Corvette Racing scored its 101st victory in a last-lap pass for the GT Le Mans class win in Sunday’s Continental Tire Road Race Showcase at Road America.
The No. 4 Corvette C7.R of Tommy Milner, who restarted in fifth on the third and final restart with five minutes remaining, got around Richard Westbrook’s class-leading No. 67 Ford GT on the back straight for the dramatic win.
It came following a frantic final few laps, which saw both the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE of Toni Vilander and the No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR of Nick Tandy suffer spins.
Tandy’s attempt to go from third to first failed when the Englishman was turned around in Turn 5 with four minutes to go. It relegated the Porsche to a 7th place class finish.
Vilander, who pressured Westbrook for the lead, was then tagged by the No. 55 Mazda Prototype of Tristan Nunez in Turn [...]
A video purporting to show a Corvette being taken for a ‘joyride’ by a dealership in Bakersfield, California has surfaced, recorded using Valet Mode.
Ah, Valet Mode. Feels like a while since we last saw a video recorded using this now famous C7 Chevrolet Corvette feature, isn’t it? As a reminder: once enabled, Valet Mode starts recording via the Data Logger (with no audio due to legal reasons) as soon as the engine is started, the idea being you can then catch your valet in the act when they’re doing something they shouldn’t be.
This particular Valet Mode video was originally posted on the Corvette Forum. The uploader claims the driver is a technician from Three-Way Chevrolet Cadillac in Bakersfield, California, and as you’ll see from the Data Logger footage, he blasts through several yellow lights and breaks the speed limit multiple times, at one point hitting 83mph in a residential area.
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