Corvette and Cadillac at Long Beach: GM Dominates

By Justin Banner - May 2, 2014

GM put on a dominating performance at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach in the GTLM class of the Tudor United Sportscar Series and in the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge GT class as well. It was flag to flag racing for both. Here’s the brief!

Jan Magnussen secured the pole for this 100 minute sprint race at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach while Antonio Garcia made sure to get enough distance during his stint behind the wheel. “It’s been a really good race for us,” said Antonio, “We couldn’t expect more. We saw yesterday that we were very fast. I think 50 percent of the race was done by Jan yesterday in qualifying.”

The number 4 Corvette with Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner also had a successful Grand Prix of Long Beach, moving up a position and finishing in third place of GTLM. This was a far more successful IMSA race compared to Sebring and Daytona. Gavin stated, “I was also struggling with high tire pressures for some reason. We just missed that all weekend. I don’t know why but maybe we need to look at the systems we have. We kept the car in the race. Tommy got in and did a sterling job and got us right up behind the BMW but I think it was a bit too much to do to get by that car.”

The Cadillac CTS.V.R coupes of Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim started first and second for the GT class of the SCCA World Challenge and never looked back. They utterly dominated the entire race. “This is kind of what I was expecting this weekend,” O’Connell said. “What we bring as a team is four years of experience racing on this tight track. When we pull off of the trailer we are in our sweet spot.”

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Corvette and Cadillac at Long Beach: GM Dominates

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