LS7-R Named Race Engine of the Year

BadBlueBird* · 11-13-2006, 07:55 PM

http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/13/c...e-of-the-year/

Corvette Racing's LS7.R named Race Engine of the Year

Posted Nov 13th 2006 7:58AM by Alex Nunez
Filed under: Motorsports, Sports/GTs, Chevrolet

Corvette Racing's perennial success continued this season, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as sweeping the driver, manufacturer, and team championships for the American Le Mans Series GT1 class after battling their archrival Prodrive Aston Martin DB9Rs all season long. Now the postseason awards are beginning to pile up as well. Ron Fellows, who co-drives the #3 C6.R with Johnny O'Connell, won his third straight ALMS Driver of the Year award, while his crew chief, Dan Binks was recognized for his efforts and named GT1 Crew Chief of the Year.

And it doesn't end there. This week in Germany, the heart of the C6.R, it's LS7.R motor, was recognized as Global Motorsport Engine of the Year by a jury of 50 race engine engineers. When you consider the breadth of global motorsport and the number of outstanding engines competing on circuits week in and week out, the award becomes even more significant. You don't even need to leave ALMS to find another high-profile powerplant that garnered quite a few headlines of its own this past season.

The C6.R's relentless success and reliability stems largely from the excellence of the LS7.R that lives under its long hood -- a trait that is matched or exceeded by the dedication of its drivers and crew. If history is any indication, we can expect more of the same come March when the 2007 season kicks off at Sebring.

**mmciau** · 11-13-2006, 10:25 PM

It would be nice to see all the internals laid out on the bench to see the workmanship.

Mike

**94z28l** · 11-14-2006, 01:16 AM

i love it, so many people try to shit on chevy and they go out and fuck up big name manufacturers time and time again and even cadillac goes out and owns with the CTS-V. GM does it time and time again