Corvette Racing going for two at Lime Rock

IMSA

Jul 20

After six races which saw (in combined GTD and GTD PRO) Heart of Racing Team Aston Martin #27 winning at Daytona, BMW M Motorsport team Paul Miller Racing claiming its first win of the season with #1 BMW M4 GT3 at Sebring, Vasser Sullivan Lexus #14 winning at Long Beach, Kelleymoss with Riley #91 Porsche winning at Monterey, Vasser Sullivan Lexus #12 winning at Watkins Glen and Corvette Racing Corvette #3 winning at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the GTD and GTD PRO teams are ready for the first of two GTD-only rounds in the 2023 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Saturday’s FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix Presented by Liqui Moly at Lime Rock Park. 20 cars will participate to the Connecticut race: 5 GTD PRO and 15 GTD.

There are five rounds to go counting this weekend with Lime Rock Park.

📷 Luc Warnotte at The Glen, Daytona and Sebring.

GTD PRO class is headed by #14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus, 96 points ahead of #79 WeatherTech Racing Mercedes, 109 points ahead of Corvette Racing Corvette #3.

📷 Luc Warnotte at The Glen and Daytona.

GTD class is headed by #1 Paul Miller Racing BMW, 212 points ahead of last year champions #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin, 219 points ahead of #12 Vasser Sullivan Lexus.

📷 Courtesy of Corvette Racing: #3 Corvette C8.R winning ay Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

The No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor will look for back-to-back victories this weekend, having won the last time out at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park two weeks ago. As was the case then – and at most stops on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule – Corvette Racing owns a stellar record at Lime Rock. With six victories at the 1.474-mile, seven-turn road course in northwestern Connecticut, no team in IMSA history has won more times at Lime Rock than Corvette Racing. In fact, no team in the paddock has half the number of victories at the circuit.

📷 Luc Warnotte: #3 Corvette C8.R at 24 Hours of Daytona 2023.

A seventh Lime Rock triumph would go a long way toward helping Garcia, Taylor, the No. 3 C8.R team and Chevrolet get back in prime position to fight for the GT Daytona (GTD) PRO championship.

The Garcia/Taylor pairing has stood on the top step at Lime Rock before, taking victory in the GT-only race in 2021. Of note, six of Corvette Racing’s 126 victories worldwide have been overall wins, including the 2021 Lime Rock win for the No. 3 Corvette.

The FCP Euro Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park is scheduled for 12:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, July 22

📷 Luc Warnotte: #3 Corvette C8.R at 12 Hours of Sebring 2023.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “It’s always good to go right back to racing after a win. Everyone I think gets to the track feeling better about things, so I hope that is the case for us at Lime Rock. This is a very intense and physical race usually. It’s so hard to pass and if we are stuck behind GTDs, especially early, then it can be a long and frustrating day. This race is all about track position, so we need to arrive at the track with everything right on our Corvette so we can start fine-tuning immediately. That will be the easiest and best way to start toward the front and hopefully stay there.”

JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “Lime Rock is such a unique race for us. It’s nothing like any of our other events, a true bullring of a track. I feel like we’ve had a few races in a row now that we’ve been executing on all levels, and everything fell into place for us at CTMP to get the win. With Lime Rock being such a big race on execution, I always like our chances with Corvette Racing. And if we need to make some positions on track, maybe some of my stock car experience from this year can come into play.”

Source: Corvette Racing