Corvette Racing's roster of championship-winning drivers will return in 2008 to race the Chevrolet factory team's twin Compuware Corvette C6.R race cars in the 12-race American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen will drive the #3 Corvette C6.R, joined by Ron Fellows for the three endurance races at Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans, while Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta will drive the #4 car, teamed with Max Papis in long-distance events.Ron Fellows, the charter member of the Corvette Racing fraternity, has been part of the team since initial testing began in 1997. A four-time winner of the ALMS Most Popular Driver award, the Canadian star will attend selected ALMS races as a consultant and Corvette ambassador when he is not racing.Fellows also intend to compete in selected NASCARSprint Cup and Nationwide Series road races in '08."It's been very special to be a part of Corvette Racing since day one," Fellows said. "People around the world now recognise and respect the Corvette brand as a result of the success in top-level racing that the team has achieved over the years. It's also been very gratifying to see how the race programme has been integrated with the production Corvette, first with the sixth-generation Corvette and the Z06, and now with the Corvette ZR1."Like every member of the Corvette Racing team, Fellows has his eyes firmly fixed on the GT1 prize at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: "Le Mans is our Super Bowl," he said. "It's such an important race, and competing there is something I'm not ready to give up yet."
Corvette returns to le Mans