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Corvette Racing Team's Victory In Salt Lake City Alms

Where better to show off the Corvette
performance parts than at the American LeGavin said, "As I came in for the pit stop,
Mans Series Utah Grand Prix at MillerRay Gongla, my crew chief, said on the radio,
Motorsports Park. And this where exactly'Make it count! I pushed and pushed, the crew
Oliver Gavin together with Olivier Berettadid a fantastic pit stop, and we managed to
scored their fourth win in five starts thisget out just in front of Jan. I have to say
season. The two "Ollies" completed 61 laps ofthat our engineer, Steve Cole, and the team
the 4.5 mile circuit in their No.4 Compuwaregave  us  a  brilliant  race  car  today."
Corvette C6.R, finishing 26.550 seconds ahead
of Jan Magnussen and Johnny O'Connell in theWhile Gavin reminisce the race Beretta was
No.3 Compuware Corvette C6.R. The twosavoring his record-setting 32nd career ALMS
Corvettes finished eight and ninthvictory and would be focusing on the team's
respectively.next race which is the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Beretta said, "It was a very important day
After the team elected to change tires thatfor us because it was the last practice
had been flat-spotted in a spin duringbefore Le Mans. We had to finish with the car
qualifying Gavin was given no choice but toin one piece because it will fly to France in
start at the back of the pack. Per ALMS rule,a few days. We want the mechanics to be well
the pole-winning Corvette was demoted to therested because they've done a fantastic job
25th starting position after the tire change.since the start of the season. We went
Despite his pole position Gavin was able tothrough three street races without any
surpass the entire GT2 field on the first lapaccidents and now we've completed a
obtaining the ninth positions. And by thesuccessful Michelin tire test. We are ready
third lap he was 3.5 seconds behind the No. 3to  go  to  the  big  one  now."
Corvette which has started on the 12th
position.The Corvette Racing Program Manager Doug
Fehan also agreed that indeed "It was a
Gavin recalled, "There was quite a melee inperfectly executed race today and we learned
the first corner with cars going off thea tremendous amount. I think we've made a
track, and I was trying to be very carefulvery good tire selection for Le Mans; the
because the last thing I wanted to do waslast compound we had on looked really good,
damage the car. I managed to pick off carsso we're excited about that. We'll be as
one by one. Then I caught up behind one ofprepared  as  possible."
the prototypes - that was a problem because
we were much quicker in the corners but theirThe race was a tough one for the Corvette
car was like a dragster in the straights.Racing team like for instance the experience
Finally he went wide in Turn 15 and I managedof Magnussen who had to deal with a
to  get  past  him."transmission problem in his two stints in the
No. 3 Corvette C6.R. He said, "In the first
A full course caution at 11:50 into the racestint I had some trouble with the gearbox on
has reduced the margin between the twoshifts. That problem got better in the second
Corvettes to .6 seconds. And then it happenstint, but I couldn't count on it not coming
after the first round of pit stops at the 40back so it was hard for me to push. Still, we
minute mark, the No. 4 Corvette has starteddid have a good test of the tires, and that
to  lead.will be useful for us going into Le Mans.



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