Chevy's new GT3-spec Corvette Z06 has been spotted on the track for the first time, together with a one-off NASCAR racer.
. Also appearing: the NASCAR Cup Series Camaro that Hendrick Motorsports is preparing for next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.road car, the Z06 GT3.R will replace the C8.R in IMSA competition starting with the 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona, and be available to customer teams. The change is the result of a rules reshuffling by IMSA to address flagging interest in the GTLM class the C8.R was designed for.
The Z06 GT3.R is expected to use a version of the naturally aspirated, flat-plane crank LT6 5.5-liter V-8 from the Z06 road car, which also has many similarities to the C8.R engine, and will generally be closer to the road-going Corvette than the C8.R, which was designed for the more liberal GTLM rules.
The other new race car shown in the video is Hendrick Motorsports' NASCAR Le Mans racer. Essentially a modified version of theintroduced for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, it's slated to race at Le Mans in 2023 in the special"Garage 56" slot.
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