Corvette Racing is among the world’s most celebrated groups in the world of adrenaline-pumping motor racing. For seven consecutive years since 2002, the team dominated the ALMS Manufacturer Championships bringing home the bacon season after season.

The continuing success of Corvette Racing is significantly credited to each and every member of the group. Prepare your brake caliper because we’re going for a spin with the Corvette Racing team. Let’s get to know them one by one courtesy of my source, CorvetteRacing.com!

Corvette Racing is owned by General Motors, Detroit, Mich. The team’s race car? Corvette C6.R (Corvette 6th generation, Racing)

Drivers:

• No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Johnny O’Connell, Jan Magnussen (plus Ron Fellows for Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans)
• No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta (plus Max Papis for Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans)

Team Personnel:
    * Director, GM Racing: Mark Kent
    * GM Racing Road Racing Group Manager: Steve Wesoloski
    * Corvette Racing Program Manager: Doug Fehan
    * Team Manager: Gary Pratt
    * Engine Manager: Roger Allen
    * Crew Chief, No. 3: Dan Binks
    * Crew Chief, No. 4: Ray Gongla

Primary Sponsor: Compuware

Associate Sponsors: Mobil1, Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), XM Satellite Radio, UAW-GM, Genuine Corvette Accessories, Bose, Motorola, PRS Guitars, BBS, Michelin

Here are a few of the team’s achievements and highlights:

Team Highlights
* Race wins: 63 (through 2007)
* 1-2 finishes: 45 (through 2007)
* ALMS manufacturers championships: seven (2001-07)
* ALMS team championships: seven (2001-07)
* ALMS drivers championships: six (2002-07)
* 24 Hours of Le Mans class wins: five (2001-02, 2004-06)
* Sebring 12-hour class wins: five (2002-04, 2006-07)
* Petit Le Mans class wins: six (2000-02, 2004-05, 2007)
* American Le Mans Series records: Most race wins by entrant (57); most 1-2 finishes by entrant (40); longest winning streak in GT1 (12, 2005 Road Atlanta/2006 Mid-Ohio; 2007 Sebring/Laguna Seca - tied with Team Oreca); most poles in GT1
* ALMS From the Fans awards: Gary Claudio, Corvette marketing manager, 2002; Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing program manager, 2004
* ALMS Most Popular Driver awards: Ron Fellows, 2004-07
* Special awards: Corvette C6.R named "North American Car of the Year" by dailysportscar.com (February 2006); Corvette LS7.R engine named "Global Motorsport Engine of the Year" at the Professional Motorsport World Expo (November 2006); Corvette Racing awarded Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge trophy for most efficient use of fuel in GT1 class at 24 Hours of Le Mans (June 2007)

Corvette Racing Firsts
* First race: Daytona 24-hour, Feb. 5, 1999
* First GTS win: Texas Motor Speedway, Sept. 2, 2000, drivers Ron Fellows and Andy Pilgrim
* First overall win: Daytona 24-hour, Feb. 3, 2001; Fellows/Kneifel/Freon/O’Connell
* First 1-2 finish: Daytona 24-hour, Feb. 3, 2001 (1st: Fellows/Kneifel/Freon/O’Connell; 2nd: Pilgrim/Earnhardt/Earnhardt Jr./ Collins)
* First Le Mans class win: 2001 (Fellows/O’Connell/Pruett)
* First ALMS drivers championship: Ron Fellows, 2002
* First ALMS manufacturers championship: 2001
* First undefeated season: 2004 (9 ALMS races and 24 Hours of Le Mans)