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2010 Le Mans 24 Performance Invites
2010 Le Mans 24 Performance Invites
November 21 2009 02:24:47 PM EST
The ACO announced the automatically-invited list of entrants to the 2010 Le Mans 24 [and here].
It’s all based on '09 Top2 @ LM, Petit LM wins, and Series Championships [ALMS, LMS, AsiaLM].
Naturally, a few Corvettes made it in via last year’s GT1 work -

* Corvette Racing [C6.R] - 1st Le Mans 24 Hours 2009
* Luc Alphand Aventures [C6.R] - 2nd Le Mans 24 Hours 2009
* Luc Alphand Aventures [C6.R] - 1st Le Mans Series 2009
* JLOC [Lamborghini Murcielago R-GT] - 1st Asian Le Mans Series 2009
* Vitaphone Racing Team [Maserati MC12] - 1st FIA GT 2009
* PK Carsport [Corvette C6.R] - 2nd FIA GT 2009

So, here we get to the “What Now?’ part.

Corvette Racing runs in GT2. We know the Team qualifies for entry, not the car, as one year Vitaphone got into the race on the Maserati's season results, then ran an AM instead. BUT, can a Team jump classes? And @ present, that’s only one car for CR, not two.

FYI, the GT2 invitees are -

* Risi Competizione [Ferrari F430] - 1st Le Mans 24 Hours 2009
* BMS Scuderia Italia [Ferrari F430] - 2nd Le Mans 24 Hours 2009
* Team Felbermayr-Proton [Porsche 997 GT3 RSR] - 1st Le Mans Series 2009
* JMW Motorsport [Ferrari F430] - 2nd Le Mans Series 2009
* Flying Lizard Motorsports [Porsche 997 GT3 RSR] - 1st American Le Mans Series 2009
* Hankook Team Farnbacher [Ferrari F430] - 1st Asian Le Mans Series 2009
* AF Corse [Ferrari F430] - 1st FIA GT 2009
* ProSpeed Competition [Porsche 997 GT3 RSR] - 2nd FIA GT 2009
* Risi Competizione [Ferrari F430 GT] - 1st Petit Le Mans 2009

CR has inquiries to the ACO. Stay tuned. Of course, the ACO has their ‘by-choice’ invites later this year, with a selection system that bumps right up against the definition of ‘arbitrary’. Corvette is such a popular friend of the race, we feel no worries.

The REAL questions - Will we have TWO Corvette class competitors - the Factory GT2's and GT1 cars modded to new spec GT1 rules? Which will be faster? Will Corvette win 2 classes?