Among the legends of modern-day endurance auto racing, and also a cornerstone of the Corvette Racing program, Oliver Gavin will certainly be stepping down from full-season competition at the end of the 2020 IMSA auto racing period.
Gavin joined the Corvette Competing program as an endurance motorist throughout the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2002. The following year, Racing he was advertised to full-time condition with the manufacturing facility group as well as has actually been an indispensable part of that team because.
Gavin’s checklist of accomplishments with Corvette Competing is unmatched in the background of this racing program. He has made 201 race starts, five champions, fifty-one race success overall including 5 victories at the 24 hr of Le Mans and twenty-five lead. He has additionally won 5 times at both Sebring and also the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta with Corvette Competing.
Gavin has been instrumental to the successes of the Corvette Competing Program and also has driven every iteration of the Corvette race cars since signing up with the team in 2003. He has actually been a champ in both the American Le Mans Collection and the IMSA United SportsCar Racing collection. He became part of a vehicle driver lineup that consisted of Olivier Beretta as well as Jan Magnussen that protected a hat-trick of class wins in the GTS as well as GT1 divisions between 2004 as well as 2006.
Gavin claimed “To have actually been with the exact same group for 19 periods has actually been an immense opportunity, and I say thanks to from all-time low of my heart every single individual that has shared that trip with me. It’s been a fantastic run, as well as I’ve been very fortunate to have actually been able to drive at such a high level for as long. I’m exceptionally pleased with what we’ve attained together, especially the championship wins and also landmark victories at Le Mans, Daytona, and also Sebring, among others.”.
” He has actually been among Racing the sporting activity’s biggest drivers and also an amazing representative of Chevrolet for nearly two decades– on the track, collaborating with our Corvette manufacturing designers, as well as engaging Corvette proprietors and followers worldwide,” claimed Campbell.
This much is particular, whoever pilots the C8.R Corvette in the 2021 IMSA Competing Season will certainly have some large footwear to fill up.