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Chevrolet Grand Prix is second race in Canada for No. 3 C8.R
CORVETTE RACING AT CTMP: Almost Like Home
Chevrolet Grand Prix is second race in Canada for No. 3 C8.R
DETROIT (July 5, 2023) – In its 25-year history, Corvette Racing has taken
victories at 27 racetracks around the world. Very few have witnessed more
Corvette successes than Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, which plays host this
weekend to the Chevrolet Grand Prix for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship.
Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor will team in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R – the mid-engine racecar’s second race at the
venerable Canadian circuit. After a second-place finish in the GT Daytona
(GTD) PRO class a year ago, Garcia and Taylor, plus the entire Corvette
Racing effort, will look to finish one step higher on the class podium this
time around.
The program first raced at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – formerly Mosport
International Raceway – in 2000. Since then, Corvette Racing has won at the
2.459-mile, 10-turn circuit 11 times… more than any other track except
Sebring International Raceway.
Both drivers have victories to their credit at CTMP in Corvette racecars.
Garcia won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category in 2014, driving a Corvette C7.R
with Jan Magnussen. Taylor was victorious the following year in a Corvette
Daytona Prototype for Wayne Taylor Racing.
Garcia also is a former pole-winner at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (2016)
and set the fastest GTLM race lap in 2015.
The No. 3 Corvette drivers, the team and manufacturer Chevrolet enter CTMP
third in their respective GTD PRO points standings. Only 73 points separate
second through fourth with a maximum of 385 points available this weekend.
Lexus and its No. 14 drivers and teams lead the class by 172 points after
five races and with six events left in the season.
In addition to the extensive success and following at CTMP, Corvette Racing
legend Ron Fellows is part-owner of the circuit and is largely responsible
for operations at the facility. In his Corvette Racing driving career –
spanning 1999-2008 – Fellows won 30 races (three times at CTMP) and three
championships in the American Le Mans Series. He also was one of the
founding members of the team and a key development driver starting in 1997.
The Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is scheduled for
12:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. The race will air live on NBC and stream
live on Peacock inside the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. IMSA
Radio will air on-track sessions beginning with Saturday morning’s practice
at IMSA.com with the race call also on XM 207 and SiriusXM Online 992.
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “Last year
was nice to get back to Canada and finally race the C8.R there. Our result
was good. Last year, we finished second behind the Porsche and the Lexus was
behind us. So I don’t know where we will fit in once we get on the track.
Hopefully we can find our way to the front for all our fans there. It’s
always a really big turnout for Corvette Racing. I was happy with our race
at Watkins Glen, with our pit stops, how clean we were and always gaining
positions with strategy. We’ll hopefully carry on doing that.”
JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “It was cool
driving the C8.R around Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the first time
last year. We were actually not bad last year there. We saved a lot of fuel
and were in the top-three, sitting behind the Porsche and Aston Martin.
Looking at the pace at Watkins Glen, it’s a little concerning because the
tracks are kind of similar. But since last year, we’ve done some development
so hopefully that can work to our advantage. It’s another sprint race, so we’ll
take a couple of pit stops with some strategy and hopefully work some
Corvette Racing magic.”
2023 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTD PRO (After five of 11 events)
Driver Standings
1. Ben Barnicoat/Jack Hawksworth – 1,795
2. Daniel Juncadella/Jules Gounon – 1,682
3. Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 1,623
4. Klaus Bachler/Patrick Pilet – 1,609
5. Alex Riberas/Ross Gunn – 1,408
Team Standings
1. No. 14 Vasser Sullivan – 1,795
2. No. 79 WeatherTech Racing – 1,682
3. No. 3 Corvette Racing – 1,623
4. No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports – 1,609
5. No. 23 Heart of Racing Team – 1,408
Manufacturer Standings
1. Lexus – 1,795
2. Mercedes-AMG – 1,682
3. Chevrolet – 1,623
4. Porsche – 1,609
5. Aston Martin – 1,419
CORVETTE RACING AT CTMP & MONZA: By the Numbers
• 1: As in one team, one manufacturer and one model of car for 25 years of
racing: Corvette Racing, Chevrolet and the Chevrolet Corvette
• 3: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at CTMP since 2000 – Corvette
C5-R (2004), Corvette C6.R (2005-13) and Corvette C7.R (2016-2019). The
Corvette C8.R raced at the track for the first time last season.
• 3: Number of GTE Am wins in four FIA WEC races this season for Nicky
Catsburg, Ben Keating and Nico Varrone with the No. 33 Corvette C8.R.
• 6: Hours difference between the IMSA team competing at Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park and the Corvette Racing WEC team competing at Monza on the
same days.
• 7: Number of drivers who have won races at CTMP for Corvette Racing.
Johnny O’Connell (six), Jan Magnussen (five), Oliver Gavin (four), Ron
Fellows (three) and Olivier Beretta (two) each have multiple wins there with
the team.
• 7: Pole positions for Corvette Racing drivers at CTMP. Oliver Gavin leads
with three with Antonio Garcia (2016) being the most recent.
• 11: Class victories at Corvette Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park –
all since 2001.
• 14: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since
2001
• 27: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, Charlotte
Motor Speedway, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Daytona,
Detroit, Houston, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Miami,
Mid-Ohio, Monza, Portimão, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring,
Sonoma, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres, Utah, VIR, Washington DC and
Watkins Glen
• 34: Number of drivers for Corvette Racing since 1999. Ben Keating and Nico
Varrone joined that list with their participation – and victory – in the
1,000 Miles of Sebring for the World Endurance Championship.
• 125: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 113 in North America, nine
at Le Mans – including two weeks ago – and three in the FIA WEC.
• 275: Event starts by Corvette Racing since 1999.
• 11,080.25: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing in its 20
previous trips to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. That represents 4,506 laps.
• 358,144.93: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing
since its inception. To put that in perspective, Corvette Racing is more
than halfway to the distance traveled by Apollo 13 – the longest manned
spaceflight in history: 622,268 miles. That means Corvette Racing has raced
to the moon… and then some!
Corvette Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (wins in bold)
2000
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Andy Pilgrim – 2nd in GTS (Fellows pole,
fastest race lap)
2001
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins – 3rd in GTS
2002
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins – 2nd in GTS (Pilgrim
fastest race lap)
2003
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Oliver Gavin/Kelly Collins – 7th in GTS (Gavin pole)
2004
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 2nd in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GTS (Gavin pole,
fastest race lap)
2005
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 2nd in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GT1
2006
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 4th in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1
2007
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 (Gavin pole,
fastest race lap)
No. 33 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Andy Pilgrim – 3rd in GT1
2008
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Johnny O'Connell/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT1 (O’Connell
pole)
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 (Beretta
fastest race lap)
2009
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GT2
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 3rd in GT2
2010
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Johnny O’Connell – 5th in GT2
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 4th in GT2
2011
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Tommy Milner – 6th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT
2012
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 2nd in GT (Magnussen
pole)
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 10th in GT
2013
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 4th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 1st in GT
2014
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 1st in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 7th in GTLM
2015
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 3rd in GTLM (Garcia
fastest race lap)
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 5th in GTLM
2016
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 3rd in GTLM (Garcia
pole)
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 2nd in GTLM
2017
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 4th in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 8th in GTLM
2018
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 2nd in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 3rd in GTLM
2019
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 7th in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Marcel Fässler – 8th in GTLM
2023
No. 3 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 2nd in GTD PRO
Chevrolet Grand Prix is second race in Canada for No. 3 C8.R
CORVETTE RACING AT CTMP: Almost Like Home
Chevrolet Grand Prix is second race in Canada for No. 3 C8.R
DETROIT (July 5, 2023) – In its 25-year history, Corvette Racing has taken
victories at 27 racetracks around the world. Very few have witnessed more
Corvette successes than Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, which plays host this
weekend to the Chevrolet Grand Prix for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar
Championship.
Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor will team in the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM
Chevrolet Corvette C8.R – the mid-engine racecar’s second race at the
venerable Canadian circuit. After a second-place finish in the GT Daytona
(GTD) PRO class a year ago, Garcia and Taylor, plus the entire Corvette
Racing effort, will look to finish one step higher on the class podium this
time around.
The program first raced at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park – formerly Mosport
International Raceway – in 2000. Since then, Corvette Racing has won at the
2.459-mile, 10-turn circuit 11 times… more than any other track except
Sebring International Raceway.
Both drivers have victories to their credit at CTMP in Corvette racecars.
Garcia won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category in 2014, driving a Corvette C7.R
with Jan Magnussen. Taylor was victorious the following year in a Corvette
Daytona Prototype for Wayne Taylor Racing.
Garcia also is a former pole-winner at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (2016)
and set the fastest GTLM race lap in 2015.
The No. 3 Corvette drivers, the team and manufacturer Chevrolet enter CTMP
third in their respective GTD PRO points standings. Only 73 points separate
second through fourth with a maximum of 385 points available this weekend.
Lexus and its No. 14 drivers and teams lead the class by 172 points after
five races and with six events left in the season.
In addition to the extensive success and following at CTMP, Corvette Racing
legend Ron Fellows is part-owner of the circuit and is largely responsible
for operations at the facility. In his Corvette Racing driving career –
spanning 1999-2008 – Fellows won 30 races (three times at CTMP) and three
championships in the American Le Mans Series. He also was one of the
founding members of the team and a key development driver starting in 1997.
The Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is scheduled for
12:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 9. The race will air live on NBC and stream
live on Peacock inside the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. IMSA
Radio will air on-track sessions beginning with Saturday morning’s practice
at IMSA.com with the race call also on XM 207 and SiriusXM Online 992.
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “Last year
was nice to get back to Canada and finally race the C8.R there. Our result
was good. Last year, we finished second behind the Porsche and the Lexus was
behind us. So I don’t know where we will fit in once we get on the track.
Hopefully we can find our way to the front for all our fans there. It’s
always a really big turnout for Corvette Racing. I was happy with our race
at Watkins Glen, with our pit stops, how clean we were and always gaining
positions with strategy. We’ll hopefully carry on doing that.”
JORDAN TAYLOR, NO. 3 MOBIL 1/SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C8.R: “It was cool
driving the C8.R around Canadian Tire Motorsport Park for the first time
last year. We were actually not bad last year there. We saved a lot of fuel
and were in the top-three, sitting behind the Porsche and Aston Martin.
Looking at the pace at Watkins Glen, it’s a little concerning because the
tracks are kind of similar. But since last year, we’ve done some development
so hopefully that can work to our advantage. It’s another sprint race, so we’ll
take a couple of pit stops with some strategy and hopefully work some
Corvette Racing magic.”
2023 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship – GTD PRO (After five of 11 events)
Driver Standings
1. Ben Barnicoat/Jack Hawksworth – 1,795
2. Daniel Juncadella/Jules Gounon – 1,682
3. Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 1,623
4. Klaus Bachler/Patrick Pilet – 1,609
5. Alex Riberas/Ross Gunn – 1,408
Team Standings
1. No. 14 Vasser Sullivan – 1,795
2. No. 79 WeatherTech Racing – 1,682
3. No. 3 Corvette Racing – 1,623
4. No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports – 1,609
5. No. 23 Heart of Racing Team – 1,408
Manufacturer Standings
1. Lexus – 1,795
2. Mercedes-AMG – 1,682
3. Chevrolet – 1,623
4. Porsche – 1,609
5. Aston Martin – 1,419
CORVETTE RACING AT CTMP & MONZA: By the Numbers
• 1: As in one team, one manufacturer and one model of car for 25 years of
racing: Corvette Racing, Chevrolet and the Chevrolet Corvette
• 3: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at CTMP since 2000 – Corvette
C5-R (2004), Corvette C6.R (2005-13) and Corvette C7.R (2016-2019). The
Corvette C8.R raced at the track for the first time last season.
• 3: Number of GTE Am wins in four FIA WEC races this season for Nicky
Catsburg, Ben Keating and Nico Varrone with the No. 33 Corvette C8.R.
• 6: Hours difference between the IMSA team competing at Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park and the Corvette Racing WEC team competing at Monza on the
same days.
• 7: Number of drivers who have won races at CTMP for Corvette Racing.
Johnny O’Connell (six), Jan Magnussen (five), Oliver Gavin (four), Ron
Fellows (three) and Olivier Beretta (two) each have multiple wins there with
the team.
• 7: Pole positions for Corvette Racing drivers at CTMP. Oliver Gavin leads
with three with Antonio Garcia (2016) being the most recent.
• 11: Class victories at Corvette Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park –
all since 2001.
• 14: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since
2001
• 27: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, Charlotte
Motor Speedway, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Daytona,
Detroit, Houston, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Miami,
Mid-Ohio, Monza, Portimão, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sebring,
Sonoma, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres, Utah, VIR, Washington DC and
Watkins Glen
• 34: Number of drivers for Corvette Racing since 1999. Ben Keating and Nico
Varrone joined that list with their participation – and victory – in the
1,000 Miles of Sebring for the World Endurance Championship.
• 125: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 113 in North America, nine
at Le Mans – including two weeks ago – and three in the FIA WEC.
• 275: Event starts by Corvette Racing since 1999.
• 11,080.25: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing in its 20
previous trips to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. That represents 4,506 laps.
• 358,144.93: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing
since its inception. To put that in perspective, Corvette Racing is more
than halfway to the distance traveled by Apollo 13 – the longest manned
spaceflight in history: 622,268 miles. That means Corvette Racing has raced
to the moon… and then some!
Corvette Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (wins in bold)
2000
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Andy Pilgrim – 2nd in GTS (Fellows pole,
fastest race lap)
2001
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins – 3rd in GTS
2002
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Andy Pilgrim/Kelly Collins – 2nd in GTS (Pilgrim
fastest race lap)
2003
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Oliver Gavin/Kelly Collins – 7th in GTS (Gavin pole)
2004
No. 3 Corvette C5-R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 2nd in GTS
No. 4 Corvette C5-R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GTS (Gavin pole,
fastest race lap)
2005
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 2nd in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 1st in GT1
2006
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Johnny O'Connell – 4th in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1
2007
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GT1
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 (Gavin pole,
fastest race lap)
No. 33 Corvette C6.R: Ron Fellows/Andy Pilgrim – 3rd in GT1
2008
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Johnny O'Connell/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT1 (O’Connell
pole)
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 2nd in GT1 (Beretta
fastest race lap)
2009
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Johnny O'Connell – 1st in GT2
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Oliver Gavin – 3rd in GT2
2010
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Johnny O’Connell – 5th in GT2
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 4th in GT2
2011
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Olivier Beretta/Tommy Milner – 6th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT
2012
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 2nd in GT (Magnussen
pole)
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 10th in GT
2013
No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 4th in GT
No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 1st in GT
2014
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 1st in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 7th in GTLM
2015
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 3rd in GTLM (Garcia
fastest race lap)
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 5th in GTLM
2016
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 3rd in GTLM (Garcia
pole)
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 2nd in GTLM
2017
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 4th in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 8th in GTLM
2018
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 2nd in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 3rd in GTLM
2019
No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Jan Magnussen/Antonio Garcia – 7th in GTLM
No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Marcel Fässler – 8th in GTLM
2023
No. 3 Corvette C8.R: Antonio Garcia/Jordan Taylor – 2nd in GTD PRO
