Couch Potato Tuesday: NBC Deals With Track Issues, While Knoxville Brings Kevin Swindell to the Booth
By today’s standards, last weekend was a rarity. You had a split weekend with the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series teams racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway, while the Camping World Truck Series was at Knoxville Raceway. The Cup race wasn’t all that unusual for Atlanta, just shorter, which I didn’t really welcome. The Truck race … oh boy. Stuff got a little ridiculous there.
Before we start, NBC Sports announced Friday that they will be airing a new special on Chase Elliott simply entitled
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Chevrolet looks set to introduce a proper GT3 racing version of the Corvette C8 that will be available for purchase by customer racing teams.
Thanks to a special waiver, Chevy is set to run a modified version of the GTE/GTLM-spec Corvette C8.R in IMSA’s new GT3-based GTD Pro category in 2022. However, the automaker would eventually have to introduce a true GT3 variant of the Corvette C8 if it wanted to continue to compete in GTD Pro beyond 2022.
Interestingly, GT3 rules require a manufacturer to produce at least 20 chassis in the first two years of participation, which are typically offered for sale to customer teams. That means a GT3 Corvette for customer teams would be on the cards if GM pulls the trigger on a GT3 Corvette, GM Sports Car Racing Program Manager Laura Wontrop-Klauser told