Whenever we call Corvette’s sports cars, we tend to think about the two seater cars that look amazing on the road and make us look amazing whenever we drive down the road. However, we forget that many Corvettes are actually called sports cars for a reason, and that is because they are meant to participate in actual sports.
 
Corvette race cars exist and they make sure that they are designed to win on the track, and every single generation of Corvette has churned out a race car. Here’s what you need to know about the history of Corvettes on the race track, as well as some facts about some of these race cars!

What Is Sports Car Racing?

Sports car racing is different from motorsport racing, because the sports cars are two seater cars and the wheels on the sports cars are enclosed. Rather than the speed focused races of open wheel racing and other forms of car racing, these races tend to focus on long race times and distances. So it is less about the driver and their skills, and more about the durability of the car and its reliability.
 
Sports car racing pits some of the best cars and drivers against one another in massive races, and there are two types of cars that often show up to play. The first is the Sports prototype car, which is the pinnacle of race car design and also is a step up from what it available on the road. These cars are designed to race and to win, while also providing information for the next generation of road going cars.
 
Grand touring cars are designed to be regulated cars that might look like the type of cars that are currently rolling off the production line, but in their interior they are pure bred racing cars. Most of the Corvettes on the race track fall under this category, because while they might look like traditional cars, they are designed to be race cars.

The C7.R Sports Car

The C7.R Sports Car was revealed in 2014, and while this car used the C7 generation Corvette as a base, it did incorporate the development from the previous generation’s car: The C6.R because the lessons learned from that car were too great to ignore.
 
This sports car has a 5.5 liter engine, as well as a six speed sequential manual transmission that is designed for racing, as well as 18 inch Michelin racing tires, and adjustable coil over strut assemblies for track duty. This car was designed to race and to win, and it did!
 
While you might not be able to have an epic race car, you can make your normal car look amazing with some C7 engine bay accessories, such as the 2015-2019 Fluid Cap Cover Set with Z06 SUPERCHARGED lettering & real carbon fiber accent, the Grand Sport Fuse Box Cover, and the 2016-2019 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport Fluid Cap Cover Set