Corvette Racing at Road Atlanta: Getting Closer to the Front

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Garcia requires fifth in GTD Professional ahead of 10-hour Petit Le Mans finale

BRASELTON, Ga. (Sept. 30, 2022) – Antonio Garcia and Corvette Racing will begin on the third row of the GT Daytona (GTD) class and fifth in GTD Professional on Saturday for the 10-hour Petit Le Mans – the final race of this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Garcia established a finest lap of 1:19.444 (115.099 mph) close to Michelin Raceway Highway Atlanta in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R. He will crew with Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg as the race goes environmentally friendly at 12:10 p.m. ET (NBC, Peacock, XM 207).

Garcia was .609 seconds off Jack Hawksworth’s pole-winning time in GTD Professional. Nevertheless, there is only a .165-second margin from third to fifth. 

As has been the scenario at each and every IMSA spherical this period, it’s the 1st event for Corvette Racing at Street Atlanta in the GTD classification right after 8 years in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class. As opposed to earlier several years, the GTD-spec Corvette operates with more weight, a lot less power, an anti-lock braking procedure and a spec Michelin tire.

This year’s Petit Le Mans is the 25th working of the endurance common with Corvette Racing on the lookout for its ninth class victory considering that its to start with race there in 1999… but to start with because 2010. That long-awaited victory would assistance Garcia and Taylor safe next put in the GTD Professional Drivers Championship and also go a prolonged way toward successful the Michelin Stamina Cup – a assortment of the 4 premier long-length races for the WeatherTech Championship. 

The time-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona and Petit Le Mans bookend the Endurance Cup, which sees Chevrolet second in the Brands standings entering Highway Atlanta. Garcia, Taylor and Catsburg received the Stamina Cup’s second round – the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring – in March to go into competition.

The 10-hour Petit Le Mans is scheduled for 12:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, Oct. 1. The race will air live on NBC from noon-3 p.m. ET and from 7-10:30 p.m. ET on United states of america. Peacock will have live flag-to-flag streaming from noon-10:30 p.m. ET. IMSA Radio will present stay audio coverage Saturday on IMSA.com, XM 207 and SiriusXM On the web 992.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – Competent FIFTH IN GTD Pro:
“I wouldn’t take into account that decent. My lap was most likely respectable but I come to feel like I experienced a very small little bit extra. It was challenging to place alongside one another with how the motor vehicle behaved and how negative website traffic was. Visitors conversation was not wonderful, and that killed a very little momentum. That is the exact same for everyone.
“When you appear to these form of races exactly where the car or truck count is large and Highway Atlanta is only an 80-2nd lap, your probabilities of finding in the way of another person or someone acquiring in your way are greater. It is hard to truly gauge when you have to press and when do you have your time to go and check out for a fast one. When I decided to go, it was not a terrific minute. I experienced two vehicles coming out of the pits and simply because of that it snowballs into even larger troubles. It’s never ever simple and in no way simple right here. We’re up there (in the GTD order). It is nonetheless a 10-hour race, which is a long way so qualifying does not signify a great deal. For positive we have some more suggestions on how the car behaves and I’m absolutely sure we’ll have a greater Corvette tomorrow.”
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