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cor123 CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: SPOILER ALERT
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Corvette Racing finished second and third in GTLM on Sunday


CORVETTE RACING AT ROAD AMERICA: Two Podiums, on to Le Mans

ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (Aug. 8, 2021) – Corvette Racing finished second and
third in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship on Sunday at Road America as the program now heads across the
Atlantic Ocean for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.


GTLM championship leaders Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor finished second
in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, just ahead of Tommy
Milner and Nick Tandy in the No. 4 mid-engine Corvette. Shortly after the
race, all focus turned to Le Mans with the team traveling over in the coming
days with the Test Day set for Aug. 15.


Sunday’s race marked Corvette Racing’s 20th event at Road America, and early
on the two C8.Rs were in control. Taylor and Tandy ran 1-2 during the
opening minutes. An early-race call to take fuel and tires just 22 minutes
in gave the No. 4 Corvette the advantage during the opening hour. Running
second, Tandy took fuel and fresh Michelin tires just ahead of a full-course
caution period.


Once the GT pits opened for stops, the No. 3 Corvette side switched to
Garcia along with a full fuel fill and fresh tires. Meanwhile, Tandy
remained in the No. 4 C8.R and took just enough fuel to top off the tank to
move from third to first ahead of the restart at the 40-minute mark.


Tandy continued his good work in traffic on the restart to move five seconds
ahead of Garcia before a second full-course caution 20 minutes later. Tandy
and Garcia both stayed in with the No. 4 C8.R retaining an advantage.

Garcia stopped the No. 3 Corvette for more fuel and tires with 75 minutes
left with the No. 4 coming in less than 15 minutes later for a driver change
to Milner. Disaster struck, though, as the car’s wheels spun while on the
airjacks. Race officials assessed the No. 4 C8.R a drive-through penalty for
the infraction.

Meanwhile, Garcia set out to pressure Matt Campbell in the No. 79 entry late
but the pace and gap was too much to overcome.

Corvette Racing next makes its return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which runs
Aug. 21-22.


ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – FINISHED
SECOND IN GTLM: “Not bad. It was all about gambling. Before the first
yellow, we had decided to split strategies to put pressure on the Porsche
and they decided to follow us. I think we probably took a gamble on some
tires and it didn’t pay off on that first stint I did. We lost some track
position and had to change strategies from that point on to make up one
stop. The information I got on my stint probably helped us close the gap. We
had to get pushing but they (the No. 79) made it to the end. So we did all
we could do – keep the pressure up and pray for a little less fuel in their
tanks. They did right and won the race. I’m happy with it considering how
the race went. It’s a shame the 4 car had that drive-through (penalty). I
think they would have put the Porsche under a lot more pressure and would
have to push. Maybe that would have put us more in contention. You never
know in these races.”


JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – FINISHED
SECOND IN GTLM: “It’s not a win, but looking overall with how the day went I
think we can be happy. We went a little bit off strategy tire-wise and it
didn’t pay off. But we were a little off-strategy with the 79 there at the
end. Had there been a yellow at the right time, things could have gone our
way. We can’t be too upset with a second-place after winning three in a
row.”


TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – FINISHED
THIRD IN GTLM: “Nick did an awesome job at the start. The pace was really
good, he held on to the tires and the strategy was good. It was just one
small, little mistake on the pit stop. My engineer Chuck wants to take the
blame, but it’s also on me as well. In the moment and heat of it, we knew
the stop was going to be finished around the time that the driver change was
done. The information I got was that they were waiting on me, but obviously
there was still some work being done and the car was in the air. There were
a lot of things happening all at once there. At the end of the day, I don’t
think it would have made a massive difference in the end result. Maybe we
would have finished ahead of the 3 car. The 79 today was significantly
faster than us at every stage of the race. Now the focus is on Le Mans. We
definitely learned a lesson today. In the heat of the moment there, we need
to make sure our processes are perfect. It wasn’t right there but we will
take that lesson, move on and not make it again.”


NICK TANDY, NO. 4 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R – FINISHED THIRD
IN GTLM: “It’s not the result we wanted in the end. It was an interesting
race for us in the 4 Corvette. We had a good start and led a couple of laps.
The C8.R was good and we made a great call to pit before the first yellow.
The pace of the Porsche at the end of their stints forced us into a box and
we were trying to second-guess them because we saw the pace the car had. We
had the mistake on the pit stop that set us back, and from then we were
hoping for a yellow which never came. But now we go to Le Mans having run at
the front again. All we need to do is finish off one of these races.”
Posted on: 2021/8/11 0:14
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