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Chevy launches C6-R.(Competition)(Brief Article)

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General Motors' new Corvette C6-R race car, launched at the Detroit show, will debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring in March. GM will again run a two-car team, competing in the GT1 class (formerly GTS).

The same drivers who piloted the C5-R to its undefeated season in 2004 are back: Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell and Max Papis in one car and Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen in the other.

The C6-R is powered by a 7.0-liter V8 engine with a dry-sump lubrication system, titanium valves and connecting rods and forged steel ...

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