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March 18, 2006

At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 54th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in GT1 class, 3rd overall: Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen in the #4 Corvette C6-R.

May 12, 2006

At the Reliant Park raceway in Houston, Texas, the Lone Star Grand Prix race is held, round two of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in GT1 class, 2nd overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6-R.
  • 2nd in GT1 class, 3rd overall: Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.

May 21, 2006

At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, the Speed World Challenge race is held, round four of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 1st: Lou Gigliotti in the #28 Corvette C6.

May 21, 2006

At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, the American Le Mans at Mid-Ohio race is held, round three of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6-R.
  • 2nd in GT1 class: Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.

June 17, 2006

At the Circuit de la Sarthe in France, the 74th Michelin 24 Hours of Le Mans race is held, over two days.
  • 1st in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen in the #64 Corvette C6-R.
  • 3rd in GT1 class: Jerome Policand, Patrice Goueslard, and Luc Alphond in the #72 Corvette C5-R.

2006

In Oschersleben, Germany, the round two race of the FIA GT3 European Championship is held.
  • Finishing 3rd is the Team Riverside #19 Corvette Z06.R, driven by Thierry Rabineau and James Ruffier.

2006

In Oschersleben, Germany, the round three race of the FIA GT3 European Championship is held.
  • Finishing 3rd is the Team Riverside #19 Corvette Z06.R, driven by Thierry Rabineau and James Ruffier.

2006

At the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the Proximus 24 Hours of Spa is held.
  • Finishing 3rd is the GLPK Racing #4 Corvette C6.R driven by Longin, Kumpen, Hezemans, and Mollekens.

2006

At the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the fifth round race of the FIA GT3 European Championship is held.
  • Finishing 3rd is the Team Carsport/Callaway #18 Z06.R driven by John Heinricy and Jurgen von Gartzen.

July 1, 2006

At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lakeville, Connecticut, the New England Grand Prix race is held, round four of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 2nd in GT1 (33/1000th behind 1st): Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.

July 15, 2006

At the Miller Motorsports Park raceway in Tooele, Utah, the Miller Dealers Utah Grand Prix race is held, round six of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 1st: Lou Gigliotti in the #28 Corvette C6.

July 15, 2006

At the Miller Motorsports Park raceway in Tooele, Utah, the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix race is held, round five of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 3rd in GT1 class: Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.

July 22, 2006

At the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon, the Portland Grand Prix race is held, round six of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6-R.
  • 3rd in GT1 class: Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.

August 20, 2006

At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the Generac 500 at Road America race is held, round seven of the SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT series.
  • 3rd: Leighton Reese in the #6 Corvette C6.

August 20, 2006

At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the Generac 500 at Road America race is held, round seven of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in GT1 class: Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.
  • 2nd in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6-R.

September 3, 2006

At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the Grand Prix of Mosport race is held, round eight of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 2nd in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6-R.

September 30, 2006

At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the Petit Le Mans race is held, round nine of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 3rd in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen in the #4 Corvette C6-R.

September 30, 2006

At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, the Monterey Sports Car Championships race is held, round ten (final) of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 2nd in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6-R.
  • 3rd in GT1 class: Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell in the #3 Corvette C6-R.

March 16, 2007

At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 1st overall: Eric Curran in the #30 Corvette.
  • 3rd overall: Tomy Drissi in the #15 Corvette.

March 17, 2007

At the Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida, the 55th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring race is held, round one of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 7th overall: Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, Max Papis in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 8th overall: Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

March 31, 2007

At the St. Petersburg street circuit in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg race is held, round two of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 8th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 23rd overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

April 14, 2007

At the Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California, the Grand Prix of Long Beach race is held, round three of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 10th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 11th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

April 15, 2007

At the Long Beach street circuit in Long Beach, California, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race is held, round two of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 1st overall: Eric Curran in the #30 Corvette.
  • 3rd overall: Lou Gigliotti in the #28 Corvette.

April 21, 2007

At the JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas, the Lone Star Grand Prix race is held, round four of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 10th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 11th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.

May 19, 2007

At the Miller Motorsports Park raceway in Tooele, Utah, the Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix race is held, round three of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 2nd overall: Lou Gigliotti in the #28 Corvette.
  • 3rd overall: Doug Peterson in the #87 Corvette.

May 19, 2007

At the Miller Motorsports Park raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Utah Grand Prix race is held, round five of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 8th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 9th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

June 10, 2007

At the Watkins Glen International raceway in Watkins Glen, New York, the Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen race is held, round five of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 3rd overall: Lou Gigliotti in the #28 Corvette.

July 7, 2007

At the Lime Rock Park raceway in Lakeville, Connecticut, the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix race is held, round six of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 8th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 9th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

July 21, 2007

At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, the Acura Spotrs Car Challenge race is held, round seven of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 11th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 12th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

July 22, 2007

At the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, the Acura Sports Car Challenge race is held, round seven of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 1st overall: Eric Curran in the #30 Corvette.

August 11, 2007

At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the Generac 500 at Road America race is held, round eight of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 12th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 13th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.

August 25, 2007

At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the Grand Prix of Mosport race is held, round eight of the SPEED GT Championship series.
  • 1st overall: Eric Curran in the #30 Corvette.

August 26, 2007

At the Mosport International Raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the Grand Prix of Mosport race is held, round nine of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 10th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 11th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.
  • 3rd in LMGT1 class, 12th overall: Ron Fellows and Andy Pilgrim in the #33 Corvette C6.R.

September 1, 2007

At the Detroit street circuit in Detroit, Michigan, the Detroit Sports Car Challenge race is held, round ten of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 10th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 11th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.

October 6, 2007

At the Road Atlanta racetrack in Braselton, Georgia, USA, the Petit Le Mans race is held, round eleven of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 9th overall: Oliver Gavin, Max Papis, and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.

October 20, 2007

At the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, the Monterey Sports Car Championships race is held, round twelve (final) of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in LMGT1 class, 11th overall: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in LMGT1 class, 12th overall: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Corvette C6.R.

September 14, 2008

National Auto Sport Association 3rd Annual National Competition at Mid-Ohio Raceway.
  • 1st in class in ST1 race: Aaron Pfadt in the Pfadt Race Engineering C5 Corvette.
  • 2nd in class in ST1 race: Danny Popp in a Corvette C5.
  • 3rd in class in ST1 race: Bob Mayer in a Corvette C5.

September 16, 2008

The Detroit Sports Car Challenge race is held, at Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix circuit, round 9 of the American Le Mans Series.
  • 1st in GT1 class: Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the #4 Compuware Corvette C6.R.
  • 2nd in GT1 class: Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen in the #3 Compuware Corvette C6.R.
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Other web pages of interest:
  • Chronology of Chevrolet Corvettes
  • Chevrolet Corvette References in Pop Culture
  • Corvettes on Postage Stamps
  • Ken P's Today in History
  • This Day in History

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