When Chevrolet uses its Nascar experience in IMSA

Reserved for the two categories GTLM and GTD, the test of Roval of Charlotte (North Carolina) will offer a unique challenge to the teams operating in IMSA.

A future headache for engineers to make the most of their cars over a relatively short period of time, but facing which the clan Corvette racing will be able to count on choice reinforcement.

With the experience of the teams involved in Nascar and having already competed on this Roval, the official Corvette C8.Rs will be able to benefit from important data, especially since Nascar will also occur in Charlotte this weekend.

Chevrolet also won the last edition of the event in 2019, with Chase Elliott, resident of Hendrick Motorsports.

“The biggest crossover between what we do at Corvette Racing and the Chevrolet teams in Nascar are the tools we use primarily in the simulation space: lap time simulations through to driver involvement, comments Ben Johnson, Team Manager of Corvette Racing.

We wanted to learn as much as we could from the Nascar group to see how we can best use the track model. Ultimately, the cars are very different, but at Chevrolet, we use some of the same technology to learn a lot from those who used these tools for Charlotte.

We tried to learn as much as we could from the Nascar team on the track itself. This is where they have a lot of experience understanding the grip profile of the track. Regardless of the car or tire, you can use this to accelerate learning at Corvette Racing. »

Corvette fera face à BMW et au retour de Porsche, absente du dernier meeting de Mid-Ohio, après la découverte de cas de Covid-19 dans la foulée des 24 Hours of Le Mans last September.