With Files from GM Racing
BRASELTON, GA – Corvette Racing made history on April 17 at Road Atlanta when Johnny O’Connell and Ron Fellows drove the new Corvette C6.R to its first victory.
Following in the tire tracks of the championship-winning Corvette C5-R, the production-based Corvette C6.R notched Corvette Racing’s 36th win at the Sportsbook.com Grand Prix of Atlanta. Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta were second across the strip to score a 1-2 finish for Corvette Racing.
With Sunday’s win by the #3 Compuware Corvette, teammates O’Connell and Fellows tallied their 22nd ALMS victories, tying the series record for career wins. O’Connell put the C6.R on the GT1 pole, and the duo led the class for the entire 2-hour, 45-minute race. They finished fifth overall and one lap ahead of Gavin and Beretta in the #4 Compuware Corvette.
“It’s been a tremendous team effort by Corvette Racing since I joined the program in November 1997,” Fellows said. “I’m really proud to be part of it.
“I want to dedicate this win to an old friend who died last week,” Fellows said. “He built a race track in Ontario and gave a lot of us a place to race. This one’s for John Nelson.”
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