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Old 10-02-2005, 04:13 PM   #1
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Corvette C6-R wins 9+ hour endurance race

Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen won the GT1 class of the 8th annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in the number 4 Corvette C6-R. Petit Le Mans is a 1,000 mile/10 hour race.

Petit Le Mans

http://corvetteracing.com

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Old 10-03-2005, 01:29 PM   #2
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The green GT1 car is an Aston Martin DBR9.





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The final round of the 2005 ALMS season is this weekend at Laguna Seca.

Johnny O'Connell says that he and Ron Fellows won the last race for the C5-R last year at Laguna Seca, but that was the last factory win for the C5-R as a C5-R won a race earlier this year in the FIA GT Championship.

http://www.fiagt.com/

Corvette Championship to be determined at Laguna Seca

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Old 10-17-2005, 11:12 PM   #5
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Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta won the four hour race at Laguna Seca and the GT1 drivers championship.

Laguna Seca race

"The pass Ron did on four cars at one lap had to have been the move of the year."

- Oliver Gavin



The silver race car is a Saleen S7R and it races in the GT1 class.




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Old 10-22-2005, 03:53 PM   #6
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more pictures from Laguna Seca





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Old 10-29-2005, 02:18 AM   #7
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A Corvette C5-R won its 2nd race of 2005 in the FIA GT Championship in China recently.

http://fiagt.com/newsitem.php?key=780

GLPK Racing Corvette C5-R







GT1 podium: class and overall winners Bert Longin, Anthony Kumpen and Mike Hezemans

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Re: Corvette C6-R wins 9+ hour endurance race

beautiful car I had the pleasure of seeing it race live at mosport in august
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Class winners Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta, with second place Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell, and third place Peter Kox and Pedro Lamy





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