Congrats to the team at Johor Racing for not only earning the victory at the 2025 season opener of GT World Challenge Asia in Sepang, Malaysia, but also scoring the first ever win in GT World Challenge Asia for the new Chevrolet Corvette GT3.R.

The pair of Alexander Sims and Prince Jefri Ibrahim qualified 3rd on the Pro-Am grid in the No.99 Corvette, but they drove a smart and steady race to come out on top, an historic accomplishment for the team, the Corvette GT3.R platform, and the Forgeline one piece forged monoblock SS1R-GT wheels!

Johor Racing's success at their home track in Sepang marks the second third win for the Corvette GT3.R already in the 2025 season, making a strong follow-up to AWA Racing's GTD class victory, at the Rolex 24 at Daytona in January, and TF Sport's WEC LMGT3 victory, at Qatar in February.

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 Prince Jefri, Alexander, the entire Johor Racing team, and Team Chevy, and thank you for the trust that you place in Forgeline!