Chevrolet, Corvette add to growing 24 Hours of Le Mans legacy with GTE Pro win - Autoweek

"Le Mans is a very special place for Corvette, for Chevrolet," said Chevy racing boss Jim Campbell on the eve of the race from his makeshift office in the Le Mans paddock, a little more than 4,000 miles from Chevrolet's home in Detroit. We think of some of the privateers who have raced here with Corvette over the years, and of our full factory effort that began here in 2000. " That factory effort in 2000 came one year after a Corvette actually turned a lap in the 24. The fine... “Win your class at Le Mans, that's the ultimate sports-car credential,” Campbell said. “Obviously, we've had a lot of success in the North American IMSA Tudor Series, and before that, the American Le Mans Series, but Le Mans is very special. ” Corvette, at least in part because of its success at Le Mans, has become somewhat of a rock star at Le Mans -- a region populated this week with some of the greatest cars ever built. Even the fans who wandered to their favorite watering hole nearly a block away during the parade found a way to take a peek when the historic Corvettes take their turn at center stage. “When we come to Le Mans, there's a special connection between Corvette Racing, the street car Corvette and the fans here at Le Mans,” Campbell said. Source: autoweek.com