Chevrolet's Forgeline-equipped Corvette Z06 GT3.R enjoyed an extremely successful weekend of racing, at the GT America World Challenge Crown Coins Casino GT World event, at Road America, earning two victories and a runner-up in three races over two separate classes.
DXDT Racing continued their strong season in the GT World Challenge America Pro-Am class, with their No.11 Corvette, piloted by the pair of Blake McDonald and Matt Bell. Blake started the weekend with a second place qualifying position on Saturday's grid, while Matt earned the pole position for the start of Sunday's race. The team was able to capitalize on both of these grid positions with identical finish results, scoring a second-place podium spot on Saturday and bringing home the win on Sunday. DXDT's Sunday victory marks their third win of the 2025 season, and their success at Road Atlanta puts them within reach of a possible season championship.
Meanwhile, in Sunday's GT America race, a chaotic first lap brought contact between the Audi and Porsche on the front row, dropping both cars off track and catapulting Ross Chouest into the lead, in the No.50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. While various battles waged for the second place position, Ross calmly drove his own race at the front of the field and brought the No.50 Corvette across the line in first place, scoring his first win of the 2025 season.
Based upon the Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 and sharing the road car’s aluminum chassis, the Corvette GT3.R is powered by a version of the Z06’s 5.5L DOHC LT6 V8 engine mated to a 6-speed sequential transmission. It rides on a motorsports-specific double-wishbone suspension system and a motorsports-specific 6-piston front/4-piston rear AP Racing braking system with unique cooling and quick-change capabilities. Pratt Miller worked with the team at Forgeline Motorsports for several years to develop an application-specific version of Forgeline’s center-locking one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheel that was engineered to deliver optimized performance metrics (in terms of mass, deflection, strength, and durability) specifically for the new Corvette GT3.R, and every Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 GT3.R competes on 18×12.5/18×13 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheels finished in Gloss Black.
Congrats to Blake, Matt, Ross, the entire DXDT Racing and Chouest Povoledo Racing teams, and Team Chevy, and thank you for the trust that you place in Forgeline!
DXDT Racing continued their strong season in the GT World Challenge America Pro-Am class, with their No.11 Corvette, piloted by the pair of Blake McDonald and Matt Bell. Blake started the weekend with a second place qualifying position on Saturday's grid, while Matt earned the pole position for the start of Sunday's race. The team was able to capitalize on both of these grid positions with identical finish results, scoring a second-place podium spot on Saturday and bringing home the win on Sunday. DXDT's Sunday victory marks their third win of the 2025 season, and their success at Road Atlanta puts them within reach of a possible season championship.
Meanwhile, in Sunday's GT America race, a chaotic first lap brought contact between the Audi and Porsche on the front row, dropping both cars off track and catapulting Ross Chouest into the lead, in the No.50 Chouest Povoledo Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. While various battles waged for the second place position, Ross calmly drove his own race at the front of the field and brought the No.50 Corvette across the line in first place, scoring his first win of the 2025 season.
Based upon the Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 and sharing the road car’s aluminum chassis, the Corvette GT3.R is powered by a version of the Z06’s 5.5L DOHC LT6 V8 engine mated to a 6-speed sequential transmission. It rides on a motorsports-specific double-wishbone suspension system and a motorsports-specific 6-piston front/4-piston rear AP Racing braking system with unique cooling and quick-change capabilities. Pratt Miller worked with the team at Forgeline Motorsports for several years to develop an application-specific version of Forgeline’s center-locking one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheel that was engineered to deliver optimized performance metrics (in terms of mass, deflection, strength, and durability) specifically for the new Corvette GT3.R, and every Chevrolet C8 Corvette Z06 GT3.R competes on 18×12.5/18×13 Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheels finished in Gloss Black.
Congrats to Blake, Matt, Ross, the entire DXDT Racing and Chouest Povoledo Racing teams, and Team Chevy, and thank you for the trust that you place in Forgeline!