The Corvette Daytona Prototype is a prototype racing car that began competing in the Rolex series in North America in 2012. It marked Chevrolet's return to Daytona racing as a full constructor, not just as an engine manufacturer. Previously, General Motors had competed in Rolex Sports Car Series under the Pontiac brand as well, but shelved that program when they discontinued the Pontiac brand for the 2010 season.
The car raced in Grand-Am competition from 2012 through 2013 as a Daytona Prototype and then continued in the P class in the IMSA Tudor SportsCar Championship Series, now called the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
With the change to IMSA racing, the car was updated to compete against ex-ALMS P2 cars. These included carbon brakes, carbon clutch, large rear diffuser (not part of Grand-Am rules), dual element rear wing, and other aerodynamic upgrades. For 2015, an aesthetic upgrade included a C7 style grille, headlights, and taillights.
The 5.5 L port injected LS based GM small-block engine was built by ECR Engines and features individual throttle bodies and a dry sump oil system.
Results summary
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. YearEntrantClassDriversRounds12345678910112014 Action Express RacingP João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Burt Frisselle5AllAll1-2, 116 DAY1 SEB3 LBH3 LGA4 DET6 WGL3 MOS4 IMS1 ELK1 COA3 PET23491st Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix John Martin Jon Fogarty91-2, 6, 111-2, 6, 11112, 6, 11 DAY3 SEB8 LBH LGA DET WGL4 MOS IMS ELK COA PET1010613th Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor10AllAll1-2, 6, 111 DAY2 SEB7 LBH2 LGA2 DET1 WGL5 MOS3 IMS4 ELK10 COA7 PET13302nd Marsh Racing Eric Curran Boris Said Max Papis Bradley Smith Guy Cosmo Burt Frisselle31All1-7, 10-111, 112, 68-9 DAY10 SEB12 LBH10 LGA6 DET10 WGL6 MSPDNS IMS11 ELK5 COA8 PET52379th Spirit of Daytona Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller90AllAll1-2, 11 DAY4 SEB10 LBH5 LGA5 DET2 WGL1 MOS2 IMS3 ELK4 COA6 PET73183rd GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Jon Fogarty Memo Gidley Alex Gurney Darren Law991111DAY18 SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK COA PET1418th2015 Action Express RacingP João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Max Papis5AllAll1-2, 106 DAY2 SEB1 LBH5 LGA4 BEL3 WGL3 MOS5 ELK2 COA6 PET13091st Dane Cameron Eric Curran Max Papis Phil Keen31AllAll1-2, 6, 101 DAY4 SEB5 LBH4 LGA5 DET1 WGL4 MOS2 ELK1 COA5 PET33043rd Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli10AllAll1-2, 6, 10 DAY16 SEB2 LBH1 LGA2 DET6 WGL6 MOS1 ELK8 COA2 PET42925th VisitFlorida.com Racing Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Guy Cosmo90AllAll1-2, 101 DAY3 SEB3 LBH3 LGA1 DET5 WGL1 MOS4 ELK5 COA3 PET53062nd2016 Action Express RacingP João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque Scott Pruett5AllAll1-2, 6, 101-2 DAY4 SEB3 LBH2 LGA7 DET2 WGL1 MOS2ELK2 COA3 PET53112nd Dane Cameron Eric Curran Simon Pagenaud Jonathan Adam Scott Pruett Filipe Albuquerque31AllAll1, 10126 DAY6 SEB2 LBH3 LGA3 DET6 WGL2 MOS1 ELK1 COA2 PET43141st Wayne Taylor Racing Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Rubens Barrichello10AllAll1-2, 6, 101-2 DAY2 SEB12 LBH1 LGA6 DET1 WGL4 MOS3 ELK3 COA1 PET33093rd VisitFlorida Racing Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay Ryan Dalziel90All1-3, 101-2, 4-10 DAY3 SEB5 LBH6 LGA2 BET7 WGL6 MOS4 ELK6 COA7 PET72735thSources:
See also Chevrolet Corvette GTP Cadillac DPi-V.R Daytona Prototype
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