The No. 3 Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R took the green flag from a somewhat disappointing eighth-place qualifying run for the 2025 Detroit Sports Car Classic on May 31st, 2025. But by the time the checkers fell, the No. 3 Corvette duo turned their luck around, bringing the Bowtie Brand across the line in second place after a hard-fought race.
The 100-minute sprint was decidedly insane, but the No. 3 Corvette Racing team was right at home, settling in as they ran the street course looping around GM’s global headquarters in Michigan. Antonio Garcia took control for the first stint, muscling into fourth place after his first half-hour behind the wheel. He swapped the controls to Alexander Sims, who pulled off the fastest lap of the race.
Sims was able to close within a half-second of the class leader before the clock ran down, but had to settle for P2, chasing a Ford Mustang GT3 across the line. Even so, he and Garcia were thrilled with the result – which marked their second consecutive podium finish, and third overall in 2025.
“If I’m perfectly honest, no, I didn’t think this sort of result would be possible with a relatively normal strategy,” Garcia said after the race. “But people fell off all around us. We gained a few positions on the pit stop, we had good pace in clear air, anyway. And it worked out for us this time. It’s impossible to overtake the Ford, but we had the car underneath us. Our Corvette was really working well around the streets here in Detroit.”
Meanwhile, the second Corvette Racing entry, the No. 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Nicky Catsburg and Tommy Milner, suffered early-race contact. The pair shouldered their way back to sixth by the end of the race, a hard-fought result for the damaged Vette.
“A typical street race and a place where it’s hard to pass,” Milner said. “We got roughed up a little bit right at the start, and then got roughed up again the next corner after that. Obviously, we had a little issue with the bumper, which of course, doesn’t affect the driving but we knew what to expect at that point. But frustrating for sure.”
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