Callaway-Corvette successful in November
Customer teams victorious at Vallelunga and Dubai
Leingarten, 26.11.2009. Callaway built GT3-Corvette kept their winning
performance in November. At Vallelunga, a Corvette Z06.GT3 developed and
built by Callaway Competition in Germany won the GT3-class of the classic
6h race, while another Callaway customer team was successful in the
UAE-GT-championship at Dubai.
Class victory at Vallelunga:
Callaway's Italian customer team Scuderia 22 finished sixth in last
weekends six hours of Vallelunga and won the GT3-class in the nineteenth
edition of the Italian endurance classic. The Corvette of Emanuele Pirro
/ Elio Marchetti and Carlo Graziani beat two Ferrari, one driven by no
one else then current motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi.
Especially the five times winner of the 24h of Le Mans, Emanuele Pirro,
who drove a Callaway built Corvette for the first time, expressed his
enthusiasm about the Corvettes great performance and handling
characteristics. Callaway Competition team principal Ernst Wohr was
pleased with the latest success: "The Corvette raced by the Scuderia 22
is one of the first GT3 cars built by us. It's great to see that this
car is still competitive after so many racing miles and proves the
durability of our Corvette."
The second victory in Dubai
The Corvette Z06.R GT3 of Callaway's latest customer team "House of
Portiers/TAM Engineering" is still the car to beat in the UAE
GT-Championship. Karim Al-Azhari won also the second round of the new
championship at the Dubai Autodromo and extended his lead in the
championship.
Big interest in Callaway built Corvette Z06.R GT3
The European sports-car season is barely finished, but preparations for
the 2010 season are already well underway. During the last weeks,
Callaway Competition tested several times with interested teams and
drivers at the Hockenheimring. "The drivers and teams were exceptionally
impressed by the Corvette", Callaway's ADAC GT Masters-driver Christian
Hohenadel said, who explained the Corvette to the drivers. "All drivers
were surprised of the really easy handling of the Corvette."
"We have a big interest from a number of teams for next year",
Callaway-team head Ernst Wohr revealed. "Our Corvette is not only quick
and extremely reliable, but offers also one of the best price-performance
ratios of all current GT3 sports-cars."
-credit: callaway.competition
