Corvette Racing Entering Two C8.Rs for Daytona Rolex 24

Corvette Racing will open the 2022 season with the Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 27-31.

Corvette Racing will enter two Chevrolet C8.Rs for the 2022 Rolex 24 At Daytona in IMSA’s new GT Daytona (GTD) PRO category. For the Rolex 24, Marco Sorensen will join the driving roster by sharing the No. 4 with Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy, who will race at Daytona ahead of their full program in the FIA World Endurance Championship. (Corvette Racing Goes Global – IMSA, FIA WEC in 2022)

As previously announced, Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg will drive the No. 3 Corvette as they go for their second straight class victory at Daytona to start another full-season push for an IMSA championship. Thus, all six Corvette factory drivers from 2021 will return for the new season. Antonio Garcia, Jordan Taylor and Nicky Catsburg will run in IMSA. Tommy Milner, Nick Tandy and Alexander Sims race in WEC. (IMSA Petit Le Mans Sees Cadillac, Corvette, Win Season Titles)

The 31-year-old Sorensen has two titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s GTE Pro category. He also placed third in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020 and was the fastest GTE Pro qualifier in 2019. However, his  appearance in the Rolex 24 will be only his second in the race in the WeatherTech Championship. He raced in the GTD category in 2017 and was third in qualifying for the race. Sorensen it should be duly noted has a formidable background in single-seater racing with victories in GP2, Formula Renault 3.5 and the German F3 series. We will see how he makes the transition to the US and American sports car racing at its highest level.

Corvette Racing returns to the Daytona after a 1-2 finish in 2021 for the mid-engine Corvette C8.R as part of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) category, which ended at the end of the 2021 season. The GTD-PRO Corvette C8.R will look similar to the GTLM. A revised wing profile will mean a slightly different level of down-force at the rear of the Corvette. The C8.R will run on customer Michelin tires, per GTD regulations.

The GTD-PRO Corvette retains the same 5.5-liter, flat-plane V8 with a slightly decreased power output compared to the GTLM rules package. An anti-lock braking system (ABS), tested by Corvette Racing at Belle Isle’s race in June, also will be on the IMSA C8.R along with other driver aids that are mandated by the class regulations.