Rolex / Grand Am Series

[tomtom72]

Hey did anybody see this? This is cool!

http://www.corvetteonline.com/news/video-2012-corvette-daytona-prototype-debuts-at-daytona-speedway/

check it out!

:cheers:
Tom

[Mystic ZR-1]

Could be a Northeast Region (we still need an "official" name...) get together/event when it gets to Lime Rock on Sept 29??? There'll probably be a "Corvette Corral"?

[FU]

Very interesting ! We all know that the next generation vette is due out , could this be a sign of things to come ?

[XfireZ51]

Is this a mid-engine?

[Kevin]

Is this a mid-engine?

yes

[XfireZ51]

yes

So I'm wondering why this would be representative of the Corvette. I'd love to see it mid-engine along the lines of the Cien, but what does this race car have to do with the Vette aside from the fact that an LSx based motor powers it?

[ScottZ95ZR1]

Wow, what an awesome car!

I noticed one of the guys in the video is a Digital Corvette Sculptor. :notworthy

He did very well with that car. Damn, what a boring job I have.

[Kevin]

So I'm wondering why this would be representative of the Corvette. I'd love to see it mid-engine along the lines of the Cien, but what does this race car have to do with the Vette aside from the fact that an LSx based motor powers it?

nothing. I don't care what they call this thing just so long as I get to see it run. hell they may pull the corvette name and rebrand it a caddy like they did the last lmp/dp car they built

[Aurora40]

So I'm wondering why this would be representative of the Corvette. I'd love to see it mid-engine along the lines of the Cien, but what does this race car have to do with the Vette aside from the fact that an LSx based motor powers it?

It seems similar to the old Corvette GTP cars of the '80s. It's a way to get your brand out there. Though considering Corvettes are already pretty well known in enduro/road racing, I don't quite get the point. Possibly Chevy just lent their name and not much money to it?

BTW Kevin, The Cadillac LMP car was never branded a Corvette, nor ever intended to be branded anything but a Caddy. It also used a Northstar-like DOHC motor (a twin-turbo version of the Aurora IRL motor), no Chevy engine in there. It's too bad Caddy never got the reliability together on that car, it was fast as **** when it was running.

[XfireZ51]

It seems similar to the old Corvette GTP cars of the '80s. It's a way to get your brand out there. Though considering Corvettes are already pretty well known in enduro/road racing, I don't quite get the point. Possibly Chevy just lent their name and not much money to it?

BTW Kevin, The Cadillac LMP car was never branded a Corvette, nor ever intended to be branded anything but a Caddy. It also used a Northstar-like DOHC motor (a twin-turbo version of the Aurora IRL motor), no Chevy engine in there. It's too bad Caddy never got the reliability together on that car, it was fast as **** when it was running.


Bob,

You and I are on same page with this. The high profile venue for Corvette technology has been ALMS and LeMans. Racing is where you prove out what you sell. This car has nothing to do with the Vette except maybe the motor which is a cross platform component. So I'm still puzzled by what the point is unless this is future direction which it currently appears not to be.

[Kevin]

It seems similar to the old Corvette GTP cars of the '80s. It's a way to get your brand out there. Though considering Corvettes are already pretty well known in enduro/road racing, I don't quite get the point. Possibly Chevy just lent their name and not much money to it?

BTW Kevin, The Cadillac LMP car was never branded a Corvette, nor ever intended to be branded anything but a Caddy. It also used a Northstar-like DOHC motor (a twin-turbo version of the Aurora IRL motor), no Chevy engine in there. It's too bad Caddy never got the reliability together on that car, it was fast as **** when it was running.

I thought it was a chevy for a bit before being switched to a caddy? either way it was still pretty cool

[tomtom72]

JMHO. knowing that an LMP car is a rules dictated platform, basically they are all the same save how your aerodynamic engineers determine small stuff to control air flow, this is a very inexpensive way to just get the brand name out in view for the TV time. They spend so much time with the camera on the LMP cars that unless the 4 or 3 is actually on the podium overall they get little air time for the huge dollar investment.

There have always been LMP cars using the LSx as a starting point for power, but unless you saw the bow tie emblem on the C-pillar GM wasn't getting much exposure on TV. I think this is a good move for the investment costs if you look at the TV air time that you get for the money. JMHO.

:cheers:
Tom