Chevrolet revealed the 2012 Chevrolet Corvettes Daytona Magic size at Daytona International Speedway today. The Corvettes Daytona Magic size will make its competitive very first in the Fiftieth wedding birthday of the GRAND-AM Street Rushing Series Rolex piece 24 at Daytona from Jan 26-29, 2012.
"Racing and efficiency are the beginning concepts of Chevrolet, and bringing the Corvettes Daytona Magic size to GRAND-AM is a tremendous possibility," said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet v. p., Performance Vehicles and Motor racing. "The chance of advancement is what makes the Daytona Magic size Class such a good fit for Chevrolet.
"Sports car and energy racing is an excellent foundation for producers like us to test and learn. The design of this race car features well-known Corvettes style hints and will be immediately recognized by athletics car fans and fans of GRAND-AM Street Rushing," Campbell said. "We are excited to see the Corvettes DP contend in the famous Rolex piece 24 at Daytona next Jan."
"GRAND-AM's new Daytona Magic size idea is targeted at enabling producers to display their company in an interesting, cutting-edge design," said GRAND-AM Chief executive Tom Bledsoe. "Chevrolet, with its new Corvettes DP, has done just that. The objectives of seeing this new Daytona Magic size contend is developing each and every day. This statement has immediate and far-reaching effects with the prospective to modify the deal with of athletics car rushing."
Four groups will promotion the Chevy Corvettes Daytona Magic size in 2012: No. 90 Mindset of Daytona Racing; No. 10 SunTrust Racing; No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, and the Nos. 5 and 9 Measures Communicate Racing groups.
"The 2012 Corvettes Daytona Magic size was designed by a multi-faceted attempt including Chevy, Corvettes Developers, Pratt & Burns and GRAND-AM. Chevy also proved helpful carefully with case contractors Riley, Coyote and Dallara," said Symbol London, GM Racing manager. "The IMSA GTP Corvettes Magic size campaigned by Hendrick Motor racing in the '80s was the creativity for this new Chevy Corvettes Daytona Magic size. And, like the GTP Corvettes, the new Corvettes Daytona Magic size contains several style hints from the road edition of the Chevy Corvettes."
Corvettes has a varied historical past of racing-related achievements in Daytona. Zora Arkus-Duntov - the dad of the Corvettes and primary professional functioning on the Corvettes in the '50s and '60s - set a flying-mile rate historical past of more than 150 mph in a Corvettes on Daytona Seaside, one of a variety of historical past works on the beach for him. When Daytona Worldwide Speedway started out in 1959, Arkus-Duntov converted the quickest temps - 155 mph - in a Corvettes SS.