Every now and then, the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship posts an onboard video of one of its competitors’ cars lapping a circuit it visits with commentary from one of the team’s drivers laid over top.
Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner took us for a lap of Watkins Glen International onboard the No. 4 Corvette C7.R last year and now, they’ve called upon Danish driver Jan Magnussen to do the same in the No. 3 Corvette at Lime Rock Park.
A lap of Lime Rock is extremely short and feels even more so in the fast GTLM-spec C7.R. If you’re talented like former F1 driver Magnussen, you can hustle a GTLM car around Lime Rock in about 51 seconds, meaning the IMSA series completed just shy of 170 laps during their recent 2-hour, 40-minute event there. Sounds tiring.
Check out the video above to see and hear how it’s done at Lime Rock from one of the most experienced drivers on the IMSA GTLM grid.
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it is tireing but i would do it every day if i could. of course i get a break after about 15 laps when i run HPDE or HOD and corvette racing does it faster even though i drive a 15 Z06 im not as fast yet. actually i only have driven one time at the glen with my C6 Z51 sportster but 154 on the front straight and 89 mph through the bus stop is a thrilling expierience. CAN NOT WAIT to get my new Z06 on track, soon i hope.
congratulation corvette racing and everyone involed with these teams on your hard won 100th race. corvette racing is the the way it shouls be done, with honor, sportsmanship and integrity, well done. if i had money all i would do is follow corvette racing to venue and the rest of the time, DRIVE MY Z06 DAY AND NIGHT. A GREAT CAR. I HAVE SEVERE NERVE PAIN FROM VIETNAM. THE REASON I TELL THIS IS I DROVE OVER 8,000 MILES IN THREE WEEKS ONLY STOPPING FOR GAS, COFFEE, BATHROOM BREAKS, A COUPLE HOURS SLEEP HERE OR THERE AND TO FEED RUBI CAT AND I NEVER HAD EXTRA PAIN AND NEVER NEEDED TO GET OUT OF MY Z06 FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN ABOVE REASONS.
CORVETTE, MY OLD C6 Z51 AND NOW MY 15 Z06 ARE THE MOST COMFORTABLE CARS I HAVE EVER OWNED. I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH EITHER EXCEPT CHEVY DEALERSHIP PROBLEMS. CORVETTE HAS TO BE THE BEST CAR EVER. I RUN MINE IN SPORT OR TRACK ALWAYS UNLESS THE ROADS ARE WET AND I DRIVE THEM LIKE I STOLE THEM. GREAT CARS AND A GREAT RACING TEAM, CORVETTE. THANK YOU FOR A GREAT RUN.