Cadillac Racing has no intention of selling its V-Series.R race cars to independent teams competing in the World Endurance Championship and IMSA, according to a recent report from Motorsport.com.
Prior to the debut of the V-Series.R for the 2023 racing season, the luxury marque offered a customer car program, making its DPi-V.R race cars available to the Spirit of Daytona/Flis Motorsports, JDC-Miller and Juncos, along with Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express through 2022. However, the new car demanded a change in strategy, which meant pulling the plug on the program.
Laura Wontrop Klauser, sports car racing program manager at Cadillac for GM, indicated that a customer program just isn’t in the cards right now, saying, “It just doesn’t make sense to go down that path at this point. Customer cars are not happening as of now, but you never use the word definitely in this sport… Different car, different program.”
Currently, Cadillac’s factory racing program supports efforts by Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) and Action Express Racing (AXR) in the WEC and IMSA, respectively. AXR fields a team of two V-Series.R race cars in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the LMDh division, while CGR fields one in the WEC Hypercar class. All three race cars will be on track at the same time in Le Mans this summer, and the luxury marque hopes to build on last year’s podium finish in the historic event.
Cadillac’s decision to forego a customer racing program is almost exactly the opposite of Corvette Racing’s latest business model. GM nixed its factory ‘Vette alliance alongside the discontinuation of the Corvette C8.R race car after the 2023 season. However, Corvette Racing lives on in the form of the new Corvette Z06 GT3.R, which is exclusively available as a customer car.
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