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Chevrolet Introduces Special Edition 2022 Corvette Stingray
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n order to celebrate Corvette Racing’s dominant 2020 season, Chevrolet recently took over the Raceway at Belle Isle Park to introduce the 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition. Chevrolet says they will release just 1,000 of these distinctly styled Corvettes in the U.S. and Canada, which resemble the No. 3 and No. 4 Corvette C8.R race cars. The special edition supercars were meant to commemorate the C8.R’s inaugural season but it turned into a celebratory model as Corvette Racing swept IMSA’s sport car championship series, taking the Manufacturers, Drivers and Team titles. “Racing has been part of the Corvette’s DNA from nearly the beginning,” said Laura Klauser, General Motors Sports Car Program manager. “Both the Corvette Stingray and C8.R have seen tremendous success capitalizing on the benefits of a mid-engine platform – and we’re just getting started.” The special edition is optional on the 3LT trim with the available Z51 package and each car includes Corvette Racing-themed graphics packages. Accelerate Yellow No.3 editions feature gray graphics and Hypersonic Gray No.4 editions feature yellow accents. Inside features Strike Yellow and Sky Cool Gray cabin that mimics the exterior racing themes with standard GT2 seats and yellow seat belts along with a C8.R Special Edition numbered plaque. Additionally, each car comes with a custom-fitted indoor car cover rendered to the appearance of the actual race cars. The 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Edition will begin production late in the third quarter of this year. MUSCLE CAR PLUS MAGAZINE JUNE/JULY 2021
