2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R To Battle It Out With European Racers
Not happy with ‘solely’ unveiling the 2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible at a particular occasion at Kennedy House Heart, Chevrolet has additionally launched its new Corvette C8.R race automotive.
Chevrolet hasn’t launched technical particulars concerning the Corvette C8.R however it’s anticipated to have ditched the highway automotive’s 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V8 in favor of a 5.5-liter naturally-aspirated V8 with a flat-plane crank. This explains why it has sounded a lot totally different to the manufacturing mannequin in spy movies.
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“The C8.R is far more than only a race-tuned model of the 2020 Corvette Stingray. It’s a end result of a few years of testing and improvement between GM Design, Propulsion, Engineering and the Corvette Racing group,” Chevrolet U.S. vp of Efficiency and Motorsports, Jim Campbell stated. “The collaboration between these groups has allowed us to take these automobiles’ efficiency to the subsequent stage, each on the road and the observe.”
The No. four automotive offered to the world encompasses a yellow and silver livery impressed by Corvette ideas such because the 1973 Chevrolet Aerovette and the 1959 Corvette Stingray Racer. Chevrolet has additionally designed a No. three automotive with a extra conventional yellow shade scheme with silver accents that continues the lineage of the profitable GTLM racing Corvettes from the previous twenty years.
Chevrolet will initially run the C8.R by way of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship the place it’ll compete towards the BMW M8 GTE and Porsche 911 RSR within the GTLM class. Its racing debut will likely be made on the Rolex 24 Hours in January 2020.
Corvette Racing has secured a minimum of 107 race victories since 1999, netted 13 group championships, 12 driver titles, and 12 producer titles. It is going to hope to duplicate this success with the brand new C8.R.
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