This thread will have news, pictures, and more of Corvettes racing around the world in 2006.

One Corvette C5-R and two Corvette C6-Rs will race at the 74th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.

http://www.lemans.org/sport/sport/actu/2006_02_22_38_engages_gb.html

that car is so hot . . . luv iin it!:)

Dave Hill, the former Corvette chief engineer, said the following in the April 2006 issue of Corvette Magazine:

"We had titanium rods on the street [for the new Z06], but they didn't have them validated for racing. They'll be validated for 24-hour races by the time we go to Le Mans next year, though."

http://www.corvette-mag.com/

Does anyone know how much the 590 hp LS7-R weighs?

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The following is from the January 2006 issue of Sports Car International on page 35:

"The net result is a fully trimmed engine that weighs 458 pounds, only 10 more than the 6.0-liter LS2."

Also, BMW's M5 Product Information Guide says that the 5.0 liter 500 hp (SAE net) V-10 weighs 240 kg/529 lbs.

Corvette C6-R at Sebring testing

http://lmsr.net/jan1.html

New Corvette Z06.R GT3s will race in the FIA GT's new GT3 Championship.

Go to google.com and search for "FIA GT" if the first link doesn't work.

http://fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=816

http://corvettemotorsport.com/eng/z06_car.htm

PSI Experience will race one C6-R (raced by factory team last year) and one C5-R (updated by Pacific Coast Motorsport who raced it last year in ALMS) in the Le Mans Series which has 1,000 km races.

http://www.psi-motorsport.com/racing/index.php

http://www.lmes.net/uk/teams.asp

At the Paul Ricard Circuit in France.

http://www.infoscourse.org/2006_FIA-GT3/00_Test_GT3_PSI_Corvette_00.jpg

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The C5-R of Luc Alphand Adventures. They will race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 17th and 18th.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/gallery/httt2006/2028.jpg

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The Mean Green Machine

GLPK Racing will enter a C5-R in Belcar this year. They won two races last year in FIA GT.

http://www.belcar.com/

http://www.glpk.net/2006/fotos/58/

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Corvette Racing seeks revenge in Sebring

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=1791

The green car is an Aston Martin DBR9. One took the GT1 victory in last year's Twelve Hours of Sebring.

http://www.americanlemans.com/Gallery/55/55313200618944609.JPG

Sebring pole for Leighton Reese

Leighton Reese got the Speed World Challenge GT pole at Sebring.

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/story.php?ID=276

http://www.leightonreese.com/

http://www.world-challenge.com/files/news/06-seb-gt-6.jpg

From Sebring last year.

http://www.speedarena.com/gallery/albums/Sportscar/Speed%20GT/2005/01%20Sebring/046.jpg

Mid-Ohio last year.

http://motorsport.com/photos/scca-wc/2005/mo/sccawc-2005-mo-th-0318.jpg

Lou Gigliotti races in the Speed World Challenge (GT class) with a Corvette C6. The Corvette C6s in the Speed World Challenge have the new Z06's body.

http://www.lgmotorsports.com/

http://motorsport.com/photos/scca-wc/2005/cle/sccawc-2005-cle-jt-0296.jpg

Corvette C6-Rs qualify 3rd and 4th in GT1 for Sebring

http://americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=1820

Corvette Racing Wins Sebring 12-Hour Race

http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=1884

http://www.corvetteracing.com/

There was a great battle for 3rd at the end of the race between Papis in the # 3 Corvette C6-R and Tomas Enge in the # 007 Aston Martin DBR9.

Pictures from the Twelve Hours of Sebring

Jan Magnussen, Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan, and the # 4 C6-R drivers Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta

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3 Corvettes for LG Motorsports

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/story.php?ID=263

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GLPK Racing won the Belcar race in Belgium recently.

http://www.raceresults.nu/uitslagen/2006/Belcar%202006/Results%20of%20the%20Belcar%20First%20Race/Race%20live-results.htm

The winning car from Belcar race at Spa

http://www.the-paddock.net/gallery/expose/img/2006/belcar_spa_round_1_2006/sunday/_lg_sundayrace9_20060410_550775751.jpg

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The second place car from the recent Belcar race.

http://www.the-paddock.net/gallery/expose/img/2006/belcar_spa_round_1_2006/sunday/_lg_sundayrace14_20060410_-317843775.jpg

http://www.the-paddock.net/gallery/expose/img/2006/belcar_spa_round_1_2006/sunday/_lg_sundayrace3_20060410_-661150153.jpg

Six Corvette Z06.R GT3s will race in the FIA GT's new GT3 Championship this year.

# 4 GLPK Carsport Corvette C6-R on Friday waiting for the FIA GT's race at Silverstone.

Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin

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Mike Hezemans grabs FIA GT pole

5-6-2006

The first 20-minute qualifying session for the FIA GT Championship saw Mike Hezemans claim pole position in the nr 4 GLPK Carsport Corvette C6, ahead of the Zakspeed Saleen S7 and the Phoenix Racing Aston Martin DBR9. The session was wet, although the rain had eased slightly. "It was all down to the tyres," Mike said of his Michelin-clad car. "They were so good, there was so much grip, it was fantastic. The track stayed very wet, and there was so much traffic, but I managed to get one free lap."

http://www.fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=946

The # 4 Corvette C6-R of GLPK Carsport finished 8th in the FIA GT race at Silverstone this last weekend.

http://www.anthonykumpen.com/pics2006/fiagt/silverstone/zondag/P1040634.JPG

http://www.anthonykumpen.com/pics2006/fiagt/silverstone/zondag/IMG_0491.JPG

http://www.the-paddock.net/gallery/expose/img/2006/fia-gt_silverstone/sunday/_lg_9.jpg

Corvette Racing Takes It to the Streets in Houston

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/houston/houston1.shtml

Ron Fellows got the GT1 pole at Houston and Olivier Beretta qualified second in GT1.

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/houston/houston2.shtml

Beretta and Gavin won the race and finished 2nd overall. It is the highest finish in ALMS history for a GT1 car. Fellows and O'Connell finished second with the two factory Aston Martin DBR9s one lap behind.

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/houston/houston3.shtml

Thursday practice

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PSI Experience finished 3rd in class in this weekend's 1,000 km of Spa.

http://www.lmes.net/uk/spa/resultats.asp

http://www.lmes.net/phototheque/spa/zoom/18.jpg

Z06.R GT3s from the FIA GT3 Championship race at Silverstone recently.

Race one

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Race two

http://www.the-paddock.net/gallery/expose/img/2006/fia-gt_silverstone/gt3_race_2/_lg_5.jpg

# 70 C6-R from Spa

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Sixth place finish for # 72 C5-R Luc Alphand Adventures. They will race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans next month.

http://motorsport.com/photos/lmes/2006/spa/lms-2006-spa-jv-0082.jpg

http://www.planetlemans.com/expose/expose/img/2006_lms_spa/sunday_race/_lg_spa_lms_2006_10321.jpg

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Victory at Mid-Ohio

Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won the GT1 class at Mid-Ohio while Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell finished second.

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/midohio/midohio3.shtml

Non-race pictures

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Getting out of the # 4 C6-R

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Sunday warmup

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Sunday race

Olivier Beretta and Oliver Gavin on the podium

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There was contact made between the # 4 C6-R of Mike Hezemans and the # 2 Maserati MC12 of Thomas Biagi with 10 minutes to go in the second round of the FIA GT Championship at Brno (Czech Republic). Mike spun and stalled on the track and finished last in GT1.

http://www.glpk.net/

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Lou Gigliotti wins at Mid-Ohio

Lou captured his 25th pole.

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/story.php?ID=320

He also lead the race from start to finish in his # 28 Corvette, earning his 21st win.

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/story.php?ID=322

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There was a multi-car incident on lap 23 that took out Leighton Reese and his # 6 Corvette.

http://www.world-challenge.com/files/photos/thumbnails/DSC_2082_720x0.JPG

Le Mans Test Day

Patrice Goueslard was fifth fastest in GT1 in his # 72 Corvette C5-R from Luc Alphand Adventures.

Oliver Gavin took third while Ron Fellows took fourth.

http://motorsport.com/photos/lemans/2006/24h/lemans-2006-24h-eg-0058.jpg

# 63 Corvette Racing Corvette C6-R of Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Max Papis

http://motorsport.com/photos/lemans/2006/24h/lemans-2006-24h-eg-0131.jpg

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The two factory Corvette C6-Rs have qualified 3rd and 6th while the Luc Alphand Adventure's Corvette C5-R has qualified 8th. Their ex-factory C5-R won Le Mans in 2004.

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/lemans/lemans4.shtml

http://valeo-motor-sports.com/le_mans_home.html

Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen won their third-straight GT1 (GTS in 2004 w/ a C5-R) victory with their # 64 Chevrolet Corvette C6-R.

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/lemans/lemans8.shtml

end of race

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From left to right, Jan Magnussen, Oliver Gavin, and Olivier Beretta

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The black mark by the rear fender must be from the P1 car that Gavin hit.

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Luc Alphand Adventures finished third in the LMGT1 class with a C5-R. it was the very c5-r that won le mans in 2004 in factory hands.

http://www.valeo-motor-sports.com/lemans_news_46_resume_the_sweet_taste_of_victory.h tml

translated french article

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http://www.endurance-info.com/article.php?sid=2236&thold=0

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Johnny O'Connell in his # 3 C6-R lost the race at Lime Rock Park recently to Pedro Lamy in his factory Aston Martin DBR9 by 0.033 seconds.

The Corvettes were carrying 199 more pounds than the Aston Martins, running smaller intake restrictors, and using smaller fuel tanks as a result of "balance of performance" adjustments mandated by the sanctioning body.

- http://www.corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/limerock/limerock3.shtml

http://www.astonmartinracing.com/content/allsites/images/Finish_01_0e4ffde5-e8b0-4e46-bd84-1942b88d5c38.jpg

I was there at Limerock and that ALMS race kicked ass. It was also the first road race I'd ever seen, aside from the 6 races before ALMS that day. Definitely the fastest.

2nd place for Luc Alphand in the 1,000 km of Nürburgring

press release

The third race in the Le Mans Series European Championship was completed with
success by the Luc Alphand Aventures (LAA) team, which finished second in the
LMGT1 category. Luc Alphand, Jérôme Policand and Patrice Goueslard relayed each
other at the wheel of the Corvette (http://www.lmsr.net/jul132.html#) C-5R throughout the six-hour race at the Nürburgring
track in Germany.

The LAA team continues to turn in solid performances in the field of endurance auto
racing. Despite the intense heat, the entire team perfectly managed the 1,000 km race.
Jérôme and Patrice were able to double their driving times and optimize their
performance thanks to the Corvette’s air-conditioning system.

“We are relieved, since we weren’t sure we would ever cross the finish line,” said
official LAA driver Patrice Goueslard. “On top of that, I burst a tire because of a stone,
six laps from the last relay. I had to manage this factor as well and find the right
balance since the track was very abrasive. It was extremely tight between the first five
cars in the LMGT1 category, and we finished only 10 seconds behind the official Aston
Martin… It’s great; we are more than satisfied!”

After his first race in the LMS Championship, Luc Alphand is confident about the
team’s position in the rankings. “Yesterday I had some tough moments during
qualifying, when I unfortunately hit one of the prototypes and ended up in the gravel.
Obviously I went to bed very frustrated but today we more than made up for it. We
improved our time and had no incidents. We made the podium once again and I am
really thrilled. We managed the race perfectly.”

Reliability is the key to this performance. The technical team did a great job of
managing the race since the Corvette C-5R crossed the finish line with less than one
lap’s worth of fuel in the tank, after refueling only five times instead of six like its
competitors.

There are still two races left in the 2006 LMS European Championships, and the
pressure is on. The LAA team is currently in third place in the overall rankings, well
positioned to achieve its objectives. Next rendezvous: late August at Donington in the
UK.

In the program I have, It says the C6-R's engine only has 590hp. Is this true? I thought it would be a lot faster in GT1. I watched miller motorsports race on CBS. Vettes didn't do so good against the Astons.

They had the following three restrictions in Utah:

- 1 mm smaller intake air restrictors (34 less hp)

- 10 liter smaller fuel tank

- 199 more pounds than the non-factory Aston Martin DBR9s

"The restrictions added to the Corvette C6.Rs at Salt Lake City have been rescinded. The Corvettes will race under the same rules as they had at Lime Rock, which means a greater fuel capacity and a larger diameter on its air restrictor." [They will still have 199 pound penalty].

- http://www.americanlemans.com/news/Article.aspx?ID=2330

That's more like it!

Corvette Racing scores 50th victory

http://corvetteracing.com/history/2006releases/portland/portland3.shtml

Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won the Portland Grand Prix yesterday with their # 4 Corvette C6-R.

Beretta now has 28 class wins which is the most of any ALMS driver.

I was at the race and saw the brake rotors glowing red on the Corvette C6-Rs as they were braking on the backstretch for turn 10.

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Gigliotti wins in Utah

Lou Gigliotti won his second race of the season with a win last weekend at Miller Motorsports Park.

http://www.world-challenge.com/news/story.php?ID=356