ESTABLISHED 1963 JUNE 2013

The No.3 Compuware Corvette C6.R with Magnussen, Garcia
SALINAS, Calif. – (May 11, 2013) – A wellexecuted
team effort helped Corvette Racing
return to victory lane at the 2.238-mile, 11turn
Laguna Seca road course for the second
consecutive year. Jan Magnussen and
Antonio Garcia, drivers of the No. 3
Compuware Corvette C6.R, scored their
first American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT
Class win of the season and first since 2011.
Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner, drivers of
the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R scored
Corvette Racing’s first win of 2013 in the
season-opening race at Sebring.
Wins at ALMS Lagnua Seca
Gavin qualified fourth for the ALMS GT Class at Laguna Seca while Garcia posted the sixth-fastest GT
time in his No. 3 Corvette.
Right out of the gate, the No. 4 Corvette team faced adversity as they made contact with another car but
were able to continue on with no damage. After both cars stopped for fuel and tires just over an hour into
the race, the No. 3 car piloted by Magnussen powered their way to the front of the field while trouble
struck the No. 4 Corvette again when Gavin radioed the crew that his car was stuck in sixth gear.
A full course caution coincided with the gear box problem and the crew brought Gavin down pit road
and to their attention under yellow. The team quickly identified the problem which was a cracked hose in
the gear box. Unfortunately the repairs cost the team five laps and they fell to the rear of the GT ranks,
and came home in 10th position.
At the halfway mark of the race, Magnussen had stretched out a two second lead over second place until
a full course caution fell for a car stuck in the sand. That is when the No. 3 team decided to bring Jan in
for tires, fuel and a driver change. It was yet another lightning-fast stop for the Corvette Racing crew
which kept the car at the front of the field.
With Garcia behind the wheel, the No. 3 team would not relinquish the lead again. The margin was tight
most of the race and varied from three-tenths to almost two seconds. The crew and drivers had no room
for error in such a close race. The No. 3 Corvette team impressively spent four seconds less on pit road
than their competitors in second place. A number which surely factored into tonight’s victory.
Magnussen was happy with the long awaited win in a tough race. “I have to say, today was one of the
most perfect races we’ve had with Corvette Racing,” he said. “We were under pressure the whole way.
We never had a big lead, we really had to work through traffic and not get stopped by the slower cars
and lose too much time. It was a matter of being precise the whole race. The pit crew made perfect stops.
We didn’t have any issues in the pits. We did the driver change during only a short fuel, so there wasn’t a
lot of time to make it. I am so happy we finally get a win over a year and a half. With this one, if you can’t
win driving like this, you can’t win. It is a lot of pressure, but we have a great crew behind us the whole
time.