End Of an Era: C6.R Goes GT2

[BigAls87Z28]

Team Corvette readies a slightly detuned GT2 spec C6.R for the 2009 race season. It will use a more conventional braking system, detuned engine, and run on E85.

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f38/corvette-racing-readies-american-le-mans-series-gt2-challenge-70684/#post1546503

[Ian]

that's sad. no more GT1 domination.

[Mike]

that's sad. no more GT1 domination.

easy to dominate when you race against...........no one


it will be fun watching them mix it up with the new astons, ferraris, vipers, porches, etc.

[69BirdX]

Exciting that it will run off E85
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[SteveR]

So what's still in GT1 then?

[NJSPEEDER]

easy to dominate when you race against...........no one


it will be fun watching them mix it up with the new astons, ferraris, vipers, porches, etc.

Aston pulled all their funding after that one really good season a few years ago to prepare to go prototype racing with the incoming closed cockpit rules.
The GT1 Ferrari's are just turds, flat out, I have no idea why such a great car woudl suddenly looked so bad even after all the millions of factory and private dollars poured into it for nearly a decade.
The Viper is just too tough on tires and doesn't get the fuel mileage to be competitive. At Sebring a few years ago they were talking about the dodge having to make 3 more stops than everyone else. Considering how long the stops are with the fuel=no tough rules, that is a death sentence.

The only good news is that all the teams that struggled tended to do it rather evenly behind the Corvette. Maybe we will get to see more than one or two competitive races this year.

Exciting that it will run off E85

They actually have been running off it a while. I don't know why it is exciting, Ethanol is part of what is wrong with our economy, but that is an entirely different rant.

The announcement that the Corvette would be leaving GT1 was rumored early last year and made official with a few races to go last season. GM saw the writing on the wall that the car was developed so far beyond the street and the competition that it had really stopped offering a worthy return on the investment.
The move also makes the same GT2 car that is eligible for American LeMans competition legal for Rolex Endurance Series racing with absolutely no changes. Previously ALMS GT1 owners would need to have a completely seperate car to go to a Rolex/Grand Am event.

GT2 cars are much much closer to production than GT1. Hopefully it will get GM R&D and Team Corvette back to developing meaningful new parts and products for street cars.

-Tim