2020 The Corvette C8.R made its competitive debut at the
2020 24 Hours of Daytona. The best of the Corvettes, the #3, finished 4th in the GTLM class and 16th overall with 785 laps. The second car, #4, finished the race in last place, after running into multiple issues. Throughout the rest of the season the Corvettes managed to score six class victories at Daytona,
Sebring,
Road America,
Virginia,
Mid-Ohio and
Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #3 Corvette would end up taking the Championship. Corvette also made their
WEC debut at the
2020 Lone Star Le Mans in the GTE pro class. Initially Corvette also entered the
2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, but had to withdraw due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. For IMSA the team developed a GTD kit, as the GTLM class had been replaced by GTD Pro. For the first race at
Daytona the Corvettes faced a lot of reliability issues and
BoP issues, meaning it wasn't very competitive. The squad however, quickly bounced back to win at
Sebring, but would fail to earn a second trip to victory lane for the rest of the season. Eventually, the team settled for third in the final championship standings, behind the
Pfaff Motorsports Porsche and
Vasser-Sullivan's Lexus. The FIA WEC half of the operation would earn a victory at
Monza, and would place second at
Sebring (separate from the 12 Hour-enduro IMSA race they won) and at
Bahrain, but the
Tommy Milner-
Nick Tandy piloted entry was routinely outpaced by
AF Corse's Ferrari and Porsche's factory effort. As a result, the two Corvette wheelmen wound up tied for sixth in the final points table.
2023 For 2023, Corvette Racing are continuing with their modified C8.R in GTD Pro.
Jordan Taylor and
Antonio García will drive at all events, with Tommy Milner joining them in the endurance rounds. With the GTE-Pro class being eliminated for the
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. Corvette's squad moved to GTE-Am. As a result of having to alter its driver lineup to meet the class regulations, Platinum-rated
Nicky Catsburg will lead the squad, joined by
Ben Keating, a Bronze-level driver, and
Nicolás Varrone as their silver driver. Catsburg, Keating and Varrone won the GTE-Am class in the C8.R, in the
2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary race. On Sunday, July 9, at the
2023 WEC 6 Hours of Monza, Corvette Racing claimed the FIA World Endurance Championship's GTE Am division with two races remaining in the series. == Competition History ==