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DXDT Racing, Corvette Z06 GT3.R on eight-race win streak heading to SRO finale
DETROIT (October 1, 2024) – DXDT Racing and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R are on the verge of creating historical past on the closing race of the 12 months for GT World Problem America. The primary-year effort between DXDT Racing and Corvette will attempt for its ninth consecutive race win within the sequence and within the course of declare the Professional-class championship in Saturday’s Indianapolis Eight Hours.
A pair of the DXDT-liveried Corvette GT3s are a part of the 25-car discipline for the season’s lone endurance race, which additionally doubles as a spherical of SRO Motorsports’ Intercontinental GT Problem. The occasion is a real race-within-a-race with the common GT World Problem America discipline joined by plenty of IGTC entries for a grid of 25 automobiles.
The GTWCA portion of the Eight Hours pays double-points, which shall be important for DXDT Racing’s duo of Corvette manufacturing facility driver Tommy Milner and Alec Udell. With class victories in all eight of their races this 12 months, Milner and Udell can take the Professional-class Drivers and Groups championships with a ninth win within the No. 63 Corvette Z06 GT3.R alongside endurance teammate Alexander Sims, additionally a Corvette works driver.
Within the Professional-Am class, Bryan Sellers will drive with new teammates Patrick Liddy and Blake McDonald within the No. 64 Corvette, which is a two-time winner within the class this 12 months. The Professional-Am class is the race’s most populated with 16 entries.
The Indianapolis Eight Hours would be the second long-distance race for the Corvette GT3 in three weeks. Three Z06 GT3.Rs contested a six-hour IMSA enduro on September 22. Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports positioned third within the GTD PRO class, and AWA was sixth in GTD. Every group additionally had the quickest race lap of their respective courses.
There shall be plenty of findings that Corvette GT3 buyer assist engineers can apply this weekend based mostly on classes taken from the IMSA spherical. Regardless of a distinction in tire suppliers between the 2 sequence, suspension and different factors in chassis setup – with validations from Chevrolet’s Driver within the Loop simulator – ought to present a stable baseline for DXDT’s opening classes of the weekend.
DXDT Racing will take the inexperienced flag for the Indianapolis Eight Hours at 12:15 p.m. ET on Saturday, October 5. Dwell protection of each races plus timing & scoring shall be obtainable at gt-world-challenge-america.com and SRO’s GT World YouTube channel.
DXDT RACING CORVETTE PRE-EVENT QUOTES
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 63 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“It’s fairly unbelievable that we’re yet one more good outcome away from successful the Professional championship. I’ve been in racing lengthy sufficient now to know that you could simply have highs and lows in a sure span of time. When issues are good, you attempt to make the most of them so long as you’ll be able to as a result of there is no such thing as a assure that it’ll proceed on. So for that cause, and others, the Indianapolis Eight Hours shall be a enjoyable occasion. There’s extra competitors coming from some actually stacked producers and groups only for this one. All the issues that we labored on and ready for the earlier dash races ought to hopefully have us ready for this closing race. We all know the group is sweet, my teammates are clearly confirmed and we all know we’ve got an important Corvette. Now we simply have to execute and put ourselves in place like we’ve got in these final eight races.”
ALEC UDELL, NO. 63 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I’m super-excited for Indy, and even that’s an understatement. We’ve proven the strengths of the automobile in a dash format. We’ve had fairly a little bit of success, and a whole lot of that’s right down to nice execution and nice preparation from all sides of this group. For me, it’s superior to have each alternative that I can to get within the automobile, be taught from Tommy and Alexander, be taught from the engineers and take in all the pieces I can in regards to the Z06 GT3.R platform. Eight hours… yeah, I’m super-excited positively and actually bounce in with an opportunity to win an endurance spherical. I don’t see any cause why we couldn’t compete for an total podium. Different producers will include their IGTC prime weapons which have been working for the total season. Let’s see how we fare on American soil with American energy!”
ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 63 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“It is going to be cool to fit into a brand new surroundings with DXDT Racing. I do know a few of the group members, which is good, and clearly I do know Tommy very properly. The run they’ve had is simply phenomenal. I don’t assume I’ve ever heard of that taking place – eight wins in a row – in any sports activities automobile championship. It piles on the strain for me becoming a member of! In all seriousness, this group and Corvette clearly have the capabilities to attain a prime outcome. The primary precedence in any endurance race is to make the end with the cleanest automobile and be within the combat in case there are any security automobiles or something like that. The tempo has been phenomenal, and hopefully we are able to proceed that and ship a race win and championship.”
2024 GT World Problem America Championship Factors
Producers Standings
1. Porsche – 221
2. Chevrolet – 203
3. BMW – 184
4. Mercedes-AMG – 170
5. Acura – 142
Professional Drivers Standings
1. Adam Adelson/Elliott Skeer – 207
2. Tommy Milner/Alec Udell – 200
3. Varun Choksey/Invoice Auberlen – 170
4. Luca Mars/Zach Veach – 156
5. Spencer Pumpelly/Trent Hindman – 83
Professional Groups Standings
1. Wright Motorsports – 207
2. DXDT Racing – 200
3. ST Racing – 170
4. Racers Edge Motorsports – 156
5. RS1 – 83
Professional-Am Drivers Standings
1. Samantha Tan/Neil Verhagen – 211
2. Justin Rothberg/Robby Foley – 178
3. Philip Ellis/Jeff Burton – 151
4. Bryan Sellers – 132
5. Kyle Washington/Tom Sargent – 112
Professional-Am Groups Standings
1. ST Racing – 211
2. Turner Motorsport – 180
3. DXDT Racing – 132
4. Regulator Racing – 131
5. GMG Racing – 114
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