The future of Corvette

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Great news that jan is ok.

What a bummber to see a corvette withdrawn,I can't believe it.oh well I hope the best of luck to the lone corvette left,they're going to need it against the army of bop'd pigs.....uh I'm mean Astons.

[Nick Woodbury]

Originally Posted by Lagunaseca_4life

they're going to need it against the army of bop'd pigs.....uh I'm mean Astons.

[bentley speed 8]

The Astons always manage to screw up though.
I never thought that they would retire the car. I thought they had at least one spare tub ready in case such a thing happened, given the team's experience and budget.

[Jam3s]

Does the vette run a FBW or throttle cable setup?

[Creep89]

Originally Posted by bentley speed 8

The Astons always manage to screw up though.
I never thought that they would retire the car. I thought they had at least one spare tub ready in case such a thing happened, given the team's experience and budget.

I'm wondering about that, too. At least I thought Labre would have a spare chassis they could borrow back to the factory team.

[Koenigsegg]

Originally Posted by Creep89

I'm wondering about that, too. At least I thought Labre would have a spare chassis they could borrow back to the factory team.

The chassis Larbre is using is the testing chassis from 2013. As far as I know the chassis' that Corvette are using this year are the same ones from last year.

Makes you wonder how many chassis' they have built in total from the C7.R, only 3?

[Coach Ep]

3 or 5 I think. Did P&M fly over their TUSC cars or are they LM 'specials'?

I'm sure they'll bring a spare chassis of the new car next year, maybe even 3 race entries to counter Ford?

[Creep89]

The No. 63 car is on its way back to Detroit, and is anticipated to be repaired for Watkins Glen.

http://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/l...ay-notebook-2/


Well someone could think they only have that 2 chassis.

[carbon_titanium]

from a very reliable source I can tell you that actually exist 3.5 C7R chassis:
2 of these have been built in late 2013 and have been used by corvette racing in 2014 and currently during this season; one has been used by P&M during summer 2013 tests and actually used by larbre racing; a fourth one, or better say, the first one ever built was used only for short tests during early stages of the development

[TzeiTzei]

I am amazed that they don't have a spare car.

[tux]

Im kind of confused as to why everyone "expects" Corvette to have a spare car with them, its not cheap to ship a car over and i don't think any GT team brings a spare car with them. Not even AF Corse brings a spare car to the event and they have them everywhere.

Anyway, if the bookmakers are to be believed its not looking good for the #64 who has the least chance of wining with odds of 12/1.

[Dyson Mazda]

That was the most impressive win of Pratt & Miller's 8. Great job Corvette Racing.

[MoMedic9019]

Corvette has no reason to build spare chassis. It's expensive, consumes time and money and is usually entirely unnecessary....

[TF110]

Wonder what slogan they'll use for the sole Vette's win? "Lone-Wolf"? Good ol' Vette though, thundering on by itself and still beating the competition. Probably their most gratifying win.

[Matt]

[HORNDAWG]

that is all!









L.P.

[Salamus]

Each manufacturer had one bullet left. 64-51-99-91. Corvette was the only one to survive. Full props to them and congrats on sweeping all the endurance races so far.

[jasonjessica09]

Originally Posted by Salamus

Each manufacturer had one bullet left. 64-51-99-91. Corvette was the only one to survive. Full props to them and congrats on sweeping all the endurance races so far.

For sure. This was their most unexpected win too with the #3 car going out before the start and the #4 car not qualifying well. But hey they were faster than they led us to believe and they were reliable in a year where attrition was higher than normal in GTE. If RLL BMW was in the field they might have contended by the way. Both Daytona and Le Mans had significant GTLM/GTE attrition. I guess this shows how hard they run..

Also I think this thread should be renamed to "Corvette GTE Discussion" to have consistency with the titles of other threads.

[Rcz]

All that training in TUSC(and in ALMS in the past) has paid off.

[Lagunaseca_4life]

Great win for corvette,nice way to steal fords limelight after Friday's announcement.no better way to send a message than going out there and winning the race and showing them how it's done.

Job well done.lets see what they can do next year against ford and ferrari with new cars,should be fun!

[nasportscar]

a quick look at Corvette Racing wins at Le Mans http://nasportscar.com/corvette-raci...py-since-1999/

[Coach Ep]

Originally Posted by MoMedic9019

Corvette has no reason to build spare chassis. It's expensive, consumes time and money and is usually entirely unnecessary....

And yet they had one available in the US last year.

Anyways, congrats to P&M for pulling this one off - against the odds!

Next year is gonna be a cracker!

[HORNDAWG]

Looks like the Labre #50 may be coming back across the Pond to be put into service by Corvette Racing as the #3.









L.P.

[jasonjessica09]

Originally Posted by HORNDAWG

Looks like the Labre #50 may be coming back across the Pond to be put into service by Corvette Racing as the #3.









L.P.

Is the #63 car that crashed a write off?

[TF110]

Vettes twitter says the Labre car will run in TUSC for the next 2 races. No spares because new GTE regs next year.