Sunday, February 4, 2007

Corvette’s European Vacation?

While attending last December’s Autosport show, Corvette pilot Oliver Gabin stated that he was unsure of where Corvette would be racing in 2007…

Gavin noted that obviously Corvette would like to continue in the ALMS GT1 Category but it’s all up in the air right now as we don’t know what Aston Martin’s intentions are…

Ford has put the company up for sale and this has cast a shadow over its racing program, although Corvette had a spirited battle with the Aston Martin DBR-9’s last year. This has caused General Motors to ponder switching to the European Le Mans series (LMS) for ’07…

GM has since announced that Corvette will indeed return to ALMS in 2007 to defend its drivers and manufacturers crown along with also competing at Le Mans…