Chevrolet Corvette C5-R group GT (1999)

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Chevrolet Small Block Gen III LS1.R 366

Analytical specifications and drawings

V8 (90^o) cylinder
5995 cc capacity
OHV, 2 valves per cylinder
multipoint electronic fuel injection
Power output
570 bhp / 425 KW @ 6200 rpm
725 Nm / 535 ft lbs @ 5200 rpm

Chevrolet Small Block Gen III LS1.R 427

Analytical specifications and drawings

V8 (90^o) cylinder
6985 cc capacity
OHV, 2 valves per cylinder
multipoint electronic fuel injection
Power output
610 - 620 bhp / 463 KW @ 6200 rpm
773 - 671 Nm / 495 ft lbs @ 5600 rpm

2004+:
570 bhp / 425 KW @ 5400 rpm
841 Nm / 620 ft lbs @ 4400 rpm

6 speed manual gearbox
1st: 2.97/1
2nd: 2.07/1
3rd: 1.43/1
4th: 1.00/1
5th: 0.84/1
6th: 0.56/1
R: 3.28/1

1st: 2.66/1
2nd: 1.78/1
3rd: 1.30/1
4th: 1.00/1
5th: 0.74/1
6th: 0.50/1
R: 2.90/1
final drive 3.42/1, LSD rear differential
steel monocoque chassis with roll cage. 2 door coupe carbon fibre bodyshell
Front: Short/long arm (SLA) double wishbone, cast aluminum upper & lower control arms, coil springs over adjustable shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
Rear: Short/long arm (SLA) double wishbone, cast aluminum upper & lower control arms, coil springs over adjustable shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
rack and pinion steering, 16.1/1
Length 4643 mm (182.8 in)
Width 1999 mm (78.7 in)
Height 1163 mm (45.8 in)
Wheelbase 2659 mm (104.7 in)
1150kg
drag coefficient 0.30

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Results in FIA GT Championship

2003Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Barce lona	Magny Cours	Pergusa	Brno	Doningt	Spa	Ander storp	Oscher sleben	Estoril	Monza
Team	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km	24h	500km	500km	500km	500km
Escelsior, C5R-007						#106, 18th
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/1						1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Escelsior team (106)

Drivers	Car number
	Barce lona	Magny Cours	Pergusa	Brno	Doningt	Spa	Ander storp	Oscher sleben	Estoril	Monza
Frédéric Bouvy						106
Patrick Selleslagh						106
Marc Vannerum						106
Alain Corbisier						106

2004Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Monza	Valencia	Magny Cours	Hockenh	Brno	Doningt	Spa	Imola	Oschels	Dubai	Zhuhai
Team	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km	24h	500km	500km	500km	500km
Renstal Excelsior, C5R-007							#108, gear box
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/0							1/0

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Renstal Excelsior team (108)

Drivers	Car number
	Monza	Valencia	Magny Cours	Hockenh	Brno	Doningt	Spa	Imola	Oschels	Dubai	Zhuhai
Yvan Lebon							108
Anthony Kumpen							108
Marc Goossens							108
Eric Cayrolle							108

2005Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Monza	Magny Cours	Tourist Trophy	Imola	Brno	Spa	Oschels	Instanbul	Zhuhai	Dubai	Bahrain
Team	500km	500km		500km	500km	24h	500km	2h	500km	500km	500km
GLPK-Carsport, C5R-011	#6, 14th	#6, 4th	#6, dnf	#6, 1st	#6, 4th	#6, disqu alified	#6, 3rd	#6, 5th	#6, 1st	#6, 3rd	#6, 3rd
Renstal Excelsior, C5R-007						#22, 8th
Total points 67		7		10	7	3	8	6	10	8	8
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 12/10	1/1	1/1	1/0	1/1	1/1	2/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show GLPK-Carsport team (6)

Drivers	Car number
	Monza	Magny Cours	Tourist Trophy	Imola	Brno	Spa	Oschels	Instanbul	Zhuhai	Dubai	Bahrain
Bert Longin	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Anthony Kumpen	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Mike Hezemans	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Jeroen Bleekemolen						6
Total points 64		7		10	7		8	6	10	8	8

+ Show Wieth Racing team (22)

Drivers	Car number
	Monza	Magny Cours	Tourist Trophy	Imola	Brno	Spa	Oschels	Instanbul	Zhuhai	Dubai	Bahrain
Eric Cayrolle						22
Bruno Hernandez						22
Jos Menten						22
Marc Duez						22
Total points 3						3

2006Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Tourist Trophy	Brno	Oshcels	Spa	Paul Ricard	Dijion	Mugello	Hungar	Adria	Dubai
Team		500km	500km	24h	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km	500km
Geoffroy Horion				#35, dnf
PSI Experience, C5R-006				#36, 11th
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 2/1				2/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Geoffroy Horion Team (35)

Drivers	Car number
	Tourist Trophy	Brno	Oshcels	Spa	Paul Ricard	Dijion	Mugello	Hungar	Adria	Dubai
Maxime Soulet				35
Geoffroy Horion				35
David Hart				35
Chris Buncombe				35

+ Show PSI Experience Team (36)

Drivers	Car number
	Tourist Trophy	Brno	Oshcels	Spa	Paul Ricard	Dijion	Mugello	Hungar	Adria	Dubai
Pertti Kuismanen				36
Markus Palttala				36
Bernard Dehez				36
Vincent Radermecker				36

2007Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Zhuhai	Tourist Trophy	Bucharest	Monza	Oschers leben	Spa	Adria	Brno	Nogaro	Zolder
Team	2h		2h	2h	2h	24h	2h	2h	2h	2h
PK Carsport, C5R-011	#4, 3rd	#4, 3rd	#4, 5th	#4, 5th	#4, dnf	#4, 3rd	#4, 10th	#4, 3rd	#4, 8th	#4, 2nd
Selleslagh Racing Team, C5R-007		#18, 15th	#18, 14th	#18, 13th		#18, 10th	#18, 20th	#18, 23rd	#18, 23rd	#18, 11th
PSI Experience, C5R-006				#20, 19th
Total points 58	8	8	6	6		9	1	8	3	9
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 19/18	1/1	2/2	2/2	3/3	1/0	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2	2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show PK Carsport Team (4)

Drivers	Car number
	Zhuhai	Tourist Trophy	Bucharest	Monza	Oschers leben	Spa	Adria	Brno	Nogaro	Zolder
Anthony Kumpen	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Bert Longin	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Kurt Mollekens						4
Frédéric Bouvy						4
Total points 57	8	8	6	6		8	1	8	3	9

+ Show Selleslagh Racing Team (18)

Drivers	Car number
	Zhuhai	Tourist Trophy	Bucharest	Monza	Oschers leben	Spa	Adria	Brno	Nogaro	Zolder
Tom Cloet		18	18	18			18	18		18
Pertti Kuismanen		18
Gilles Vannelet			18
Mauro Casadei				18				18
Maxime Soulet						18				18
Damien Coens						18
Marc Duez						18
Steve Van Bellingen						18
Davide Amaduzzi							18
Wilfried Merafina									18
Yvan Lebon									18
Total points 1						1

+ Show PSI Experience Team (20)

Drivers	Car number
	Zhuhai	Tourist Trophy	Bucharest	Monza	Oschers leben	Spa	Adria	Brno	Nogaro	Zolder
Gilles Vannelet				20
Klaus Engelhorn				20

2008Season

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Tourist Trophy	Monza	Adria	Oschers leben	Spa	Bucharest	Brno	Nogaro	Zolder	San Luis
Team		2h	2h	2h	24h	2h	2h	2h	2h	2h
AT Racing, C5R-007	#12, 24th	#12, 19th	#12, 17th	#12, dnf		#12, in entry list	#12, 19th
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 5/4	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/0			1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show AT Racing Team (12)

Drivers	Car number
	Tourist Trophy	Monza	Adria	Oschers leben	Spa	Bucharest	Brno	Nogaro	Zolder	San Luis
Aliaksandr Talkanitsa	12	12	12	12		12	12
Wolfgang Kaufmann	12	12	12	12		12	12

Results in Endurance races

1999Classification in GT2/GTS class is noted in brackets

Team entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Petit Le Mans	Fuji
Date	31/1	20/3	13/6	18/9	7/11
Duration	24h	12h	24h	1600km	1000km
Team\ Championship	US RR	ALMS		ALMS
Corvette Racing, C5R-001 (366)	#2, 18th (3rd)	#3, 23rd (4th)		#3, 14th (5th)
Corvette Racing, C5R-002 (366)	#4, dnf	#4, acci dent		#4, 13th (4th)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/4	2/1	2/1		2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Corvette Racing Team

Drivers	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Petit Le Mans	Fuji
Ron Fellows	2	3		3
Chris Kneifel	2	3		3
John Paul, Jr	2	3		3
Scott Sharp	4	4		4
Andy Pilgrim	4	4		4
John Heinricy	4	4
Kelly Collins				4
Total points 28	8	7		13

2000Classification in GTO/GTS cars is noted in brackets
LS1 427 engine

Team entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Nurburg	Watkins Glen	Petit Le Mans	Adelaide
Date	6/2	18/3	18/6	9/7	17/8	30/9	31/12
Duration	24h	12h	24h	1000km	6h	1600km	1000km
Team\ Championship	GA RR	ALMS		ALMS	GA RR	ALMS	ALMS
Corvette Racing, C5R-001	#3, 2nd	#3, 24th (exhaust valve)	#63, 11th (4th)
Corvette Racing, C5R-002	#4, 24th (10th)	#4, 16th (5th)	#64, 10th (3rd)
Corvette Racing, C5R-003						#3, 11th (3rd)
Corvette Racing, C5R-004						#4, 9th (1st)
Total points 12	9		1			2
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 8/7	2/2	2/1	2/2			2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Corvette Racing Team

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Nurburg	Watkins Glen	Petit Le Mans	Adelaide
Justin Bell	3	3	63			3
Ron Fellows	3	3	63			3
Chris Kneifel	3	3	63			3
Andy Pilgrim	4	4	64			4
Kelly Collins	4	4	64			4
Franck Fréon	4	4	64			4
Total points 49	10	6	15			18

2001Classification in GTS cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Watkins Glen	Le Mans	Estoril	Petit Le Mans
Date	4/2	17/3	22/4	19/5	17/6	15/7	6/10
Duration	24h	12h	1000km	6h	24h	1000km	1600km
Team\ Championship	GA RR	LMS	FIA SC	GA RR		ELMS	LMS
Corvette Racing, C5R-003	#2, 1st	#3, 11th (3rd)			#63, 8th (1st)		#3, disqua lified
Corvette Racing, C5R-004	#3, 4th (2nd)	#4, 7th (2nd)			#64, 14th (2nd)		#4, 6th (1st)
Corvette Racing	#4, in entry list
Total points 29	17	4			3		5
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 8/7	2/2	2/2			2/2		2/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Corvette Racing Team

	Daytona	Sebring	Monza	Watkins Glen	Le Mans	Estoril	Petit Le Mans
Johnny O'Connell	2	3			63		3
Ron Fellows	2	3			63		3
Chris Kneifel	2	3
Franck Fréon	2	4			64		4
Andy Pilgrim	3	4			64		4
Dale Earnhardt	3
Kelly Collins	3	4			64		4
Dale Earnhardt, Jr	3
Scott Pruett					63		3
Total points 65	19	17			19		10

2002Classification in GTS cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Road America	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Date	3/2	16/3	16/6	23/6	7/7	15/9	12/10
Duration	24h	12h	24h	6h	500mil	6h	1600km
Team\ Championship	GA RR	ALMS		GA RR	ALMS	GA RR	ALMS
Corvette Racing, C5R-003		#3, 9th (1st)	#63, 11th (1st)
Corvette Racing, C5R-004		#4, 13th (4th)	#64, 13th (2nd)
Corvette Racing, C5R-005					#3, 6th (2nd)		#3, 9th (1st)
Corvette Racing, C5R-006					#4, 5th (1st)		#4, 11th (3rd)
Total points 15		2			11		2
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 8/8		2/2	2/2		2/2		2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Corvette Racing Team

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Road America	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Ron Fellows		3	63		3		3
Johnny O'Connell		3	63		3		3
Oliver Gavin		3	63		3		3
Andy Pilgrim		4	64		4		4
Kelly Collins		4	64		4		4
Franck Fréon		4	64				4
Total points 73		17	19		19		18

2003Classification in GTS cars is noted in brackets

Team entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Date	2/2	15/3	15/6	22/6	31/8	21/9	18/10
Duration	24h	12h	24h	6h	1000km	6h	1600km
Team\ Championship	GA RR	ALMS		GA RR	FIA SC	GA RR	ALMS
Corvette Racing, C5R-005		#3, 8th (1st)
Corvette Racing, C5R-006		#4, 26th (3rd)
Corvette Racing, C5R-008			#50, 11th (2nd)
Corvette Racing, C5R-009			#53, 12th (3rd)				#3, 14th (5th)
Corvette Racing, C5R-012							#4, 7th (3rd)
Ricky Cole, LMGT 2000-17					#150, 14th (8th)
MCR		#5, in entry list	in entry list
MCR			in entry list
Total points 7		3					4
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 7/7		2/2	2/2		1/1		2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Corvette Racing Team (3, 4)

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Ron Fellows		3	53				3
Johnny O'Connell		3	53				3
Franck Fréon		3	53				3
Oliver Gavin		4	50				4
Kelly Collins		4	50				4
Andy Pilgrim		4	50				4
Total points 49		18	17				14

+ Show MCR Team (5)

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Bob Mazzuoccola		5
Shane Lewis		5	+

+ Show Ricky Cole Team (150)

	Daytona	Sebring	Le Mans	Watkins Glen	Spa	Mont Tremblant	Petit Le Mans
Ricky Cole					150
Peter Le Bas					150
Paula Cook					150
Total points 3					3

2004Classification in GTS cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Date	20/3	9/5	13/6	3/7	14/8	12/9	25/9
Duration	12h	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS
Corvette Racing, C5R-011	#3, 4th (1st)		#63, 8th (2nd)				#3, 5th (2nd)
Corvette Racing, C5R-010	#4, clutch		#64, 6th (1st)				#4, 4th (1st)
Total points 28	7		8				13
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/5	2/1		2/2				2/2

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Corvette Racing Team

	Sebring	Monza	Le Mans	Nurburg	Silver stone	Spa	Petit Le Mans
Ron Fellows	3		63				3
Johnny O'Connell	3		63				3
Max Papis	3		63				3
Oliver Gavin	4		64				4
Olivier Beretta	4		64				4
Jan Magnussen	4		64				4
Total points 48	10		19				19

2005Classification in GT1 cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Date	19/3	17/4	19/6	10/7	13/8	4/9	1/10	13/11
Duration	12h	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km	1000km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS	LMS
Pacific Coast Motorsports, C5R-006	#5, 10th (6th)
GLPK Carsport, C5R-011		#62, in entry list
Total points 1	1
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 1/1	1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Pacific Coast Motorsports Team (5)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Ryan Dalziel	5
Alex Figge	5
David Empringham	5
Total points 5	5

+ Show GLPK Carsport Team (62)

	Sebring	Spa	Le Mans	Monza	Silver stone	Nurbu rgring	Petit Le Mans	Istanbul
Mike Hezemans		62
Anthony Kumpen		62
Bert Longin		62

2006Classification in GT1 cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Doni ngton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Date	18/3	9/4	14/5	18/6	16/7	27/8	24/9	30/9
Duration	12h	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS
PSI Experience, C5R-006		#71, in entry list	#71, with drawn	in entry list	#71, in entry list		#71, in entry list
Alphand Aventures, C5R-010		#72, 10th (3rd)	#72, 13th (6th)	#72, 7th (3rd)	#72, 11th (2nd)	#72, 7th (2nd)	#72, dnf
Total points 9		1		4		4
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 7/5		1/1	2/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/0

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show PSI Experience team (71)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Philippe Alliot			71		71
Frédéric Bouvy			71		71
Romain Bera			71		71

+ Show Alphand Aventures team (72)

	Sebring	Istanbul	Spa	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Donin gton	Jarama	Petit Le Mans
Jérôme Policand		72	72	72	72	72	72
Patrice Goueslard		72	72	72	72	72	72
Anthony Beltoise		72	72
Luc Alphand				72	72	72	72
Total points 39		8	5	8	9	9

2007Classification in GT1 cars is noted in brackets

Car entry, chassis number	Car number, result
	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurburgr	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
Date	17/3	15/4	6/5	17/6	1/7	19/8	16/9	6/10	10/11
Duration	12h	1000km	1000km	24h	1000km	1000km	1000km	1600km	1600km
Team\ Championship	ALMS	LMS	LMS		LMS	LMS	LMS	ALMS	LMS
Alphand Aventures, C5R-010		#73, 11th (3rd)	#73, 29th (7th)	#73, 24th (11th)	#73, 23rd (6th)	#73, suspe nsion	#73, 15th (3rd)
Statistics
Works Starts/finishes 6/5		1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/0	1/1

Teams and drivers entries

+ Show Alphand Aventures team (73)

	Sebring	Monza	Valencia	Le Mans	Nurbu rgring	Spa	Silver stone	Petit Le Mans	Mil Milhas
Jean-Luc Blanchemain		73	73	73	73	73	73
Sébastien Dumez		73	73		73	73	73
Vincent Vosse		73		73	73	73	73
Didier André			73	73
Total points 25		8	4		5		8

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