Though it won the GTD class in the 2025 Rolex 24, the No. 13 Corvette Z06 GT3.R of AWA Racing won’t see any more track time in its life. But that doesn’t mean it’s not appreciated. It’s being preserved in the exact condition it rolled off the track in, added to AWA’s collection as a memento to the team’s monumental accomplishment.
According to a report from Sportscar365, the winning Corvette Z06 GT3.R may occasionally be rolled out as a show car, but it won’t be used for competition ever again. The decision to remove it from the pool of competition-ready race cars left AWA in a bit of a lurch, though, because the chassis was originally intended to be used again. In fact, the chassis, which is tagged as chassis No. 17, was intended for use in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, prompting the team to scramble to put together a new race car.
“With the decision to retire the Rolex-winning car, we just basically moved the Le Mans car now to the IMSA car and we have a new Le Mans car coming for our team to prep. It’s been busy just getting the new car prepped for IMSA,” Wojteczko said. “I think we’re gonna have a few days (after the test to reflect on the win), so I’m really looking forward to that. Yeah, it’s a good morale boost, for sure.”
Wojteczko went on to give Charlie Ping and data engineer Baptiste Viala kudos for their efforts over the offseason, which ultimately led to the team’s winning Rolex 24 performance.
“We came into the offseason feeling good where we’re at in durability and from an operations point of view,” Wojteczko said. “We knew we still weren’t where we wanted to be base-wise, and the offseason for our engineering staff was primarily focused on performance. Charlie and Baptiste especially spent basically from the checker at (Motul Petit Le Mans in October) to the green flag at Daytona fully focused on performance and improving our internal tools and improving our understanding of the car and the focus on performance.”
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