CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Triple Threat

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CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: Triple Threat

TF Sport aiming for third straight win in Corvette’s home race

 

DETROIT (August 31, 2026) – TF Sport is bringing its pair of Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs home to the U.S. as the FIA World Endurance Championship makes its lone American stop this weekend at Circuit of The Americas for Sunday’s six-hour Lone Star Le Mans.


 America’s sports car is on a two-race win streak in the highly competitive LMGT3 class with both the No. 33 TF Sport and No. 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvettes firmly entrenched in the championship standings as a result.


Texan Ben Keating, Jonny Edgar and Nicky Catsburg are the reigning 24 Hours of Le Mans winners in the No. 33 Corvette. That result catapulted the No. 33 crew into the lead of the Teams points standings, and the top-three in the Drivers Championship are Edgar, Catsburg and Keating, in that order.

 
Catsburg missed the previous race in Brazil due to his commitments in IMSA, and Keating sat out the first two rounds of the season due to an elbow injury.

 
The trio of Charlie Eastwood, Salih Yoluc and Peter Dempsey were winners at Sāo Paulo for their first victory of the season. The result moved the No. 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF Corvette to fourth in the Teams championship, and only the No. 33 sister car has scored more points the last three races than the red No. 34 entry.

 
Of note, Eastwood and Yoluc were TF Sport teammates in a winning run in Austin at the 2020 COTA WEC race.

 

The Corvette Z06 GT3.R already is a winner at Circuit of the Americas, having won in GT World Challenge America competition in 2024 and 2025. As a program, Corvette Racing has five victories in both IMSA and SRO competition. Three generations of Corvette – C6.R, C7.R and Z06 GT3.R – have won at the circuit.

 
The six-hour Lone Star Le Mans race for the FIA World Endurance Championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, September 6. Live streaming coverage of the race, qualifying and Hyperpole, plus timing and scoring is available through a subscription on FIA WEC Plus with additional live streaming on the HBO Max app in the U.S. Radio Le Mans also will provide live streaming audio coverage of all sessions as well.


ANDREA HIDALGO, CORVETTE RACING PROGRAM MANAGER: “We’re all very excited for Sunday’s race at Circuit of The Americas, especially with it being our home round of the WEC season. It’s a big deal for us, for everyone at TF Sport and the fans who will be watching. Obviously we couldn’t ask for better momentum coming into the event off wins for TF Sport at Le Mans and Brazil. Everything is clicking together nicely: the performance of the drivers, the engineering preparation and strategy as well as the execution and setup by the crew. This event will be a challenge, as it always is. The competition will be tough but so will the extreme heat both on and off the track. The way the team is able to manage that through the car, the tire degradation and themselves will go a long way toward finding success - and more points - this weekend."

CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R PRE-EVENT DRIVER QUOTES


NICKY CATSBURG, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “The result in Brazil means I can’t win the championship anymore but I kind of knew that was going to be the situation. We saw that coming so for Jonny it was important to score some points. But the goal is always to win the championship. Even though it might be just Jonny, we’ve all done it together – with Nico’s help and also with Blake’s help. But the goal remains the same: we need to have good races and score as many points as possible. Brazil was very good for them. With the additional weight, the team did a great job to get points. I feel like COTA might be a little difficult again in terms of weight. It’s a home race for Ben so it’s cool to be there. I like the high-speed first sector, but what I dislike about it is that you can do track limits everywhere and it’s a very un-American track in that way. But it’s still a cool place to go to and it’s a track I haven’t been to in a very long time. I’m looking forward to it.”


JONNY EDGAR, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “I really enjoyed driving at COTA last year, especially Sector One. It was a difficult race for us. We struggled for pace in the wet and had a lot of different things go wrong. It was one of those days but I’m looking forward to going back. I feel like this year going back to this track for the second time, I’m much more comfortable straight away. In general I feel much more comfortable in the car. Last year was my first full season in GT racing so I feel quite a big improvement in my own performance. I feel like everything comes easier now. I can jump in and drive naturally and not have to think quite as much. Hopefully it’s a similar improvement at COTA. It’s Corvette’s home race and Ben’s as well. We want to do well everywhere but obviously there is extra incentive to have a good race this weekend.”


BEN KEATING, NO. 33 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “We come to my home race leading the championship and having won Le Mans. It will be tough because we are still carrying some success ballast and it’s such a long track. Having said all that, I’ve been very successful at COTA through the years. I think I won the first four races I did there including a 24-hour race overall. I’m also planning to have a lot of guests there. As I have my name on the side of the car from my Keating Chevrolet dealership, it would be great to win in Texas or be on the podium. We will see.”


CHARLIE EASTWOOD, NO. 34 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “We’re coming off finally breaking through with the win at Brazil. The team effort was amazing, and both Peter and Salih drove really well to put us in a position where I just needed to bring it home. Now we’re hoping to continue that at COTA, which is a completely different track but it’s one I really enjoy. It’s the home race for Corvette and Peter’s only chance to race in the U.S., so we want to give it all we can to make it two in a row. There is a lot of good momentum within TF Sport at the moment – our win, the great result at Le Mans and how things are going with the ELMS entry. Really looking forward to this weekend to see if we can keep it up.”


SALIH YOLUC, NO. 34 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “It will be good to go back to COTA. We won there with TF the last time I raced there and I really like it there. It’s fast and flowing, especially the first sector. It has a little bit of everything. I don’t think you can really compare it to any other track on the calendar. That’s what makes it quite unique in its own way.”


PETER DEMPSEY, NO. 34 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Z06 GT3.R: “It’s another new track for me. I tested a Radical there back when we had a Radical team but I never raced there. Obviously it’s Corvette’s home race and my home race at this point of my life. It will feel good to come in after the win in Brazil, and I think we are still on a high from it. The track in Austin is a tricky one. In a GT3 car it’s going to be all about track usage. You want to make sure you’re good in the brake zones but also use the track to maximize track limits. It’s very different to Interlagos, for example, where you don’t get away with much. It will be a new experience so I’m looking forward to it.”


2026 FIA World Endurance Championship Points

LMGT3 Drivers Standings

1. Jonny Edgar – 76

2. Nicky Catsburg – 72

3. Ben Keating – 54

4. Riccardo Pera/Richard Lietz/Yasser Shahin – 49

5. Anthony McIntosh/Daniel Harper/Parker Thompson – 43

6. Charlie Eastwood/Peter Dempsey/Salih Yoluc – 43

 
LMGT3 Teams Standings

1. No. 33 TF Sport – 76

2. No. 92 The Bend Manthey – 49

3. No. 69 Team WRT – 43

4. No. 34 Racing Team Turkey by TF – 43

5. No. 21 Vista AF Corse – 42

 
CORVETTE RACING AT COTA: By the Numbers

• 2: Consecutive race wins for TF Sport in FIA WEC competition: 24 Hours of Le Mans (No. 33 Corvette) and Six Hours of Sāo Paulo (No. 34 Corvette)

• 3: Generations of Corvette Racing entries at COTA since 2013 – Corvette C6.R (2013), Corvette C7.R (2014-2019) and the mid-engine Corvette C8.R – which raced at COTA for the first time in WEC competition in 2020 – and Z06 GT3.R, both of which are eighth-gen Corvettes

• 5: Class wins at COTA for Corvette Racing entries in two championships: IMSA and GT World Challenge America. The latest came in 2025 from DXDT Racing in GT World Challenge America Pro-Am

• 11: Wins this year for the Corvette Z06 GT3.R including two earlier this year at Circuit of The Americas

• 15: Manufacturer Championships for Chevrolet and Corvette Racing since 2001

• 35: Tracks at which Corvette Racing has won races – Baltimore, Charlotte Motor Speedway, COTA, Canadian Tire Motorsport Park/Mosport, Chang International Circuit (Thailand), Daytona, Detroit, Fuji, Houston, Imola, Indianapolis, Laguna Seca, Le Mans, Lime Rock, Long Beach, Lusail International Circuit (Qatar), Miami, Mid-Ohio, Monza, Portimão, Portland, Road America, Road Atlanta, Sāo Paulo (Brazil), Sebring, Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia), Sonoma, Spa-Francorchamps, St. Petersburg, Texas, Trois Rivieres, Utah, VIR, Washington DC and Watkins Glen

• 44: Number of drivers to win races in Corvette Racing entries since 1999. The latest to join the list were TF Sport’s Peter Dempsey and Salih Yoluc at Sāo Paulo in WEC

• 73: Years since Corvette was introduced to the world on Jan. 17, 1953 in New York City. A total of 300 cars were produced that year

• 86: Number of drivers in Corvette Racing entries since 1999. Steller Motorsports’ Lenny Ried joined the list at the 24 Hours of Spa

• 159: Victories worldwide for Corvette Racing – 119 in IMSA, 10 at Le Mans, six in the FIA WEC, 13 in GT World Challenge America, three in GT World Challenge Asia, GT America and the European Le Mans Series, and one in IGTC/GT World Challenge Europe

• 387: Event starts by Corvette Racing since 1999

• 6,256.04: Number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing in its 12 previous events at Circuit of The Americas

• 511,683.39: Total number of racing miles completed by Corvette Racing since its inception. The program went over the half-million mark at this year’s 24 Hours of Spa

 
Corvette Racing at Circuit of The Americas (wins in bold)

2013 IMSA – No. 3 Corvette C6.R: Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen – 1st in GT

No. 4 Corvette C6.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 11th in GT

 
2014 IMSA – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen – 9th in GTLM

No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner – 10th in GTLM
 

2014 FIA WEC – No. 65 Corvette C7.R: Tommy Milner/Jordan Taylor/Ricky Taylor – 7th in GTE Pro (FIA WEC entry)
 

2015 IMSA – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen: 6th in GTLM

No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner: 8th in GTLM
 

2016 IMSA – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen: 3rd in GTLM

No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner: 5th in GTLM
 

2017 IMSA – No. 3 Corvette C7.R: Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen: 1st in GTLM

No. 4 Corvette C7.R: Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner: 7th in GTLM
 

2020 FIA WEC – No. 63 Corvette C8.R: Jan Magnussen/Mike Rockenfeller: 6th in GTE Pro

 
2024 SRO America – No. 63 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Tommy Milner/Alec Udell – 1st, 1st in GTWC Pro

No. 08 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Bryan Sellers/Scott Smithson – 6th, 11th in GTWC Pro-Am

 
2024 FIA WEC – No. 81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Charlie Eastwood/Rui Andrade/Tom Van Rompuy – 8th in LMGT3

No. 82 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Daniel Juncadella/Sebastien Baud/Hiroshi Koizumi – 17th in LMGT3 (DNF)

 
2025 SRO America – No. 11 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Blake McDonald/Matt Bell – 1st, 3rd in GTWC Pro-Am

No. 50 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Ross Chouest/Aaron Povoledo – 8th, 11th in GTWC Pro-Am

No. 50 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Ross Chouest – 4th, 3rd in GT America SRO3

 
2025 FIA WEC – No. 33 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Daniel Juncadella/Jonny Edgar/Ben Keating – 7th in LMGT3

No. 81 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Charlie Eastwood/Rui Andrade/Tom Van Rompuy – 2nd in LMGT3
 

2026 SRO America – No. 50 Corvette Z06 GT3.R: Ross Chouest – 3rd, 5th in GT America SRO3


Ryan Smith