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The championship push for Corvette Racing’s teams in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTD PRO & GTD classes continues this weekend at Road America, a place steeped in Corvette lore and success.
Corvette Racing has been a constant presence at the 4.048-mile, 14-turn Wisconsin circuit.
The program has eight victories there, all in the factory team era and the famed Corvette Bridge spans the track between turns Five and Six.
Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports (GTD PRO)
• No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Antonio Garcia/Alexander Sims
• No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Tommy Milner/Nicky Catsburg
The No. 3 duo of Garcia and Sims enter Road America with the GTD PRO Drivers’ Championship lead.
Their four podiums lead all driving pairings in GTD PRO and is a large reason behind the points lead. They finished fifth last year in class at Road America, and Garcia is a previous Road America winner in the Corvette C8.R.
Milner and Catsburg placed second in the last round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the No. 4 Corvette for their first podium finish of the season.
Catsburg qualified on pole a year ago in GTD PRO, while Milner was part of one of Road America’s most iconic race finishes by going from fifth to first in the closing minutes of the 2016 GTLM race.
AWA (GTD
• No. 13 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Matt Bell, Orey Fidani
AWA’s Fidani and Bell are back at Road America after a fifth-place GTD finish in 2024.
Bell was part of a multi-car scrap late last year as the duo made up 10 spots in class during the race for what ended up as the best finish of the team’s debut season with the Corvette.
Matching that result will go a long way in helping Fidani move back to the top of the Bob Akin Award standings.
He is second in points heading to Road America, with the winner earning a ticket to next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
AWA also has given the Corvette Z06 GT3.R its only IMSA win this year at the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona.
DXDT Racing (GTD)
• No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Alec Udell, Robert Wickens
Udell and Wickens gave DXDT Racing its best finish of its first season in GTD with a fourth-place showing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The DXDT Corvette has qualified third or better in class at each of the previous three rounds, with Udell on the front row at both Laguna Seca and Watkins Glen.
Udell also scored a pair of victories last year with DXDT Racing in GT World Challenge America alongside Milner in the Pro class. Teammate Wickens has raced at Road America in Champ Car Atlantic, IndyCar and the Michelin Pilot Challenge, where he finished third in 2023.
The Motul SportsCar Grand Prix is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 3. The race will stream live on Peacock in the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. from 2 to 5 p.m. ET IMSA Radio will air all on-track sessions at IMSA.com along XM 206, SiriusXM Online 996.
CORVETTE RACING BY PRATT MILLER MOTORSPORTS
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I hope we can be up toward the front at Road America. It has been a few years since our last win there, so obviously we want to end that run. The championship is what we are focusing on, though. Even if we still have the lead, it’s very close between the top three. We need to maximize every opportunity to score points, whether we have ultimate pace.
That has been the strength of this team during GTD PRO and I know we will continue to do the same thing.”
ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Road America is where I first drove the Corvette Z06 GT3.R. It’s an incredible track and one of the highlights of our season. It’s very much a power track but the braking and cornering ability of the Corvette allows us to attack the circuit differently than most other cars.
We will see if that is enough to get us and keep us at the front of the grid and in the championship.”
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I can’t go back to Road America and not think about the 2016 win there, when we went from fifth to first in the last couple of laps to win. It’s a great feeling to win at such a great track, and it’s something I want to experience again. There’s no better time than the present.
We have a little bit of momentum from the runner-up at CTMP. Judging how things have gone this year, I don’t expect this to be a very strong track for us, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to give it everything we have for the race win and Manufacturer's Championship points.”
NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I really enjoyed this stretch of races last year in my first season in IMSA, and it’s the same this season. After Canada, we finally have some momentum and a podium result on our side of the garage. Let’s keep it going now at Road America. We qualified well there last year, but didn’t really put it together in the race for a couple of reasons.
We have that experience plus other lessons we are learning this year on the team side that hopefully will mean that we can run up front more often than not the rest of this year and continue contributing to the Manufacturer's Championship.”
AWA PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES
MATT BELL, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I always love going back to Road America. It’s one of the most iconic racetracks in the United States. We had a pretty exciting race last year. This place always seems to generate great racing with a lot of action, so I’m looking forward to getting back there with our Corvette and seeing what we can do this time!”
OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Road America is one of those tracks on the calendar that every driver looks forward to. It’s so fast but also very technical, and it tends to produce a lot of opportunities. The team has been working hard in each round to give us a strong package with our No. 13 Corvette, and I’m confident we can be competitive again this year.”
DXDT RACING PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES
ALEC UDELL, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“The DXDT team has been hard at work on all fronts, prepping for the upcoming race at Road America. Each race we continue to improve processes, and a big one from the last race was getting Robert and I time to work together on driver changes at the shop.
We’ve had a quick Corvette, and I feel confident we can get the most out of our DXDT Z06 GT3.R up in Road America.
I’m excited to see where that puts us!”
ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Road America is one of my favorite tracks on the IMSA calendar. The fans have so much passion for racing, which makes it even more special.
The team is working hard to build on our strong result from CTMP.
We are going to do everything we can to get our Corvette Z06 GT3.R on the podium for the first time this year.”
Corvette Racing has been a constant presence at the 4.048-mile, 14-turn Wisconsin circuit.
The program has eight victories there, all in the factory team era and the famed Corvette Bridge spans the track between turns Five and Six.
Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports (GTD PRO)
• No. 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Antonio Garcia/Alexander Sims
• No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Tommy Milner/Nicky Catsburg
The No. 3 duo of Garcia and Sims enter Road America with the GTD PRO Drivers’ Championship lead.
Their four podiums lead all driving pairings in GTD PRO and is a large reason behind the points lead. They finished fifth last year in class at Road America, and Garcia is a previous Road America winner in the Corvette C8.R.
Milner and Catsburg placed second in the last round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in the No. 4 Corvette for their first podium finish of the season.
Catsburg qualified on pole a year ago in GTD PRO, while Milner was part of one of Road America’s most iconic race finishes by going from fifth to first in the closing minutes of the 2016 GTLM race.
AWA (GTD
• No. 13 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Matt Bell, Orey Fidani
AWA’s Fidani and Bell are back at Road America after a fifth-place GTD finish in 2024.
Bell was part of a multi-car scrap late last year as the duo made up 10 spots in class during the race for what ended up as the best finish of the team’s debut season with the Corvette.
Matching that result will go a long way in helping Fidani move back to the top of the Bob Akin Award standings.
He is second in points heading to Road America, with the winner earning a ticket to next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
AWA also has given the Corvette Z06 GT3.R its only IMSA win this year at the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona.
DXDT Racing (GTD)
• No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Alec Udell, Robert Wickens
Udell and Wickens gave DXDT Racing its best finish of its first season in GTD with a fourth-place showing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The DXDT Corvette has qualified third or better in class at each of the previous three rounds, with Udell on the front row at both Laguna Seca and Watkins Glen.
Udell also scored a pair of victories last year with DXDT Racing in GT World Challenge America alongside Milner in the Pro class. Teammate Wickens has raced at Road America in Champ Car Atlantic, IndyCar and the Michelin Pilot Challenge, where he finished third in 2023.
The Motul SportsCar Grand Prix is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 3. The race will stream live on Peacock in the United States and IMSA.com outside the U.S. from 2 to 5 p.m. ET IMSA Radio will air all on-track sessions at IMSA.com along XM 206, SiriusXM Online 996.
CORVETTE RACING BY PRATT MILLER MOTORSPORTS
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I hope we can be up toward the front at Road America. It has been a few years since our last win there, so obviously we want to end that run. The championship is what we are focusing on, though. Even if we still have the lead, it’s very close between the top three. We need to maximize every opportunity to score points, whether we have ultimate pace.
That has been the strength of this team during GTD PRO and I know we will continue to do the same thing.”
ALEXANDER SIMS, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Road America is where I first drove the Corvette Z06 GT3.R. It’s an incredible track and one of the highlights of our season. It’s very much a power track but the braking and cornering ability of the Corvette allows us to attack the circuit differently than most other cars.
We will see if that is enough to get us and keep us at the front of the grid and in the championship.”
TOMMY MILNER, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I can’t go back to Road America and not think about the 2016 win there, when we went from fifth to first in the last couple of laps to win. It’s a great feeling to win at such a great track, and it’s something I want to experience again. There’s no better time than the present.
We have a little bit of momentum from the runner-up at CTMP. Judging how things have gone this year, I don’t expect this to be a very strong track for us, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to give it everything we have for the race win and Manufacturer's Championship points.”
NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 4 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I really enjoyed this stretch of races last year in my first season in IMSA, and it’s the same this season. After Canada, we finally have some momentum and a podium result on our side of the garage. Let’s keep it going now at Road America. We qualified well there last year, but didn’t really put it together in the race for a couple of reasons.
We have that experience plus other lessons we are learning this year on the team side that hopefully will mean that we can run up front more often than not the rest of this year and continue contributing to the Manufacturer's Championship.”
AWA PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES
MATT BELL, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“I always love going back to Road America. It’s one of the most iconic racetracks in the United States. We had a pretty exciting race last year. This place always seems to generate great racing with a lot of action, so I’m looking forward to getting back there with our Corvette and seeing what we can do this time!”
OREY FIDANI, NO. 13 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Road America is one of those tracks on the calendar that every driver looks forward to. It’s so fast but also very technical, and it tends to produce a lot of opportunities. The team has been working hard in each round to give us a strong package with our No. 13 Corvette, and I’m confident we can be competitive again this year.”
DXDT RACING PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES
ALEC UDELL, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“The DXDT team has been hard at work on all fronts, prepping for the upcoming race at Road America. Each race we continue to improve processes, and a big one from the last race was getting Robert and I time to work together on driver changes at the shop.
We’ve had a quick Corvette, and I feel confident we can get the most out of our DXDT Z06 GT3.R up in Road America.
I’m excited to see where that puts us!”
ROBERT WICKENS, NO. 36 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R:
“Road America is one of my favorite tracks on the IMSA calendar. The fans have so much passion for racing, which makes it even more special.
The team is working hard to build on our strong result from CTMP.
We are going to do everything we can to get our Corvette Z06 GT3.R on the podium for the first time this year.”