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Corvette Daytona Prototype

The No. 9 Corvette Daytona Prototype of Action Express Racing competing at the 2012 Rolex 250 in Road America

Category

Daytona Prototype DP

Constructor

Coyote, Dallara, Riley Technologies

Predecessor

Chevrolet Corvette GTP

Successor

Cadillac DPi-V.R

Technical specifications

Chassis

Dallara, Coyote or Riley built steel tube frame

Suspension (front)

Double wishbone, push-rod actuated coil springs over dampers

Suspension (rear)

Double wishbone, push-rod actuated coil springs over dampers

Axle track

(Front) 65.25 in (1,657.3 mm)
(Rear) 64.75 in (1,644.6 mm)

Engine

ECR Engines designed, developed, and produced Chevrolet LS9 based 5.5 litre V8 naturally aspirated, mid-engined, longitudinally mounted

Transmission

EMCO or Xtrac 5 (2012-2013) or 6 (2014 on) sequential manual (2012-2014)
sequential semi-automatic (2015 onwards)

Fuel

Sunoco (2012-2013), VP Racing Fuels (2014-2016)

Competition history

Notable entrants

Spirit of Daytona Racing
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing
Action Express Racing
Wayne Taylor Racing

Debut

2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona

Last win

2016 Lone Star Le Mans

Last event

2016 Petit Le Mans

Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps
45	30	25	19

Constructors' Championships

Drivers' Championships

The Corvette Daytona Prototype is a prototype racing car that began competing in the Rolex series in North America in 2012. It marked Chevrolet's return to Daytona racing as a full constructor, not just as an engine manufacturer. Previously General Motors had competed in Rolex Sports Car Series under the Pontiac brand as well, but shelved that program when they discontinued the Pontiac brand for the 2010 season.

The car raced in Grand-Am competition from 2012 through 2013 as a Daytona Prototype and then continued in the P class in the IMSA Tudor SportsCar Championship Series, now called the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

With the change to IMSA racing, the car was updated to compete against ex-ALMS P2 cars. These included carbon brakes, carbon clutch, large rear diffuser (not part of Grand-Am rules), dual element rear wing, and other aerodynamic upgrades.^[1]^[2] For 2015, an aesthetic upgrade included a C7 style grille, headlights, and taillights.^[3]

The 5.5 L port injected LS based GM small-block engine was built by ECR Engines and features individual throttle bodies and a dry sump oil system.^[4]^[5]

Results summary

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap. (key) Races in bold indicates pole position. Races in italics indicates fastest lap.

Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	Rounds											Pts.	Pos.
Year	Entrant	Class	Drivers	No.	Rds.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pts.	Pos.
2014	Action Express Racing	P	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Burt Frisselle	5	All All 1-2, 11 6	DAY 1	SEB 3	LBH 3	LGA 4	DET 6	WGL 3	MOS 4	IMS 1	ELK 1	COA 3	PET 2	349	1st
	Action Express Racing		Brian Frisselle Burt Frisselle Fabien Giroix John Martin Jon Fogarty	9	1-2, 6, 11 1-2, 6, 11 1 1 2, 6, 11	DAY 3	SEB 8	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL 4	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA	PET 10	106	13th
	Wayne Taylor Racing		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Wayne Taylor	10	All All 1-2, 6, 11 1	DAY 2	SEB 7	LBH 2	LGA 2	DET 1	WGL 5	MOS 3	IMS 4	ELK 10	COA 7	PET 1	330	2nd
	Marsh Racing		Eric Curran Boris Said Max Papis Bradley Smith Guy Cosmo Burt Frisselle	31	All 1-7, 10-11 1, 11 2, 6 8-9	DAY 10	SEB 12	LBH 10	LGA 6	DET 10	WGL 6	MSP DNS	IMS 11	ELK 5	COA 8	PET 5	237	9th
	Spirit of Daytona Racing		Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller	90	All All 1-2, 11	DAY 4	SEB 10	LBH 5	LGA 5	DET 2	WGL 1	MOS 2	IMS 3	ELK 4	COA 6	PET 7	318	3rd
	GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing		Jon Fogarty Memo Gidley Alex Gurney Darren Law	99	1 1 1 1	DAY 18	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA	PET 10	14	18th
2015	Action Express Racing	P	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Sébastien Bourdais Max Papis	5	All All 1-2, 10 6	DAY 2	SEB 1	LBH 5	LGA 4	BEL 3	WGL 3	MOS 5	ELK 2	COA 6	PET 1		309	1st
	Action Express Racing		Dane Cameron Eric Curran Max Papis Phil Keen	31	All All 1-2, 6, 10 1	DAY 4	SEB 5	LBH 4	LGA 5	DET 1	WGL 4	MOS 2	ELK 1	COA 5	PET 3		304	3rd
	Wayne Taylor Racing		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli	10	All All 1-2, 6, 10	DAY 16	SEB 2	LBH 1	LGA 2	DET 6	WGL 6	MOS 1	ELK 8	COA 2	PET 4		292	5th
	VisitFlorida.com Racing		Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook Mike Rockenfeller Guy Cosmo	90	All All 1-2, 10 1	DAY 3	SEB 3	LBH 3	LGA 1	DET 5	WGL 1	MOS 4	ELK 5	COA 3	PET 5		306	2nd
2016	Action Express Racing	P	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Filipe Albuquerque Scott Pruett	5	All All 1-2, 6, 10 1-2	DAY 4	SEB 3	LBH 2	LGA 7	DET 2	WGL 1	MOS 2	ELK 2	COA 3	PET 5		311	2nd
	Action Express Racing		Dane Cameron Eric Curran Simon Pagenaud Jonathan Adam Scott Pruett Filipe Albuquerque	31	All All 1, 10 1 2 6	DAY 6	SEB 2	LBH 3	LGA 3	DET 6	WGL 2	MOS 1	ELK 1	COA 2	PET 4		314	1st
	Wayne Taylor Racing		Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Rubens Barrichello	10	All All 1-2, 6, 10 1-2	DAY 2	SEB 12	LBH 1	LGA 6	DET 1	WGL 4	MOS 3	ELK 3	COA 1	PET 3		309	3rd
	VisitFlorida Racing		Marc Goossens Ryan Hunter-Reay Ryan Dalziel	90	All 1-3, 10 1-2, 4-10	DAY 3	SEB 5	LBH 6	LGA 2	BET 7	WGL 6	MOS 4	ELK 6	COA 7	PET 7		273	5th
Sources:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ Dagys, John (October 26, 2013). "DP Aero Updates Set for Production, Track Testing". SportsCar365.com. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
^ Dagys, John (October 28, 2013). "IMSA Releases Updated Draft DP Technical Regulations". SportsCar365.com. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
^ "Corvette DPs to Feature New C7 Style Bodywork in 2015". SportsCar365.com. December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
^ "Corvette DPs at COTA: Closing in on Another Engine Manufacturer Championship". media.chevrolet.com (Press release). September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^ "Proze prototype" (PDF). rameywomer.files.wordpress.com. 2017. pp. 30–43. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^ "2014 TUDOR Championship Official Points REVISED.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "2015 TUDOR Championship Points Standings - Official.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Point Standings" (PDF). results.imsa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Complete Archive of Chevrolet Corvette DP". Racing Sports Cars. pp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

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Cars that competed in the 2014 United SportsCar Championship

Prototype

DP	Corvette Daytona Prototype Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Riley Mk XXVI DP
LMP2	HPD ARX-03b Ligier JS P2 Morgan LMP2 Lola B12/80 Mazda Oreca 03
Garage 56	DeltaWing DWC13

Oreca FLM09

GTLM

GTD

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Cars that competed in the 2015 United SportsCar Championship

Prototype

DP	Corvette Daytona Prototype Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Riley Mk XXVI DP
LMP2	HPD ARX-03b HPD ARX-04b Ligier JS P2 Lola B12/80 Mazda
Garage 56	DeltaWing DWC13

Oreca FLM09

GTLM

GTD

« previous

Cars that competed in the 2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship

Prototype

DP	Corvette Daytona Prototype Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Riley Mk XXVI DP
LMP2	BR Engineering BR01 Ligier JS P2 Lola B12/80 Mazda Oreca 05
Garage 56	DeltaWing DWC13