who are partnering this period in the FIA Planet Stamina Championship. &#13
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This 12 months is the 1st for Corvette in the new GT Daytona (GTD) Professional classification, and as these types of is the initially at VIR for the GTD Corvette – which runs with additional weight, fewer power, an anti-lock braking method and a spec Michelin tire in contrast to the GTLM class. &#13
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Corvette Racing’s love affair with VIR goes again to 2012. This will be the team’s 11th overall look at the 3.27-mile, 17-convert street course. The configuration of the circuit – two extensive straights and a blend of lower- medium- and higher-speed corners – creates alternatives for a quantity of engineering and strategic decisions. Which is an area in which Corvette Racing has a distinctive advantage offered its 24-12 months background of competitiveness.&#13
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The Michelin GT Obstacle at VIR is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 28. The race will air are living on CNBC and stream live on Peacock starting at 2 p.m. ET.&#13
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ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – Skilled Next:

“I really feel like I bought a large amount out the auto but not all of it. It was a good initially laps with a number of mistakes. Observe circumstances ended up difficult. We had to variety of guess in which the observe would develop. I feel I was anticipating additional grip overall. At the conclusion of the day, it is the initially row. I never think we experienced anything at all for pole, but wanting at tomorrow I feel a good deal of factors will happen. The disorders will be tough once more, and the keep track of can bite you. It will be the exact for everyone so we will need to see as much of the information as doable so we can fine-tune and be as geared up as feasible for the race.

“I’d say qualifying was a lot more like what we will have for the race (as opposed to Friday follow). Warmup (on Sunday) can give us a route but that will be at 8 in the early morning. I’m sure the car or truck will come to feel terrific then. We’ll concentrate on what we have and we did yesterday and currently to get our Corvette to where by it should be for the race. Typically over the prolonged operate, we have been far more competitive on speed in the race than in qualifying. Let’s see if that is that case again tomorrow. This is still a new race and new observe for this spec of vehicle. Obtaining stated that, I consider we are in great condition. Let’s see if we can preserve it up.”

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